
Trump Says He Received ‘Very Nice Call’ from Harris; She Says ‘No Place for Political Violence’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reported that he received “a very nice call” from his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Tuesday, following a recent assassination attempt against him.
“Today, a little while ago, I got a very nice call from Kamala,” he stated, mispronouncing her name as “Kamaala.” He added, “It was very nice… very, very nice, and we appreciate that,” without providing details about their conversation during a town hall meeting in Flint, Michigan. Although some attendees booed, he insisted, “But we have to take back our country. We have to win. We’re going to win.”
In her account of the call, Vice President Harris said, “I checked on him to see if he was OK,” and reiterated her stance that “there’s no place for political violence in our country” during a meeting with Black journalists in Philadelphia.
President Joe Biden also spoke with Trump by phone on Monday, which Trump mentioned during his meeting.
Reflecting on his experiences with assassination attempts, Trump remarked, “Only consequential Presidents get shot at.” His Secret Service team had thwarted an attack on him the previous Sunday when an agent spotted a man with a semi-automatic rifle hidden in the bushes near a golf course in Florida where Trump was playing. The agent fired at the assailant, who fled but was later apprehended.
The suspect, identified as Ryan Routh, had previously donated to committees supporting Democratic candidates and had participated in the party’s primary election. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Trump attributed the attempted attack to the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, claiming, “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country.”
Trump was injured in the ear during a sniper attack at a rally in Pennsylvania in July. He and Harris first met face-to-face during their debate in Philadelphia last Tuesday, where they shook hands, and they interacted again the following day at a 9/11 commemoration in New York.