Karine Jean Pierre says it s OK to call Trump a threat to democracy despite murder plots
White House press secretary Karine JeanPierre insisted Tuesday that it was appropriate to refer to former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot raising her voice to say the date repeatedly when asked about Trump saying such rhetoric is contributing to attempts on his life. JeanPierre denounced Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, as a threat to Americas form of government when ABC News Selina Wang asked JeanPierre at her regular briefing about how Trump claimed without evidence that their rhetoric is causing him to be shot President Biden has been cleareyed about the threat that the former president represents to our democracy, JeanPierre said. He refused to accept the outcomes of free and fair elections in 2020 and 2, 000 angry people went to the US Capitol to try to overturn a free and fair election. JeanPierre said that Trumps criticism was not going to stop the president and vice
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