Donald Trump Jr. slammed Caitlan Collins over CNN's treatment of his father, former President Donald Trump, accusing the left-wing media of “radicalizing people who were trying to kill my father.”
The 46-year-old former eldest son spoke out on the air immediately after the vice presidential debate about the extremely tense and divided atmosphere leading up to the November election, and trolled Collins for his remarks.
He said the media “created much of that environment.”
“The media radicalized people who wanted to kill my father. I've had to deal with that twice in the last two months,” he said of the two attempts.
“I've had to talk to my five young children twice in the last two months about someone trying to shoot their grandfather,” he said emotionally.
Donald Trump, 78, narrowly escaped being shot in the head when a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, but last month The golf course was targeted again.
“You know it didn't magically happen. It's not him, it's a fake Russian scenario created by the media. They kept using it for years. “You know, that environment wasn't just created by Donald Trump,” his son argued on CNN on Tuesday.
Collins immediately jumped to the media's defense.
“Okay, but can I tell you, I can't blame you and I don't want to blame anyone. Everyone wants your father to be okay,” she argued.
“Everyone wants your father to be safe. No one wants threats against their life to happen. But you can't blame the media for these threats. There was no evidence. ”
But Trump Jr. wasn't feeling it, telling Collins: That's a fact. ”
Collins said at the beginning of the interview that the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz was “very moderate.”
She noted that most of the candidates “admitted their agreement” and “gave each other the benefit of the doubt.”
Asked if he would like to see his father debate more respectfully, Trump Jr. said, “I would like to see that across the board.”
Critics noted that Walz appeared nervous and fumbling on the CBS stage, but there were several moments during the match where it appeared as if his opponent could strike down the middle.
When Walz said her teenage son, Gus, witnessed a mass shooting at the community center, Vance expressed sympathy for the traumatic experience.
“I'm sorry about that. Christ have mercy. It's terrible,” Vance said from the podium.
Walz also acknowledged that he and Vance had something in common on gun control issues, and that neither had any desire to end America's school shooting epidemic.
“I 100% believe that Senator Vance hates it,” he said of the issue.
