CBS’s host of Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan, joined the network’s breaking coverage of Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Trump at his Pennsylvania rally, where she was dismayed that a statement from campaign advisor Chris LaCivita might “escalate” Trump’s “us versus the system” rhetoric and that a statement from Trump himself didn’t lower “the temperature” even though once could make a solid case that it did.
Chief elections and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reported at 7:47 PM Eastern, “There’s anger, though, from the Trump side. This is a new social media post from Chris LaCivita, who is one of the top campaign advisors to Trump. He said, ‘They tried to –’”
Costa briefly paused as CBS sorted out some technical difficulties before continuing, ‘“They tried to keep Trump off the ballot and they tried to put him in jail and now you see this.’ So, you see a politically charged response from Chris LaCivita, the top—”
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