Former President Donald Trump's campaign released a statement on Wednesday condemning Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for saying that Trump, who has survived two assassination attempts, should be "extinguished for good."
Raimondo, appearing on MSNBC on Wednesday, said of Trump: "Let's extinguish him for good. We have an answer, we have a remarkably talented candidate who is sincere, who's pragmatic, who's open, let's just get it done."
Asked what she meant by "extinguished," Raimondo said, "Vote him out. Banish him from American politics."
The Trump campaign noted this comment in a press release, adding, "Ten days ago, a deranged Harris supporter tried to assassinate President Trump. Yet, Democrat lunatics continue to spew this dangerous rhetoric."
The statement refers to the recent arrest of Wesley Ryan Routh, a former Trump supporter, for allegedly aiming a rifle at Trump at a golf course in Florida, an incident that the Justice Department described as an "attempted assassination," the second against Trump this year.
Trump previously blamed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the most recent incident, saying Routh "believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it," and said their "rhetoric is causing me to be shot at."