Biden official says Trump should be ‘extinguished for good,’ banished from US politics

WASHINGTON (TND) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Wednesday called for former President Donald Trump be “extinguished for good” amid calls from both presidential campaigns to cool American political rhetoric.

The comment, made on MSNBC, came as Raimondo appeared on the network “in her personal capacity” to discuss the “risks” of Trump’s potential return to the White House. This, she said, is justification for Trump to be removed from the country’s political scene.

“We know he’s lying and we don’t need his baloney telling us he’ll protect us,” Raimondo said of Trump’s claim to be a protector of women. “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.”

“And extinguish, you mean vote him out?” MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski asked.

“Yes, vote him out,” Raimondo clarified. “Banish him from American politics.”

Raimondo described Trump with words such as “chaotic” and “hatred.” Brzezinski also labeled the former president a “predator” during that conversation.

Trump, who faced a second assassination attempt earlier this month, blamed political rhetoric used by his opponents as the source of recent violence surrounding his campaign.

“The Rhetoric, Lies, as exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC Debate, and all of the ridiculous lawsuits specifically designed to inflict damage on Joe’s, then Kamala’s, Political Opponent, ME, has taken politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred, Abuse, and Distrust,” Trump wrote via social media. “Because of this Communist Left Rhetoric, the bullets are flying, and it will only get worse!”

Trump repeated that sentiment during an interview with Full Measure withSharyl Attkisson this week.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in July denied an implication by reporters that President Joe Biden’s use of the term “threat to democracy” to describe Trump led to the first attempt on his life.

“Right after the attempt, assassination attempt, the president said— he even made an address in the Oval Office and talked about lowering the temperature,” she said. “He talked about getting to the bottom of this, having an independent investigation and how important it was to do just that.”

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