Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Tuesday that left-wing media outlets such as MSNBC and CNN must stop inciting political violence by referring to former President Donald Trump as an existential threat to democracy.

The Secret Service on Sunday foiled a second assassination attempt on Trump in two months while the former president was playing golf in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“The problem is that the left has become so self-righteous about this that they have justified in their mind that he is somehow so evil,” Paul told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “Even though normally they’re not violent, and normally they love everyone, and they have heart emojis next to their name on their Twitter handle, but this time is an exception because Donald Trump is an existential threat.

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