Trump Camp: Trump’s Coup Isn’t The Problem, It’s The Fact Biden Keeps Talking About It

MILWAUKEE — A top Donald Trump campaign adviser on Tuesday complained that President Joe Biden’s repeated criticism of Trump as a “threat to democracy” because of his coup attempt was an incitement to violence.

“They call him ‘Hitler,’ say he has a war on democracy,” Chris LaCivita, who along with Susie Wiles manages Trump’s effort to regain the White House, said at an event tied to this week’s Republican National Convention. “This has been the central premise of their campaign.”

Since Trump’s attempted assassination at a rally Saturday, his allies have tried to blame it on those who have described his actions leading up to and his subsequent defense of his Jan. 6, 2021, attempt to overturn the election he lost. LaCivita said constantly calling Trump a danger to democracy could trigger violence. “There’s a lot of sick people out there making a lot of dumb decisions,” he said.

LaCivita went on to label efforts by some Democrats to pressure Biden to abandon his reelection campaign because of concerns about his age as a “coup.”

“They’re trying to fight off a coup right now,” he said. “If the coup works… and he’s functionally incapable of running for president, then he’s functionally incapable of being president.”

LaCivita did not take questions from the media following his remarks at an event sponsored by Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service in a restaurant about a mile from the convention arena. He did not respond to HuffPost queries later about his view of Jan. 6 and Trump’s role in it.

It’s unclear when, if ever, Biden has compared Trump to Adolf Hitler, although he has pointed out to audiences that Trump’s claim that migrants who enter the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our