Vance Complains About Democrats Using ‘Fascist.’ Trump Uses It Often.

Senator JD Vance of Ohio pointed blame at some Democrats’ labeling of former President Donald J. Trump as a “fascist” for fomenting violence against him, ignoring his running mate’s repeated use of the same word to attack Vice President Kamala Harris.

In a speech on Monday in Georgia, Mr. Vance said that Mr. Trump’s political opponents had crossed a line with their language, which he suggested had played a role in what the authorities are investigating as an assassination attempt directed at Mr. Trump while he was golfing in Florida on Sunday.

“Look, we can disagree with one another, we can debate one another, but we cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and, if he’s elected, it is going to be the end of American democracy,” Mr. Vance said at a Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner.

Mr. Trump has called Ms. Harris a “fascist” on at least five occasions, including at a rally on Thursday in Arizona and during a news conference on Friday near Los Angeles.

“She’s a Marxist, communist, fascist, socialist,” Mr. Trump said in Tucson, Ariz.

At the dinner on Monday, Mr. Vance said that “no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months.” The vice president has been the target of violent threats while in office.

The incident on Sunday, in which Mr. Trump was not harmed, comes just over two months after he was grazed on his right ear by gunfire during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

Mr. Vance also mentioned remarks last year by Representative Daniel Goldman, Democrat of New York, calling for Mr. Trump to be “eliminated,” a comment that Mr. Goldman, a Harris ally, apologized for at the time.

“I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut