Trump confirms 'very nice' phone call with Harris after second assassination attempt

Former President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he received a phone call from political rival and Vice President Kamala Harris, two days after a second assassination attempt on the former president was thwarted by the Secret Service.

The phone call occurred a day after President Joe Biden spoke with the former president about his security detail, which Trump described as "very nice," and the White House maintained that the conversation was "cordial." 

Trump used the same characterization in a comment on the phone call with Harris, claiming he appreciated the gesture.

"I got a very nice call from Kamala. It was very nice,"  Trump said to a chorus of "boos" at a town hall in Michigan. "We appreciate that, but we have to take back our country. We have to win. We're going to win, and we're going to make America great again. That's all there is."

Harris said earlier Tuesday that she condemned political violence during the phone call, and observed that she was "grateful" Trump was safe, after a man allegedly aimed a gun at the former president on his golf course in Florida on Sunday. A suspect in the incident has been arrested and charged.

“I checked on to see if he was okay. And, I told him what I have said publicly– there’s no place for political violence in our country," Harris said at a panel with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), according to The Hill. "I am in this election and this race for many reasons, including to fight for our democracy and in a democracy, there is no place for political violence."

The conversation took place after Trump slammed Biden and Harris on Monday for using dangerous rhetoric that inspired the attack. 

"He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it," Trump said at the time. "Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.