Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday called on President Donald Trump to tone down his rhetoric after this week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
”I mean, there is a lot of rhetoric. And the president himself engages in it — he called it a ‘hostile act’ to co-sponsor the Epstein resolution,” Massie told The Hill, referring to his bipartisan bill to release the files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was once friends with Trump.
He called that “ridiculous rhetoric.”
“It’s amusing,” he told The Hill. “It doesn’t offend me that he’s over the top with the rhetoric, but some people take it literally, and he should probably tone that down himself.”
Massie wasn’t alone among Republicans in asking the president to help lower the temperature.
