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In the wake of the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, his allies are once again demanding that Democrats stop calling Trump a "threat to democracy," claiming this incites violence.

But Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) took it a step further in a Fox News interview on Monday: he demanded Vice President Kamala Harris take down any campaign ad mentioning Project 2025, an unpopular policy framework linked to the former president.

Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on Monday said there's a "big difference" between Republicans and Democrats: "No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris."

Vance's comment came during a speech he gave at a Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta, according to CNN.

A Florida sheriff remarked Monday that the suspect in a second assassination plot targeting former President Donald Trump appeared as calm as if he was heading to church when he was arrested.

Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told CNN anchor Erin Burnett that suspect Ryan Routh was stopped in a "chaotic" scene. Around 15-20 armed deputies in body armor stopped Routh and blocked traffic in both directions. A police dog unit and a helicopter were also involved in the stop.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) wants answers after former President Donald Trump was the target of a second assassination plot at Mar-a-Lago — and she wants to enlist the help of tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Boebert weighed in on the matter during a Monday evening interview with the right-wing cable network Newsmax.

As the U.S. grapples with a second assassination plot in three months, a former campaign adviser for Hillary Clinton lamented that Donald Trump has chosen to escalate rhetoric during a dangerous time where the country is a "tinderbox."

Speaking on a CNN panel Monday afternoon, Karen Finney told Wolf Blitzer that while not much is known about the motives behind the first attempted assassination and that we're still "learning' about the second, there is a common thread.

A former U.S. Senator is calling out Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) over his weekend comment that he "creates stories" to illustrate his point, even if they aren't true.

Speaking on Nicolle Wallace's "Deadline: White House," Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said that Vance is a wordsmith and his book makes it clear. So, when he alleged they "create stories" like what happened in Springfield, Ohio, it says a lot.

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announced on Monday that the state of Ohio is moving resources in to secure Springfield schools after dozens of fake bomb threats were called against the facilities.

The move comes amid a racist right-wing conspiracy theory that Haitian migrants are abducting and eating people's cats and dogs. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, have promoted these false claims.

Fox News host Neil Cavuto pushed back against a Republican lawmaker who suggested Democrats were to blame for a second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Rep. Mark Greene (R-TN) pointed to Democratic lawmakers' rhetoric about the Jan. 6 riot to explain the second failed attempt to assassinate Trump.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has "abandoned" his state in their time of need, said Republican strategist Susan del Percio.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, she and former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) addressed the third day in a row that Springfield, Ohio, has experienced bomb threats at its schools. A town festival was also canceled due to fears of violence.

Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost grew testy on Monday when CNN host Brianna Keilar fact-checked him for promoting false claims about Haitian immigrants.

During an interview about bomb threats that have been leveled against schools in Springfield, Ohio in the wake of former President Donald Trump's attacks on the community there, Keilar asked Yost about his own role in helping Trump advance false claims about immigrants kidnapping and eating residents' pets.

Disgraced former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro lashed out in anger Monday after he said a woman on an airplane told him to go back to prison.

While guest hosting Steve Bannon's War Room, Navarro suggested that the confrontation with the woman was similar to an incident with an alleged gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Former President Donald Trump is going down a self-destructive path with his continual association with Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and failed congressional candidate that even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has said is "extremely racist," CNN analyst S.E. Cupp told Sara Sidner on Monday.

Trump, for his part, has denied that Loomer speaks for his campaign. But the two of them are constantly seen together at events, including at a 9/11 memorial service — which drew particular ire as Loomer has pushed conspiracy theories about the attacks.

A pair of political strategists disagreed over the situation in Springfield, Ohio on CNN Monday, after days of former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) pushing racist conspiracy theories about Haitian migrant workers in the community abducting and eating people's cats and dogs — to the point where violence is flaring up.

Madison Gesiotto, a GOP political strategist, acknowledged Vance's claims were fake — but insisted he was just, clumsily, trying to draw attention to a real harm being done by immigrants.