Keith Olbermann suggests 'hope' for Trump's assassination in X post | Fox News
By: Jeffrey Clark (Fox News)
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Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann appeared to "hope" that former President Trump would be assassinated in a recent X post that prompted calls for his banishment from the social media platform.
Olbermann was referring to the Biden-Harris HQ X account flagging a clip of Trump saying he had been persecuted worse than any president in history, including Abraham Lincoln.
"Trump says he has been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated," the Biden campaign account posted on Saturday.
"There's always the hope," Olbermann wrote, linking to the post.
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Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann appeared to hope that former President Trump would be assassinated.(Getty Images)
Olbermann, a far-left personality known for his inflammatory comments, has also recently called for the dissolution of the Supreme Court.
One account that responded to Olbermann's post suggested the commentator's account should be "permanently suspended" for appearing to endorse someone killing Trump, the presumptive nominee for the 2024 Republican nomination. Trump is trying to become only the second president since Grover Cleveland to win another White House term after losing a previous re-election bid.
Multiple major media outlets and political figures have criticized Trump in the wake of an Ohio campaign speech in which he argued that the American auto industry would experience a "bloodbath" if Biden were to be re-elected in November.
While speaking to CNN "State of The Union" host Dana Bash on Sunday, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed that Trump cannot win the upcoming election and spun his "bloodbath" remark as possibly being a threat to Americans.
"We have - we just have to win this election because he's even predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? He's going to exact a bloodbath?" she asked.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wondered if former President Trump's recent comments at an Ohio rally meant he was going to "exact a bloodbath" on America if he loses re-election.
During a rally in Vadalia, Ohio, Trump used the word "bloodbath" following a point he made about putting tariffs on Chinese cars made in Mexico and sold to the U.S.
Addressing Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said, "Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now… you're going to not hire Americans and you're going to sell the cars to us, no. We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected."
"Now if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole - that's gonna be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they're not going to sell those cars. They're building massive factories."
Olbermann and Trump's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Olbermann later posted on X that he wanted Trump to get convicted and die in prison, not that he wanted him assassinated.
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Oh of course..........................
Olbermann's an ass on his best days. This wasn't one of his best...
not a good look for olbermann, but since Elon Musk has said he will continue to allow racist and anti-Semitic comments on X because of free speech I don't see how he can delete olbermann's account over this.
No, the problem isn't offensive comments it is facts that the left doesn't like.
I'm not sure what is sadder, that Oberman said it, or that anyone still cares what Oberman has to say.
Hope doesn't get it done, Keith needs to man up and take charge.