Karine Jean-Pierre says it’s OK to call Trump a ‘threat’ to democracy despite murder plots

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Tuesday that it was appropriate to refer to former President Donald Trump as a “threat” to democracy because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — raising her voice to say the date repeatedly when asked about Trump saying such rhetoric is contributing to attempts on his life. Jean-Pierre denounced Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, as a “threat” to America’s form of government when ABC News’ Selina Wang asked Jean-Pierre at her regular briefing about how Trump “claimed without evidence that their rhetoric is causing him to be ‘shot at.’” “President Biden has been clear-eyed about the threat that the former president represents to our democracy,” Jean-Pierre said. “He refused to accept the outcomes of free and fair elections [in 2020 and] 2,000 angry people went [to the US Capitol] to try to overturn a free and fair election.” Jean-Pierre said that Trump’s criticism was “not going to stop the president and vice