C-SPAN Caller Gets Cut Off for Praising Trump’s Would-Be Assassins: ‘Take That Shot!’

A caller from on CSPAN was cut off by the host after he begun praising the individuals who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump .

The GOP nominee has faced two assassination attempts since running for the 2024 election — including one at a Pennsylvania rally where one Trump supporter was killed by a sniper. Over the weekend, an armed man hid in a bush with a rifle waiting for Trump as he played golf at his club in West Palm Beach.

During a Wednesday morning segment on CSPAN’s Washington Journal, host John McArdle received a call from a viewer identifying as “Willie from Louisiana.” The viewer began praising Trump’s would-be assassins for trying to “take that shot” at the former president. McArdle promptly cut off of the caller.

WILLIE: Good morning. I just want to say I’m a very patriotic American. I did 20 years in the military, two tours in Vietnam, wounded in 1966 went back to 68. And I look at myself…and to see we let this man Trump destroy America. And I look at it and say well these two people had to step up and take that shot! —

MCARDLE:  I’m sorry, Willie. You’re not advocating violence, are you?

WILLIE: Not violence. I’m talking about defending my country.

Watch the clip above via CSPAN .