Melania Trump says ‘threat to democracy’ rhetoric against her husband is ‘toxic’

Former first lady Melania Trump said that her husband's critics represent a "threat to democracy" with their sharing of "toxic" language about him.

In an interview with Fox News's The Five, Trump talked about her memoir, which was released on Tuesday. At one point in the interview, she hit back at allegations that her husband, former President Donald Trump, was a threat to democracy, saying that such rhetoric was the real threat.

Melania Trump: When they call him a threat to democracy, less ask ourselves, who is really a threat to democracy… Continuing with that kind of language, it is toxic, a toxic atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/JSJC8AZRve

"Of course, I do," she responded when asked if she was concerned over the safety of her husband. "Yes, I do."

"When they call him, 'He's a threat to democracy,' let's ask ourselves, who is really [the] threat to democracy? They are ongoing with the lawfare against the former president, as well as, you know, trying to get him off the voting ballots and trying to silence him," she added. "So yes, of course, I was always afraid what can happen, and that they [continue] with that kind of language is just ... it's a toxic, toxic atmosphere."

While largely preferring to stay out of the limelight, Melania Trump has been more public about her support for her husband ahead of the November election.

The former first lady has made similar comments about threats against her husband in other interviews around her book, such as during an interview with Fox News’s Hannity last week.

“I saw how they treated him, how the media was against him,” she said after host Sean Hannity recalled how she predicted how her husband would be treated. “I think they are afraid of his strength, and he was leading this country with peace through strength. So as soon he announced that he’s running for the presidency, everything really changed. And I saw it and I said, you know, this will not be very pleasant.”

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“So I always said to him, ‘What is next?’ So it’s, in one way, you’re not surprised, and every event that had happened, I’m thinking, ‘What is next? What are they trying to do?’ And you always fear the worst, and then it happened,” she said, referring to the assassination attempts against her husband .

Melania Trump's book, titled Melania, also drew headlines for revealing her abortion-rights access stance, something that wasn't known previously.