Biden will not tone down rhetoric about Trump as threat to democracy after president said to 'cool it down': White House

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was grilled on Monday about whether Biden would tone down his rhetoric regarding Trump being an alleged threat to democracy after an assassination attempt on Trump’s life occurred at a Saturday rally. Jean-Pierre refused to say definitely that this rhetoric would not be used anymore, adding that while the administration would not "politicize this moment," there would be "nothing different" about his messaging to the American people.

One reporter asked whether Biden "regrets anything that he has said over the course of this campaign about his Republican rival or anybody else in the political space? Does he plan to adjust his rhetoric, or is it just a call for other people to make changes," he said referencing an address from Biden on Sunday evening saying that it was time to "cool it down," "lower the temperature," and "take a step back" following the attempted assassination.

Jean-Pierre responded that Biden "has always spoken out forcefully against violence, always. Political violence has no place in America." Referencing Biden’s Sunday comments, she added "we want to make sure that we are not this at this moment, it is not a time to do that."

She said that Biden has stated "it is okay to have disagreements on agendas. It’s okay to have disagreements on character or record, but we cannot cannot have violence in this country. And that is something that he's going to continue to be very, very clear about."

Jean-Pierre was pressed on whether Biden would cool down the rhetoric again, to which she responded that Biden "wants to bring the temperature down."

In response to another reporter’s question regarding Biden calling Trump a threat to the nation and whether Biden would continue to say this, Jean-Pierre said "His messaging is going to be really clear. He's gonna continue to engage with the American people. That's what you're going to see in the next upcoming days, upcoming coming weeks. Nothing different than what he's done in the last almost four years and lay out his agenda, highlight his agenda. There are differences. There are differences in our agenda, and what Republicans believe, right, there are differences. And that is okay."

"And so the President is going to continue to do that highlight his agenda. It's important for the American people to hear directly from him what he has done in the last three and a half years and how he sees the future of this country, that will not change."

Taking a stab at the question, another reporter asked, "are we going to continue to hear the President in official events or on the campaign trail use the phrase threat to democracy specifically?"

Jean-Pierre once again did not answer directly, repeating that Biden "is always going to denounce violence," later adding, "We do not want to politicize this. It's unacceptable to do that. That's what the President has said. It is time to bring this country together to bring American people together. That's what he wants to see. And so that's where I'm going to leave it he wants to unite this country."