Senator JD Vance of Ohio, in his first public remarks since the apparent assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, condemned on Monday the inflammatory rhetoric “coming from too many corners of our politics.” But he took specific aim at Democrats, accusing them of going too far in casting Mr. Trump’s potential re-election as the end of democracy.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Tuesday that unsubstantiated comments from former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) about Haitian migrants eating household pets are “not helpful” and “very hurtful” to the people of Springfield.

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has avoided specifically criticizing former President Donald Trump or Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, by name.