The first attempt on Trump’s life two months ago in Butler, Pennsylvania, sparked an outpouring of sympathy that some speculated could aid his bid for president. But the shooting, during which a bullet grazed Trump’s ear, eventually fell out of the news as Democrats pressured President Joe Biden to leave the presidential race.

The second attempt has brought the threat of political violence back into the spotlight. The Secret Service stopped alleged gunman Ryan Wesley Routh on Sunday before he could fire a shot. However, multiple Democratic strategists told the Washington Examiner that, if anything, Harris, who replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket in July, is somewhat insulated from any political fallout since she is not president.

At the same time, the incident gives Harris a chance to demonstrate she can rise above the partisan vitriol. Harris said she was “thankful” Trump was safe following the assassination attempt and condemned political violence.

Meanwhile, Biden told reporters Monday that he’d spoken to Trump and that the former president’s Secret Service detail requires more resources due to the threats against him.

“If you had to boil it down, the main thrust of Harris’s campaign over the past month has been to convince voters she can be presidential, and this is another opportunity to do just that,” one strategist familiar with Harris’s campaign strategy claimed.

Trump, for his part, blamed Harris and Biden, who have called him a threat to democracy, for the attempt on his life. Biden briefly paused the campaign ads and personal attacks on his rival following the first assassination attempt.

Democratic operatives don’t seem to believe that this latest attempt on Trump‘s life will change much about the dynamics of the race or Harris’s campaign strategy in the aftermath.

“Whether we want to admit it or not, turnout was already going to be a bigger issue for Vice President Harris than Trump, and she’s doing everything she needs to energize any remaining holdouts,” a second Democratic operative told the Washington Examiner.

“I don’t think this second shooter will give Trump a significant advantage,” the operative added.

Another Democratic strategist suggested that Trump would be helped less because the attacks are no longer novel and that while the country needs to lower the political temperature overall, “Harris can handle anything this election can throw at her.”

“Political violence is unacceptable. Full stop,” the strategist asserted. “But Vice President Harris and voters across the country know that the stakes of this election are too high to let one unbalanced individual derail this historic campaign.”

The Harris campaign did not respond to inquiries for this story.

Speaking at the Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on Monday, Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance (R-OH), vowed to do his “part” to tone down rhetoric surrounding the election, but he and Trump still accused Harris of fomenting violence against the former president.

“I know it’s popular on a lot of corners of the Left to say that we have a both-sides problem, and I’m not going to say we’re always perfect. I’m not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right. But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we have — no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months,” he stated. “I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out.”

Still, some Trump allies drew unwanted attention over their commentary following the assassination attempt.

X owner Elon Musk reacted to Routh’s alleged attack on Trump by stating on X that “no one is even trying” to assassinate Harris or Biden.

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Musk, who deleted the post amid criticism, later said he “learned” that “just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X.”

The Secret Service said it was “aware” of Musk’s comments and that it “investigates all threats related to our protectees.”