Democratic Ohio attorney general candidate Elliot Forhan has detonated his own credibility and raised serious public-safety concerns by vowing to kill Donald Trump in a chilling campaign video released Tuesday.
According to Western Journal, the video which quickly went viral shows Forhan attempting to cloak his rhetoric in legal jargon while unmistakably signaling a willingness to see the sitting president put to death. The backlash was immediate and intense, with social-media users across the political spectrum calling for his arrest and questioning how someone espousing such rhetoric could seek the states top law-enforcement post.
Hi. This is Elliot Forhan, candidate for Ohio attorney general, the Democrat declared in the video, before launching into his disturbing pledge. I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump.
He then tried to sanitize his words with procedural language that did little to blunt the shock value of his statement. I mean Im going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based on evidence presented at a trial, conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.
Forhan then doubled down, repeating his vow in unmistakable terms. That is what I mean when I say I am going to kill Donald Trump.
This kind of rhetoric is especially dangerous in a nation already rattled by political violence, including at least four confirmed assassination attempts on President Trump, two of which occurred shortly before the 2024 election. In that context, a statewide candidate casually invoking the execution of a president is not edgy political theater; it is reckless incitement.
The fact that Forhan is seeking to become Ohios chief law-enforcement officer makes his comments even more alarming. An attorney general is charged with upholding the law and protecting citizens rights, not openly fantasizing about capital punishment for political opponents.
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, a Republican running against Forhan for attorney general, condemned the remarks as disqualifying. My Democrat opponent for Attorney General just came out and said he wanted to kill President Trump, Faber said Tuesday in an X video.
That kind of vile comment makes it clear that Elliot Forhan is not qualified to be Attorney General. Faber went further, highlighting a disturbing pattern in Forhans public behavior.
Add to that his recent celebration of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and you see just what kind of individuals the Democrats are running for Attorney General, Faber added. After conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September 2025, Forhan responded by gloating, f*** Charlie Kirk.
WARNING: The following X post contains profane language that may offend some readers. Faber has urged fellow Democrats, including Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, to denounce Forhans vile death threat and distance themselves from his rhetoric.
Forhans outburst does not appear to be an isolated lapse in judgment. He has been accused of abusive and violent behavior in the past, including toward fellow Democrats, raising further doubts about his temperament and fitness for office.
In a sane political culture, a candidate who publicly talks about killing a president would not only be unelectable but would face serious legal and professional consequences. At minimum, many argue that the unhinged Elliot Forhan should be arrested, disbarred, and shunned by polite society before his words inspire someone even more unstable to act.
The broader pattern is hard to ignore: being violent and openly inciting violence has become a grim hallmark of the modern lefts most radical elements, where rage replaces reason and political opponents are treated as enemies to be destroyed.
Unless this behavior is forcefully deterred by voters, by party leaders, and by the justice system the metastasis of political violence will only accelerate, further endangering President Trump, conservative leaders, and the rule of law itself.
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