Video footage emerged over the weekend that showed how a quick thinking bodyguard for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saved the political leader from harm after a man threw a explosive device at him during a campaign event.

Kishida, who was campaigning in western Japan, was not injured in the attack, but a police officer did receive treatment for some minor injuries. Police immediately detained a young man — tackling him to the ground — after “the suspicious object” was thrown at Kishida.

Video shows that a bodyguard standing closely to Kishida saw the moment that the object hit the ground near where he was standing and immediately ran toward the device to kick it away while deploying a shield to protect the leader.

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A bodyguard blocks an explosive, kicks it away, and quickly unfolds a shield while evacuating the Japanese Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/NIQWKqshNj

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 16, 2023

The explosive happened several seconds after the prime minister’s team whisked him away. After the bang, people scream and run away while white smoke can be seen rising from where the explosion went off.

Video appeared to show bystanders grabbing the suspect, who is a 24-year-old named Kimura.

“We are holding an important election for our country, and we must work together with all of you to see it through,” Kishida said after the attack as his party, the Liberal Democrats, announced that they would continue to hold campaign events before upcoming elections.

“Elections are the core of democracy, and we should never tolerate threats or obstruction by violence,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno.

The explosive attack occurred less than one year after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while campaigning in western Japan. Abe, a center-Right politician, was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister since WWII, serving between 2012 and 2020.

Tetsuya Yamagami, who allegedly shot Abe in July with a homemade gun, will stand trial for murder and a gun charge, according to the Nara District Court. The charges come after a lengthy mental examination to determine whether Yamagami could be tried.

MSNBC guest Tara Setmayer launched a racially-charged attack at Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), who is black, claiming that his presidential run would go nowhere and referring to him as a “racial pacifier” and a “racial security blanket.”

Setmayer, a senior adviser with the Lincoln Project, joined MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart on his “Saturday Show” — and she weighed in on the recent soft launch of Scott’s 2024 presidential campaign.

“I find Senator Scott fascinating, a black Republican who isn’t too shy in talking about race, but whose views on race can be problematic both within the GOP and in the general public.” Capehart began, asking, “So, I mean, am I giving him too much credit?”

“Listen, Tim Scott, bless his heart, is trying to make a name for himself now, taking advantage of the fact that Republicans every election cycle need a racial pacifier,” Setmayer said. “He’s their racial security blanket in the race.”

Setmayer immediately pivoted to former President Donald Trump, claiming that Republicans had failed to “diversify the tent” and adding, “They went in the complete opposite direction. But the one constant has been good ole Senator Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate.”

She went on to say that she respected Senator Scott’s life story, but not the fact that he had supported Trump and voted to acquit him after the January 6th-related impeachment.

“That I have no respect for. None whatsoever. I have no respect for someone that cannot take a firm position on where he stands on our democracy. On Donald Trump’s existential threat to it,” Setmayer continued. “I mean, the 1990s called and they want their campaign video back. There’s nothing extraordinary about what Tim Scott is doing. I mean, he’s a big snooze and he has no chance. None whatsoever. Zip, zero.”

Following some backlash over the racially-charged nature of her comments, Setmayer complained about all the “hate-filled msgs” that were flooding her inbox and doubled down on her comments, claiming the GOP had been “TRIGGERED.”

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My comments on @weekendcapehart about Sen Tim Scott being a “racial security blanket” for the GOP has TRIGGERED them!
So many hate filled msgs since this segment 🤷🏽‍♀️

The truth has a way of doing that.

Here’s a clip.

📺 Full video go here: https://t.co/bRkLrsqkdK pic.twitter.com/LKNBuYAFgF

— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) April 16, 2023