Ana Navarro has slammed politicians for failing to recognise the importance of political violence in America, following the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
The Republican candidate Reportedly While golfing in Florida, Secret Service agents spotted a man with an AK-47 about 500 yards away. They opened fire, and the man fled the scene and was later arrested.
“You heard it many times yesterday, you read it many times yesterday, senators from both parties tweeting, 'There is no place for political violence in America,'” Navarro said on his show this morning. scenery. “We condemn political violence. We condemn it regardless of who it is perpetrated against or against.”
But Navarro noted that this kind of political violence happens far more often than people would like to admit.
“What kind of America do we live in that thinks there is no place for political violence when Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in the head at a district event, when the House baseball team was shot at, when Nancy Pelosi's husband was bashed in the skull with a hammer by a political opponent, when people stormed the Capitol on January 6th?” she said.
“There have been two attacks on Donald Trump,” Navarro continued, “and this is the America we live in, and political violence is just part of our country.”
Navarro went on to list recent events that could be considered political violence.
“I view the bomb threats in Springfield as political violence,” she said of the aftermath of the false allegations against the city's Haitian community. “I don't think Taylor Swift is a political scientist. [for Kamala Harris]We all have the right to do so, but I see it as political violence.”
The co-host ended his tirade by calling on politicians to address the issue of “people with mental health issues” “continuing to have easy access to assault weapons,” noting that a “bipartisan” approach was needed to keep the country safe.
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