VP Harris finally reacts to DC violence, hours after flag burning by anti-Israel agitators
Vice President Harris issued a statement condemning the violent anti-Israel riots that disrupted Washington DC’s busiest train station. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee made the statement on Thursday, hours after violent protests against a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Yesterday at Union Station in Washington, D.C., we witnessed the despicable actions and hateful […]
Comparing the history of political violence in America and the UK
When the news reached British audiences late on Saturday night that Donald Trump had been shot by an unknown assailant, the first reaction was one of shock. It is no secret that American politics, more so than our own, has become increasingly polarised over the past 10 to 15 years, yet it remains overwhelmingly within […]
Do We Have A Deal On Political Violence?
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Shortly after the shooting of former President Trump, have you heard of the riots developing almost spontaneously across many American cities? Even though the candidate for President was hit, but not killed, anger as a reaction to the attempt set off multiple riots and the looting of stores. Whole blocks […]
Van Orden accuses RNC protester of assault in ‘incident of political violence’
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is accusing an anti-war protester of assaulting him in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. in downtown Milwaukee, about a five-minute drive from Fiserv Forum, where the convention is being held. The Milwaukee Police Department said it is investigating the incident as an assault. […]
‘One Party Alone’: WaPo Columnist Blames Trump, GOP For ‘Political Violence’ Following Assassination Attempt
Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin on Tuesday blamed former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party for the “political violence.” Trump was slightly injured in an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, which left former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore dead and two other attendees injured. In a post on […]
MSNBC host Joy Reid suggested Trump bore the ‘consequences’ of ‘promoting’ political violence
MSNBC host Joy Reid suggested on-air Monday that former President Trump ” bore the consequences ” for ” encouraging ” the violence during a discussion about the weekend assassination attempt. Reid, who was in Milwaukee for MSNBC’s live coverage of the Republican National Convention, made her comments after Rachel Maddow said she hoped some “calming” […]
‘Only Reaction’ to Assassination Attempt ‘That Matters’ Would Be Trump Renouncing Violence
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in an interview with MSNBC on Monday that “the only response that matters here” to the assassination attempt on former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “for both parties to condemn the use of violence in politics. I pray that Donald Trump will renounce violence this week, […]
Boy shot outside NYC subway station by Citi Bike-riding gang in latest city youth violence: cops
Authorities said a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed late Sunday just outside a Bronx subway station by a group of four assailants who fled on a Citi Bike. Police said the boy was shot in the left leg around 8:20 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Simpson Street in Longwood, near […]
House Democrat: 'Hyperbolic' rhetoric about election makes violence 'unsurprising'
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) called on public officials to stop making “exaggerated threats about the importance of this election” in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump. In multiple threads on the social platform “X,” moderate Democrats accused fellow politicians of portraying their political opponents as “demon caricatures bent on destroying the […]
In address from Oval Office, Biden calls for calm: ‘No violence on our streets’
President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Sunday night about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Biden listed recent incidents of political violence, including the Jan. 6 riot and the attack on the husband of Representative Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “I believe it with all my soul, with every strength of my being.” but, […]