‘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, […]
Biden Condemns Violence But Takes No Responsibility for Anti-Trump Rhetoric
President Joe Biden delivered a brief address to the nation on Sunday after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump shocked the nation. President Biden said he had a “brief but meaningful conversation” with President Trump. He added that he and First Lady Jill Biden are praying for President Trump and his family, and […]
Poll finds two-thirds of Americans expect more political violence in wake of Trump shooting
That means 2024 could become a new, politically watershed 1968, marked by a bad actor attacking an iconic political leader. That’s the fear shared by a whopping 67% of Americans in a poll conducted following the shooting of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening. Two in three of […]
From ‘bull’s-eye’ to bullets: Who’s inciting violence now?
Just a week ago, Joe Biden told donors, “It’s time to call out Trump hard.” Apparently someone took his words seriously. Biden will say he didn’t mean it, but these thoughtless remarks demonstrate once again that his current mental state is utterly dangerous to America, to our national security, and, unfortunately, to those trying to […]
Coons: 'Too many close calls' with political violence
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) said Sunday in response to the assassination attempt on former President Trump that he had “far too often come close to political violence” during his tenure in Congress. Coons, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referred to the violence against his colleagues Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and former Rep. Gabby Giffords […]