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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday said the Democratic Party and legacy media\u2019s \u201csystemic<\/span> demonization\u201d and \u201ccrazed rhetoric\u201d of President Donald Trump helped incite the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking from the briefing room podium, Leavitt framed Saturday\u2019s shooting as the \u201cthird<\/span> major<\/span> assassination<\/span> attempt<\/span> against<\/span> President<\/span> Trump<\/span> in<\/span> two<\/span> years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThose<\/span> who<\/span> constantly<\/span> falsely<\/span> label<\/span> and<\/span> slander<\/span> the<\/span> President<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> fascist,<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> democracy,<\/span> and<\/span> compare<\/span> him<\/span> to<\/span> Hitler<\/span> to<\/span> score<\/span> political<\/span> points,<\/span> are<\/span> fueling<\/span> this<\/span> kind<\/span> of<\/span> violence,\u201d Leavitt said. \u201c<\/span>The<\/span> Left<\/span>\u2013wing<\/span> cult<\/span> of<\/span> hatred<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> president<\/span> and<\/span> all<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> support<\/span> him<\/span> and<\/span> work<\/span> for<\/span> him<\/span> has<\/span> gotten<\/span> multiple<\/span> people<\/span> hurt<\/span> and<\/span> killed,<\/span> and<\/span> it<\/span> almost<\/span> did<\/span> so<\/span> again<\/span> this<\/span> weekend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n For years and weeks leading up to the correspondent\u2019s dinner shooting, Democrats have ramped up their incendiary and inflammatory rhetoric against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) described tensions between Democrats and Republicans in stark terms last week.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere, all the time,\u201d Jeffries said to reporters<\/a> from Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries last week: \u201cWe are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere, all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n Yesterday, a gunman tried to assassinate the President. pic.twitter.com\/wcYwTRUyjj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed echoed a more confrontational tone at a campaign event, telling supporters, \u201cIf they go low, we don\u2019t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.\u201d<\/p>\n WATCH \ud83d\udea8 MI Democrat Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they go low, we don\u2019t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/dMslSkJMjy<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PiE8XntnHR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michigan Forward (@MIForward_Net) August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n At a gathering of global leftists in Spain, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called Trump\u2019s second presidency \u201cthe most significant threat to American democracy since the Civil War,\u201d adding, \u201cDonald Trump in our country is trying to end our democracy. We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover, we\u2019re in the middle of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Murphy: President Trump \u201cis the most significant threat to American democracy since the Civil War.\u201dpic.twitter.com\/N1zGscc9SB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n During her \u201cFight Oligarchy\u201d tour, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) described the Trump administration as \u201cfascist,\u201d while Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) urged supporters to \u201cfight against all of that every turn.\u201d<\/p>\n Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: \u201cThis fascist administration didn\u2019t come from anywhere\u2026 We\u2019re gonna fight.\u201dpic.twitter.com\/U1vldjPY1w<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Democrat Squad radical Ayanna Pressley in August:<\/p>\n \u201cDonald Trump is a FASCIST!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo we have to fight against all of that in return\u201d pic.twitter.com\/u9JUhbhP8L<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NRCC (@NRCC) September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) has said Trump \u201cis paving the way\u201d to become a leader like Vladimir Putin or Adolf Hitler, while California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Democrats are \u201cfighting fire with fire\u201d and should \u201cpunch these sons of b*tches in the mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n Dan Goldman: President Trump is \u201cpaving the way \u2026 to become an Adolf Hitler.\u201dpic.twitter.com\/6H6p4sUYr4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has called for \u201cmass protests\u201d and \u201cdisruption,\u201d saying Republicans\u00a0\u201ccannot know a moment of peace\u201d and Democrats must \u201cpunish\u201d Republicans at the ballot box.<\/p>\n Pritzker calls for mass protests and disruption \u2013 \u201cRepublicans cannot know a moment of peace,\u201d he says, swaying their portraits will one day be put in museums \u201creserved for tyrants and traitors\u201d pic.twitter.com\/BBBuL1Uz9O<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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