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Trump blames ‘very dangerous hate speech of the Democrats’ for political violence

The Independent·Owen Scott·about 1 month ago
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President Trump has accused the Democrats of “very dangerous hate speech” following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting .​ The incident Saturday is the latest in a growing number of political attacks in recent years , including an attempt on Trump’s life in Pennsylvania in July 2024 and another in Florida that same year. On Sunday night’s episode of CBS News’ 60 Minutes , Trump was asked what a president can do to “change the trajectory” of political violence in the United States. ​ President Trump said that the ‘hate speech of the Democrats’ is ‘very dangerous’ during a 60 Minutes interview (60 Minutes Overtime, CBS) “Well, you know, you go back 20 years, 40 years, 100 years, 200 years, 500 years, it’s always been there,” Trump mused. “People are assassinated. People are injured. ​ “People are hurt. And I'm not sure that it's any more now than there was,” he continued. “I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats much more so is very dangerous.…

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