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Trump rages in all caps that ‘lunatic’ Democratic leader Jeffries be charged over correspondents’ dinner shooting
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Trump rages in all caps that ‘lunatic’ Democratic leader Jeffries be charged over correspondents’ dinner shooting

The Independent·Andrew Feinberg·25 days ago
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President Donald Trump on Thursday fired off a raging social media post blaming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for the assassination attempt against him at last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner and demanding that he face criminal charges. Writing on Truth Social, Trump called Jeffries a “lunatic” and “Low IQ“ and said he “should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE” while claiming that “Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country.” Trump’s comments accompanied a graphic showing Jeffries speaking at an April press conference when he called for “maximum warfare” relating to Democratic-led states’ work to counter GOP redistricting next to a still image from security camera footage of the attempted shooting at the Washington Hilton. Jeffries, leader of the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives, made those comments during a press conference in the wake of Virginia’s special election to approve a new congressional district map that heavily favored Democrats.…

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