House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was nearly killed by a gunman in 2017, said Saturday the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is a byproduct of Trump derangement syndrome that has infected far-left politics.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. **FILE**
Mr. Scalise, Louisiana Republican, said he was praying for Mr. Trump and the rallygoers and thanked law enforcement for their rapid response.“For weeks Democrat leaders have been fueling ludicrous hysteria that Donald Trump winning re-election would be the end of democracy in America,” Mr. Scalise said in a statement. “Clearly we’ve seen far-left lunatics act on violent rhetoric in the past.”Mr.
The gunman, identified as James T. Hodgkinson, was shot by the officers and died. He was a left-wing activist who supported Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, in the 2016 Democratic primary and had posted a series of online anti-Trump rants.
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