WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican National
Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters released the following statement as
Democrats refuse to condemn the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
nearly two days later:
“Democrats have
deliberately refused for days to utter a word condemning an assassination
attempt targeting President Trump and Republican officials,” said Chairman
Gruters. “Their silence isn’t just cowardly, it’s disgraceful, unpatriotic,
and invites future violence. Democrats routinely traffic in reckless,
inflammatory rhetoric against President Trump and Republicans, but when that
rhetoric escalates into real-world violence, they go silent out of fear of
their own extremist base. If a Democrat candidate or official cannot
immediately and unequivocally condemn the gunman, they are complicit.”
Background:
For 72 days, Democrats have refused to fully fund DHS — including all of Secret Service — even as agents put their lives on the line every day to protect the president and the American people.
