Durbin Announces Joint Judiciary-HSGAC Committee Classified Briefing, Hearing On Trump Assassination Attempt

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A week and a half ago, Americans were shocked to witness on live television an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, as well as the murder of Corey Comperatore at a Pennsylvania political rally. We should all take a moment to reflect on Mr. Comperatore’s family’s loss. His wife reported that when the shots were ringing out, he shielded his wife and children with his body … They have been in my thoughts since the tragic events that afternoon.”

“We have a responsibility to get to the bottom of how the Secret Service failed to protect former President Trump on July 13. We need to do this on a bipartisan basis. Keep politics out of it … We need to ask probing and important questions. We need to do it in a responsible way that avoids the kind of incendiary language that has become all too common in our country.

“It is irresponsible for a Member of Congress to accuse the opposing political party of being ‘flat out evil and … [trying] to murder President Trump.’ But, a Member of Congress actually said that.

“As the most powerful democracy in the world, the eyes of our allies and rivals are always on us. Our political discourse should reflect our solemn responsibility to encourage free and fair elections, not just abroad but at home. Because in the land of the free, everyone should feel safe expressing their political views and participating in this country’s most sacred and fought-for legacy, a free and fair democracy.”

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