President Donald Trump on Thursday linked violent rhetoric flowing from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to political violence, including the most recent assassination attempt on him.

“This lunatic, Hakeem ‘Low IQ’ Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE!” Trump posted onTruth Social.

Trump posted an image of Jeffries standing by a photo of Trump that had the words “maximum warfare, everywhere all the time” upon it. Next to that was an image from a video that showed accused gunman Cory Tomas Allen as he arrived at the White House Correspondents Association dinner

In the least surprising moment since Katie Porter screamed profanities at a staffer, the man who posted images of himself brandishing a baseball bat,https://t.co/LPGlQhz1oi, declared “I don’t give a damn” about criticism over his reckless rhetoric.https://t.co/XMKlqR8EW0

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley)April 28, 2026

“The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,” Trump posted.

When Jeffiries was asked about the comment he made after the attempt on Trump’s life, he said, “I stand by it,” according toAxios.

Jeffries mocked “so-called criticism from these phony Republicans.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) just called White House Press Secretary Leavitt a “stone cold liar” for highlighting the violent rhetoric Democrats have spewed for years.

Jeffries is mad that Democrats are being exposed as promoters of violence. Republicans rarely riot. It’s usually…

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