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Former NY congressman lays out Dems’ years-long escalating rhetoric ahead of Trump assassination attempt
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Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin recounted a bevy of attacks former President Trump and other Republicans have faced in recent years, saying he's "tired" of the strikes.
Zeldin was responding to President Biden backtracking on his comment earlier this month that "it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye," saying the remark was a "mistake" after a 20-year-old man in Pennsylvania attempted to assassinate Trump during a rally on Saturday evening. Zeldin reflected that verbal and physical attacks against Republicans have been ongoing and heightening for years before a shooter tried to kill the 45th president.
"I saw it with Steve Scalise with the shooting a few years ago, the attack on Rand Paul, the targeting of Justice Kavanaugh, this very close, near-assassination of President Trump. Yes, we should settle our scores at the ballot box. I agree with that. It's a truth. It's something that everyone should preach and everyone should believe in," he continued.