{"id":2418084,"date":"2025-03-31T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:48:53","slug":"gop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Chairman warns Democrats not denouncing political violence are \u2018causing\u2019 it &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>GOP Chairman Michael Whatley has called on Democratic leaders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-democrats-misleading-jan-6-narrative-more-detrimental-to-our-republic-than-the-day-itself\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs: Democrats\u2019 \u2018Misleading\u2019 Jan. 6 Narrative \u2018More Detrimental to Our Republic than the Day Itself\u2019\">condemn political violence<\/a>, stating that their silence is contributing to the issue. His comments followed an incident where the New Mexico Republican Party headquarters was vandalized, including incendiary graffiti. Whatley emphasized that political violence is on the rise, pointing to various attacks including those on Tesla dealerships, and attributed this surge to incitement from Democratic politicians. he expressed concern for public safety, noting that while no one was harmed in the recent attack, it is unacceptable. Despite his outreach, Whatley mentioned that no Democratic leaders had contacted him regarding the incident and insisted that those who fail to denounce such violence must take responsibility for their rhetoric. In response to the attacks, some Democrats, including Rep.Teresa Leger Fernandez, have condemned the vandalism, though Whatley questioned the adequacy of these responses from the party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP Chairman warns Democrats not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccabe-says-trumps-message-demanding-peace-and-denouncing-violence-is-actually-coded-language-and-a-dog-whistle-to-his-base-to-fight-video\/\" title=\"McCabe Says Trump\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing ... is Actually \u201cCoded Language\u201d and a \u201cDog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">denouncing political violence<\/a> are &lsquo;causing&rsquo; it<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2076315\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican National Committee<\/a> Chairman Michael Whatley urged top Democrats to condemn political violence across the nation, claiming that those who do not are contributing to it through their &ldquo;language.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Whatley&rsquo;s comments come after the headquarters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3363886\/new-mexico-republican-party-headquarters-vandalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Mexico Republican Party<\/a> was the target of vandalism and arson on Sunday, which included the phrase &ldquo;ICE=KKK&rdquo; spray-painted outside the building. Whatley argued that political violence is &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; on the rise across the country, including the attacks on Tesla dealerships, and claimed it is a &ldquo;direct result&rdquo; of &ldquo;incitement&rdquo; by Democratic lawmakers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3364383\/louisiana-voters-reject-four-amendments-jeff-landry\/\">Louisiana voters overwhelmingly reject four amendments backed by Republican governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3364565\/doge-social-security-numbers-voting-noncitizens\/\">DOGE sounds alarm on Social Security numbers given to &#8216;voting&#8217; noncitizens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3364559\/ami-bera-calls-colleagues-to-uphold-constitution-fight-trump-third-term\/\">Bera calls on colleagues to &#8216;uphold the Constitution&#8217; and fight Trump&#8217;s third term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&ldquo;We are very concerned. Thank God nobody was there that night; thank God nobody was actually hurt in the attack on that,&rdquo; Whatley stated on Fox Business&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Varney and Co.<\/em><\/span>  &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t had people that have been hurt at the Tesla dealerships with the violence that&rsquo;s going on there. This is not acceptable, and really, truly, the American people are going to recoil at this type of political violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2868610&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1f73419fa0af9361d7a8cfb9ee45152b\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The GOP chairman was then asked to clarify if any top Democrats had reached out to him in the wake of the political vandalism, to which he said, &ldquo;Not a one,&rdquo; adding that he would expect them to speak to him about this. He proceeded to argue that any Democrat not speaking out against the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent political violence &#038;ldquo<\/a>;has to own the fact that their rhetoric&rdquo; is responsible for the actions of others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3358215\/political-violence-left-burning-teslas-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE BONFIRE OF THE TESLAS: POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE LEFT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Political violence is unacceptable, including the arson attack on New Mexico&rsquo;s GOP headquarters. The perpetrators must be held accountable. Every American should be able to freely and safely participate in our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>At my town hall yesterday, I spoke about love in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Teresa Leger Fern&aacute;ndez (@RepTeresaLF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTeresaLF\/status\/1906486609622479018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>A day before the New Mexico Republican Party headquarters was vandalized, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) described how her town hall attendees are &ldquo;part of the &lsquo;agitate&rsquo; part&rdquo; in the party&rsquo;s &ldquo;legislate, litigate, agitate&rdquo; approach. She has since walked back these comments, calling the attack on the GOP headquarters &ldquo;unacceptable&rdquo; and claiming she &ldquo;spoke about love in action&rdquo; during her town hall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has ANY elected Democrat denounced this deliberate domestic terrorism?<\/p>\n<p>Somebody is gonna get killed. <\/p>\n<p>And Dems are cheering it on (and likely funding it). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vpvg5VZGSJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vpvg5VZGSJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1904271281845153853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned last week if any Democratic lawmakers have condemned the vandalism across the country, warning that &ldquo;somebody is going to get killed.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1899493755939348857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rep. Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) issued his own statement denouncing the attacks on Tesla, stating that &ldquo;zero tolerance&rdquo; exists for these acts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2076315\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2076315\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Chair: Dems&#8217; silence on violence fuels it, urges condemnation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2418085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Whatley-on-Political-Violence-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,6203,35049,32076],"class_list":["post-2418084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-gop","tag-political-violence","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Whatley-on-Political-Violence-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418088,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418084\/revisions\/2418088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}