{"id":2595822,"date":"2026-04-27T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-blasts-wh-for-claim-dem-rhetoric-incited-attack-on-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:32:16","slug":"jeffries-blasts-wh-for-claim-dem-rhetoric-incited-attack-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-blasts-wh-for-claim-dem-rhetoric-incited-attack-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries blasts WH for claim Dem rhetoric incited attack on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fjeffries-blasts-wh-for-claim-dem-rhetoric-incited-attack-on-trump%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=2595822&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>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he \u201cdoesn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about White House claims that Democratic rhetoric helped incite the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner. pressed by reporters after remarks from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt-who cited past comments by Democrats including Jeffries-Jeffries said political violence is unacceptable but rejected the criticism and called leavitt a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and \u201cstone-cold liar.\u201d He also argued the White House had no right to lecture on civility given Trump\u2019s pardons related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including a person later charged with threatening Jeffries.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt, speaking after delaying her maternity leave to brief reporters, reiterated that the attack reflects broader \u201cdemonization\u201d of Trump and his supporters by Democratic figures and some media.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"790\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said on Monday that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about claims from the White House that Democratic rhetoric fueled the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2432\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters asked Jeffries about comments White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11685\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> made earlier in the day that alleged that the \u201cleft-wing cult of hatred against the president\u201d had incited the attack. Leavitt, in particular, highlighted comments that high-profile Democrats had made in the past, including one last week by Jeffries saying America was in an \u201cera of maximum warfare\u201d when it came to redistricting.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4543853\/boebert-sheehy-prepping-bills-trump-ballroom-approval\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lauren Boebert and Tim Sheehy prepping bills to approve Trump ballroom after dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4543800\/jeffries-house-gop-stalling-dhs-funding\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jeffries blames House GOP for stalling DHS funding over ICE after WHCA dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4542367\/house-lawmakers-watch-gop-leadership-fisa-extension\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House lawmakers to watch as GOP leadership tries to pass FISA extension<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Jeffries said that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/political-violence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3563\">political violence<\/a> is \u201cunacceptable,\u201d but also admitted he was unconcerned \u201cwith so-called criticism from these phony Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cI stand by it,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou can continue to criticize me for it. I don\u2019t give a damn about your criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries went on to say that Leavitt was a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and \u201cstone-cold liar\u201d and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> had no right to \u201clecture us about civility\u201d given Trump\u2019s pardoning of the individuals who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. One of the individuals pardoned was later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3858199\/mike-johnson-blames-democrats-political-violence-jan-6-rioter-threatens-hakeem-jeffries\/\">charged with threatening Jeffries\u2019s life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet lost, clean up your own house before you have anything to say to us about the language that we use,\u201d said Jeffries. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4542061\/lawmakers-to-watch-house-reconciliation\/\">THE LAWMAKERS TO WATCH AS HOUSE TRIES TO PASS A $70 BILLION RECONCILIATION BILL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt, who is pregnant, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4542382\/karoline-leavitt-delay-maternity-leave-whcd-shooting\/\">delayed her maternity<\/a> leave on Monday to brief the press in light of the attempted assassination at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-sen-jeff-merkley-admits-pelosis-stock-trading-sways-her-legislative-judgment\/\" title=\"Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley Admits Pelosi&#039;s Stock Trading Sways Her Legislative Judgment\">correspondents\u2019 dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-left-wing-culture-of-hatred-inspired-cole-allen\/\" title=\"... says &#039;left wing culture of hatred&#039; inspired Cole Allen\">political violence stems<\/a> from a systemic demonization of [Trump] and his supporters by commentators, by elected members of the Democrat Party, and even some in the media,\u201d said Leavitt.\u00a0\u201cThe left-wing cult of hatred against the president and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed, and it almost did so again this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries said he \u201cdoesn\u2019t care\u201d about WH claims linking Dem rhetoric to Trump attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2595825,"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\/2026\/04\/AP26113616696428.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32923,50470,32127],"class_list":["post-2595822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democratic-party","tag-jeffries-2","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26113616696428.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595822","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595828,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595822\/revisions\/2595828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}