{"id":2596629,"date":"2026-04-29T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-has-more-of-an-appetite-for-political-violence-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:24:57","slug":"left-has-more-of-an-appetite-for-political-violence-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-has-more-of-an-appetite-for-political-violence-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Left has &#8216;more of an appetite&#8217; for political violence: Guy Benson"},"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%2Fleft-has-more-of-an-appetite-for-political-violence-guy-benson%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=2596629&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>Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries\u2019 remarks about \u201cmaximum warfare,\u201d arguing that Jeffries is playing to his party\u2019s base rather than helping to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cool political language amid heightened tensions<\/a>. Benson pointed to a rapid succession of events: Jeffries faced backlash for the comments during a redistricting fight, and shortly afterward gunshots were fired at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, Secret Service agents arrested the gunman, Cole Allen (31), who was charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump; no serious injuries were reported, though one agent was hurt when their vest was hit. Benson said Jeffries\u2019s stance was especially inappropriate given a recent assassination attempt and ongoing violence threats, and he added that leaders should reject and not rationalize political violence-notably rhetoric coming from the Left and Democrats.  <\/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><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/guy-benson\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> criticized political rhetoric coming from House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) and said there\u2019s \u201cmore of an appetite\u201d for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/political-violence\/\">political violence<\/a> coming from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/leftism\/\">Left<\/a> and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeffries is following the lead of what he knows his base demands, which is not giving an inch,\u201d Benson said on Fox Business\u2019s <em>The Evening Edit <\/em>on Tuesday.<\/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\/white-house\/4547415\/cole-allen-byron-york-political-rhetoric-whcd\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cole Allen absorbed political rhetoric like a \u2018sponge\u2019: Byron York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4547408\/king-charles-gift-trump-bell-state-dinner\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>King Charles gifts Trump bell from British submarine namesake during state dinner<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4546693\/watch-live-king-charles-white-house-dinner\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: King Charles III attends White House state dinner<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Jeffries came under fire for his comments about \u201cmaximum warfare\u201d last week over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\">redistricting<\/a> battles with Republicans. Just a few days later, gunshots rang out at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\">Secret Service<\/a> agents captured the gunman, identified as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544489\/cole-allen-faces-charges-attempt-to-assassinate-trump\/\">Cole Allen, 31<\/a>. He was charged with trying to assassinate President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>. No serious injuries were reported, but one agent is recovering after his vest was hit by gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries\u2019s comments were criticized as untimely and inappropriate following what\u2019s now the third <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-assassination-attempt\/\">assassination attempt<\/a> against the president. <\/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?id=3502008&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=a531739eb93f1ee023607f24e0d9f2dc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere, all the time,\u201d Jeffries said last week.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he stood firm and defended the comments, saying, \u201cThe notion that any of us are concerned with so-called criticism from these phony Republicans \u2026 I stand by it.\u2026 I don\u2019t give a damn about your criticism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/karoline-leavitt-calls-out-democrats-rhetoric-after-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\/\">called out<\/a> Democrats\u2019 rhetoric after the shooting, highlighting Jeffries\u2019s comments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are Democrat elected officials calling for war against the president of the United States,\u201d Leavitt said. <\/p>\n<p>Benson said Jeffries is \u201cnot accepting at all that maybe things could get a little more sober and cooled down a little bit,\u201d in reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-claims-hunter-biden-verdict-nothing-more-than-a-distraction\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Calls Hunter Biden Verdict a Mere Distraction\">ongoing political rhetoric<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the only answer, politically, he felt like he is allowed to give based on the attitudes \u2026 and general sentiments of the people who make up the core voting base of his party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benson noted that there will always be people who \u201close their minds and do violent things,\u201d but that it\u2019s necessary for our leaders to reject that kind of thinking.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4543496\/republicans-democrats-unite-after-whca-shooting\/\"><strong>REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS UNITE AFTER WHCA SHOOTING: \u2018VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReject people who would defend or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-salon-declares-gop-a-violent-terror-organization\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Salon Declares GOP a Violent \u2018Terror Organization...\">support political violence<\/a>, and unfortunately, we\u2019re seeing more of an appetite for rationalizing, justifying, or celebrating violence, particularly on the Left,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hope that we can pull back from the brink on this because we\u2019ve had enough bloodshed and attempted bloodshed already, but we\u2019re in a tough political moment right now, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Benson says Jeffries\u2019 rhetoric fuels calls for political 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