{"id":2598955,"date":"2026-05-05T12:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-fails-to-confront-political-violence-as-serious-problem-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:42:34","slug":"left-fails-to-confront-political-violence-as-serious-problem-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-fails-to-confront-political-violence-as-serious-problem-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Left fails to confront political violence as &#8216;serious problem&#8217;: Guy Benson"},"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\">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-fails-to-confront-political-violence-as-serious-problem-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=2598955&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>Guy Benson, writing for the *Washington Examiner*, criticized Democrats and the broader Left for what he described as a pattern of <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 ...\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing ... is Actually ...Coded Language\u201d and a ...Dog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">political violence<\/a> and justification for threats. He cited an incident involving Democrat Senate hopeful Raymond Chandler, who was arrested May 1 after making threats against a member of Congress and Donald Trump, including a voicemail instructing the congressman to kill Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Benson argued Chandler was clearly unhinged and that the case fits a larger trend. He also pointed to earlier violence connected to Democrats, drawing a comparison to former Rep.Gabby Giffords, who was shot in 2011, and recalled how the political response after that attack focused heavily on the Right. Benson further referenced a separate shooting attempt-Cole Tomas Allen\u2019s attack at the Washington hilton associated with the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner-saying it reflects how threats and attacks against lawmakers and Trump have become increasingly recurring, while he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >claimed major parts<\/a> of the media have not pushed for equal scrutiny of the Left\u2019s role.  <\/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 the Left and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boat-with-11-decomposing-bodies-being-investigated-after-washing-up-on-caribbean-shore\/\" title=\"Boat with 11 Decomposing Bodies Being Investigated After Washing Up on Caribbean Shore\">ongoing political violence<\/a> in response to a Democratic Senate candidate\u2019s threat against President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that is an indisputable objective read on the situation,\u201d Benson said on Fox News\u2019s <em>FOX &#038; Friends <\/em>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\/crime\/4555146\/sb-4-texas-illegal-immigrants\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Civil rights groups sue over Texas law allowing state police to arrest illegal immigrants: \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4555146\/sb-4-texas-illegal-immigrants\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Civil rights groups sue over Texas law allowing state police to arrest illegal immigrants: \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4554693\/police-search-suspects-oklahoma-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Police continue search for suspects in Oklahoma park shooting that left 23 injured<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Democrat Raymond Chandler was in the running for the Pennsylvania Senate seat in the 2028 election, challenging Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA). Chandler was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fbi-arrests-leftist-senate-hopeful-alleged-death-threats-against-trump-congress-member-daughter\">arrested on May 1<\/a> after he made several threats against a member of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> and Trump. He left voicemails for the congressman, and in one of them, he directed him to kill Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\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=3511736&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=d1ec55e16f1389093a9f9d3988833b2f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest in a string of threats against lawmakers and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On April 25, an alleged gunman, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544489\/cole-allen-faces-charges-attempt-to-assassinate-trump\/\">Cole Tomas Allen<\/a>, stormed past security and fired gunshots inside the Washington Hilton during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner<\/a>. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\">Secret Service<\/a> stormed the stage to protect Trump and his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cabinet\/\">cabinet<\/a> members. Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p>Benson argued that Chandler was \u201cobviously not all with it\u201d and it\u2019s \u201cpart of a larger pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have a monopoly on either side when it comes to political violence, but one side, at the moment, is attempting it more and justifying it more, and that is the Left. I think that is an indisputable objective read on the situation,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<p>Benson related it to former Democratic Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gabby-giffords\/\">Gabby Giffords<\/a>, who was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/1088511\/giffords-return-and-the-road-ahead\/\">shot in the head <\/a>in 2011 but survived and recovered.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4551261\/a-nobody-almost-killed-president-donald-trump\/\"><strong>NOBODY WANTS TO BELIEVE A NOBODY ALMOST KILLED THE PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benson said the Right was targeted when that happened, and, \u201cWe were treated to really a weekslong lecture and national conversation about violence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trey-gowdy-shreds-democrats-impeachment-case-youre-not-going-to-win\/\" title=\"Trey Gowdy Shreds ...\u2019 Impeachment Case: \u2018You\u2019re Not Going To Win\u2019\">political rhetoric<\/a>, and now we see this sort of thing happening disturbingly routinely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrangely, that kind of national conversation is not being demanded by a lot of people in the news <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\">media<\/a>,\u201d Benson said. \u201cAnd unfortunately, I think a lot of people on the political Left are simply refusing to grapple with a serious problem that they do have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Benson urged Democrats address political violence, citing Trump threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2598956,"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\/05\/WHCAdinner.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,75135,36497,35049],"class_list":["post-2598955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-guy-benson-2","tag-media-critique","tag-political-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WHCAdinner.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598955","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598960,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598955\/revisions\/2598960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}