{"id":2600003,"date":"2026-05-07T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-links-hakeem-jeffries-to-whca-assassination-attempt-demands-criminal-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:36:44","slug":"trump-links-hakeem-jeffries-to-whca-assassination-attempt-demands-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-links-hakeem-jeffries-to-whca-assassination-attempt-demands-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Links Hakeem Jeffries to WHCA Assassination Attempt, Demands Criminal Charges"},"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%2Ftrump-links-hakeem-jeffries-to-whca-assassination-attempt-demands-criminal-charges%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=2600003&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>the excerpt describes a dispute in which President Donald Trump criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-govt-blames-shiite-groups-for-botched-attack-on-prime-minister-2\/\" title=\"Iraqi Govt. blames Shi\u2019ite groups for botched attack on prime minister\">recent assassination attempt<\/a> on Trump. Trump accused jeffries of inciting political violence, pointing to Jeffries\u2019 remarks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-left-wing-tech-elitists-babylon-bee-email-provider-abruptly-terminates-service\/\" title=\"\u2018Woke, Left-Wing Tech Elitists\u2019: Babylon Bee Email Provider Abruptly Terminates Service\">social media messaging<\/a> (including the phrase \u201cmaximum warfare, everywhere, all the time\u201d) and posting images meant to link rhetoric to violence. Jeffries responded by saying he stands by his comments and dismissing criticism, while other Republicans argued that Democrats\u2019 language is perilous and that signs used by Democrats the night of the attempt were further evidence of violent intent.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Thursday linked violent rhetoric flowing from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to political violence, including the most recent assassination attempt on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lunatic, Hakeem \u2018Low IQ\u2019 Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE!\u201d Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116533436964740040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted an image of Jeffries standing by a photo of Trump that had the words \u201cmaximum warfare, everywhere all the time\u201d upon it. Next to that was an image from a video that showed accused gunman Cory Tomas Allen as he arrived at the White House Correspondents Association dinner<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the least surprising moment since Katie Porter screamed profanities at a staffer, the man who posted images of himself brandishing a baseball bat, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPGlQhz1oi\">https:\/\/t.co\/LPGlQhz1oi<\/a>, declared \u201cI don\u2019t give a damn\u201d about criticism over his reckless rhetoric. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XMKlqR8EW0\">https:\/\/t.co\/XMKlqR8EW0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/2048929657047618001?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,\u201d Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p>When Jeffiries was asked about the comment he made after the attempt on Trump\u2019s life, he said, \u201cI stand by it,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/27\/hakeem-jeffries-trump-whcd-maximum-warfare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries mocked \u201cso-called criticism from these phony Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) just called White House Press Secretary Leavitt a \u201cstone cold liar\u201d for highlighting the violent rhetoric Democrats have spewed for years.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries is mad that Democrats are being exposed as promoters of violence. Republicans rarely riot. It\u2019s usually\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/2048863783582568824?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  \u201cYou can continue to criticize me for it. I don\u2019t give a damn about the criticism \u2026 get lost,\u201d he said after the attempt on Trump\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries was criticized by Republicans for language that could be easily interpreted as a call to violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo-called Hakeem Jeffries is a disgrace to the United States Congress,\u201d Republican Rep. Randy Fine of Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepFine\/status\/2048550700368498749?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is deranged, disgusting and violent. It is unacceptable that House Democrats continue to remain silent in the aftermath of his call for \u2018maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time\u2019 against Republicans,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir casual acceptance of hateful and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >divisive language enables<\/a> this out-of-control behavior,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Violent rhetoric has taken over the mainstream Democrat Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Left\u2019s incendiary language, from Jasmine Crockett to Hakeem Jeffries, is fueling the political violence we are seeing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sick, dangerous, and irresponsible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ZZO1gGybF\">pic.twitter.com\/3ZZO1gGybF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Banks\/status\/2050270197928411396?\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats must hold so-called Hakeem accountable. 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