EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are condemning the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump in a new resolution, declaring that the "only appropriate place for the Nation to settle political disputes is at the ballot box on election day."
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) on Tuesday afternoon and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, states that the shooting at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania , on July 13 was an "abhorrent act of cowardice that must be universally condemned."
Both Democrats and Republicans, including President Joe Biden, have condemned the shooting as an unacceptable display of political violence that has no place in America.
The resolution also condemns a bill called the DISGRACED Former Protectees Act that aimed to remove Secret Service protections for those who had been sentenced for a conviction. The bill text also blasts "inflammatory language" from the Democratic Party to "justify violence against Donald Trump" and a comment from Biden that called for putting "Trump in a bulls-eye" about shifting focus away from the June 27 presidential debate.
"The vile rhetoric used to smear Donald Trump and American conservatives must end," Ogles said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "President Donald J. Trump came within millimeters of being assassinated, and it is because Leftists have spent the last decade characterizing Trump as a Nazi who wants to end democracy.
"Let me be clear: Trump took a bullet for democracy because high-ranking House Democrats, sold-out TV personalities, and every mainstream newspaper have engaged in disgusting displays of hate against America-first conservatives," Ogles continued. "It is imperative the House pass my resolution to clear the record and call out the appalling rhetoric that gave a U.S. president a gunshot wound."
Ogles's resolution is co-sponsored by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Barry Moore (R-AL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Mary Miller (R-IL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Randy Weber (R-TX), Mike Waltz (R-FL) Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Alex Mooney (R-WV), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO).
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The resolution comes on the same day that Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned following her lackluster testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Members from both parties, including most on that committee, had called on her to resign for the security failures that allowed a 20-year-old man to shoot at Trump from a nearby building. The shooter killed one attendee and injured two others, while Trump said he was grazed by a bullet in the ear.
The FBI is running the federal investigation into the shooting, while Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced Tuesday that members would vote this week to establish a bipartisan, 13-member task force to conduct the House's own inquiry into the incident. Seven Republicans and six Democrats will sit on the force, leaders said.
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