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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

All-caps Trump demands that ‘lunatic’ Democratic leader be charged over correspondents’ dinner shooting

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired off a raging social media post blaming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for the assassination attempt against him at last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner and demanding that he face criminal charges.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump called Jeffries a “lunatic” and “Low IQ“ and said he “should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE” while claiming that “Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country.”

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