WASHINGTON, D.C. – Independent Women (IW) today issued the following statement in response to the attempted assassination of former President Trump:
“There is nothing more undemocratic than using violence to try to prevent democracy from happening. Independent Women wishes former President Trump a speedy recovery. The extreme language of claiming Trump is worse than Hitler and a threat to democracy has to stop — that is extremist, manipulative rhetoric that those who generate it know will spur exactly this sort of event. Our hearts go out to the families of those in the audience who, per multiple reports, have been either killed or seriously wounded. And we are grateful there are patriotic and selfless men and women willing to give their lives for our president — that is the heroic nature of America.”
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