"Right now, it is the concerns about threats to the live the lives of people around the president. And the president's own, you know, two assassination attempts on his life, one of which was a near miss last year. I think they are look, the president has made very clear that he is engaging in crackdowns. He has insisted that political violence is only initiated by the political left, as opposed to against it."
"That's just not true, in terms of attacks on the left and we, you know, we saw that with the Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, for instance, we saw that with Nancy Pelosi's husband. But he has made clear that he's not accepting that, and he is moving forward. But it is really hard to overstate how shaken the White House and the president was and were by Charlie Kirk's assassination."
A shift in focus has moved from the Epstein story to worries about threats to the lives of people around the president. The president and his team recall two assassination attempts on his life, including a near miss last year, and have emphasized crackdowns. The president has claimed political violence originates from the political left, a claim challenged by incidents targeting left-leaning figures, including Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota and Nancy Pelosi's husband. Charlie Kirk's assassination profoundly affected many in the White House, with several aides close to or admiring Kirk and the president viewing the killing as related to threats against him.
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