'Ballots, Not Bullets': Ivey Calls For Disagreements To Be Settled Through The Political Process

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) reacted to the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

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00:00You know, more broadly, some Republicans have criticized Democrats for calling Donald Trump

00:05a threat to democracy, saying that type of rhetoric is to blame for the events unfolding

00:12on Saturday.

00:13What do you make of those takes?

00:15Yeah, I mean, I think a couple of things.

00:20One is, I don't know, you know, again, whether those kinds of comments fueled what this guy

00:27was thinking at the time he picked up the AR and went on to that roof and then took

00:32a shot at at the presidential nominee.

00:36But, you know, at the end of the day, I think it's important for us to also make sure that,

00:42you know, we're going to have disagreements and they're going to be substantive.

00:46And I think, you know, I think it's OK for us to do that.

00:49You know, there's an old saying, it's it's not important for us to think the same, but

00:55it is important for us to think together.

00:57And I think that that's what needs to happen in Washington.

01:00We're going to have disagreements.

01:02Democrats are still going to be Democrats.

01:03Republicans are still going to be Republicans.

01:05And rightly so.

01:06I mean, that's what this American process is supposed to be.

01:11The separation of powers, the competition of the free market of ideas, there's supposed

01:15to be disagreements.

01:17We just have to make sure we resolve them in the way that the framers set up.

01:21And that's through the political process.

01:23You know, it's ballots, not bullets is the way we need to go.

01:27It's really no secret that temperatures are at an all time high in this election.

01:31This what we saw Saturday was the first attempted assassination in this country of a presidential

01:36candidate since 1981.

01:38Regardless of party, what's your message to your constituents and Americans, both Democrats

01:44and Republicans?

01:45Yeah, I mean, it was a scary moment for a variety of reasons, and, you know, I also

01:52don't want to gloss over the fact that even though, you know, President, presidential

01:57nominee Trump did not get seriously injured, a man lost his life on Saturday and two others

02:03were seriously injured.

02:04So we want to make sure we keep that in our minds and those families in our minds and

02:10hearts as well.

02:11But, you know, I think it's important for us to make sure that we understand the magnitude

02:17of this moment.

02:18This is a pivotal election.

02:20I do think there are a lot of issues on the ballot that are going to be really important

02:26for the United States moving forward.

02:28Abortion and, you know, reproductive rights is one of those, for example.

02:32I think there are others as well, for sure.

02:35Voting rights, civil rights, criminal justice reform.

02:38I know people want to make sure that even though the economy is doing well, that they

02:42benefit as well, too.

02:44And, you know, managing the prescription drug prices.

02:48I think the cap on the cost of insulin was a big step.

02:51There's a lot of concern about the cost of gas and groceries.

02:56Inflation is turning around, but it hasn't gone far enough.

02:59Unemployment is way down.

03:00I mean, these are the kinds of issues, pocketbook issues in particular, that most voters have

03:05on their minds.

03:06And I think we have to find a way, we as Democrats in particular, to speak directly to that.

03:11And I think President Biden needs to talk to them about what he's going to do to try

03:16and make their lives better and what his vision for the country is moving forward.

'Ballots, Not Bullets': Ivey Calls For Disagreements To Be Settled Through The Political Process

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