At a House Republican press briefing, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) decried political violence and discussed the assassination attempt on President Trump last year in Butler, Pennsylvania.
00:00Introduce the great Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia.
00:06Thank you for being here, and I'm grateful to stand up here with my colleagues.
00:10We've all joined together to denounce hate speech, political hate speech, that has deadly consequences.
00:17A year ago, the world was outraged after they saw President Trump shot at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
00:23And we still mourn the life of Corey Comprator and pray for his family, as well as the other victims that were shot.
00:31However, this is just another type of violence that goes on and on and on, whether it's state legislators in Minnesota, Governor Shapiro in Pennsylvania,
00:42or even me being one of the biggest targets of death threats in Congress, as well as my colleagues standing here with me all receive them.
00:52This is a very serious situation, and it happens in many ways.
00:57It happens in the headlines.
00:59It happens in news clips.
01:01It happens in social media posts.
01:03It happens in campaign literature and e-mails.
01:07And it happens in rhetoric going across the aisle between Republicans and Democrats.
01:14There is no place for political violence, and the people that suffer the most are people like Corey Comprator and his family.
01:22It's also a major strain on our Capitol Police.
01:25And if you talk to Capitol Police, I encourage you, press, to talk to them.
01:29They are dealing with a massive amount of death threats for members of Congress, and they have limited resources.
01:37We would love to see their resources used here at the Capitol and for visitors and safety for everyone.
01:44However, they are constantly having to investigate death threats that come for me and other members of Congress.
01:52Over the break, I spent time talking with the FBI about someone that delivered a syringe in my mailbox and talked with them about other cases.
02:01And there's been multiple people convicted for pleading guilty to planning to kill me.
02:08But this goes across the aisle on both ways, and I think I'm really grateful to be standing here with my colleagues that are saying enough of this.
02:16And I'd also, I can't go without saying that God saved President Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
02:24God saved him, and he knows it, and he says it frequently all the time, and the American people know it.
