Something happened almost immediately after the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. First, we got the “It was staged” nonsense. But when even they couldn’t deny the facts, they pivoted to the "both sides” argument.
The fact that we’ve had such asymmetrical examples of political violence and violent rhetoric lately should have closed the door on that narrative, yet the left is still trying. Worse yet, Cole Allen’s manifesto reads like standard-issue left-wing talking points — the kind you hear every day on cable news and across the left's social media platforms. This man was no doubt radicalized by the rhetoric coming from the Democratic Party.
As Scott Jennings pointed out on his radio show, Allen attended a "No Kings" rally — the kind where participants "routinely hold signs and call for Trump's death." Jennings walked through the left-wing lies that Allen consumed: Trump is Hitler, Trump is a fascist, Trump is a threat to democracy, Trump is a pedophile, over and over, from credible-sounding sources.
One of those sources? Rep. Ted Lieu. Jennings played a clip of Lieu claiming, "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children. Of Donald Trump threatening to kill children." All lies. "Obviously, the shooter believed Ted Lieu's lies and decided to do something about it," Jennings said. Convince someone that Trump is Hitler and a child killer, and you shouldn't be shocked when they reach for a weapon.
Yet Democrats reached for denial instead.
The morning after the shooting, Rep. Jamie Raskin appeared on CNN. Dana Bash asked if Democrats should reconsider their "heated rhetoric" after incidents like this. "What rhetoric do you have in mind?” Raskin asked.
That was his answer.
Jennings called him "a complete and total joke of a human being." The feigned ignorance is strategic. Deny the rhetoric exists, and you never have to stop.
Barack Obama played the same game. He claimed in a statement that the shooter's motives were unknown, even though his manifesto had been public for hours.
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And then there's Jimmy Kimmel. Just days before the dinner, he joked that Melania Trump had a "glow like an expectant widow." The crowd laughed. Melania publicly called on ABC to address his "hateful and violent rhetoric." Jennings argued that it was “wish casting,” meaning that Kimmel was trying to will Donald Trump's death into existence, night after night, to applause.
Even Gov. Tim Walz openly hoped to wake up to news that Trump had died. Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told his base, "When they go low, we take 'em to the mud and choke 'em out." House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared, "We are in an era of maximum warfare. Everywhere, all the time."
Maximum warfare. That's the platform now.
We have a left-wing violence problem in America.
— Scott Jennings Show (@JenningsShow) April 27, 2026
After 3x attempts on Trump, Charlie, Kavanaugh, Scalise and more.@ScottJenningsKY masterfully shows how rhetoric from many prominent voices in news, media & even politicians have helped marinate a culture of violence on the Left. pic.twitter.com/3aUPT9HN4Y
Trump has survived three assassination attempts now. Steve Scalise took a bullet. An unhinged leftist tried to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh. An assassin killed Charlie Kirk.
Stuff like this happens because Democrats send the message that their supporters have a moral obligation to target Trump and his supporters. You don’t see this happening on the right. Just the left. And the left aren't hiding it. They are doing this openly. And they aren't sorry about it, either.
