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Violence

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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Feb 6, 2025

We have expressed concern about releasing people who committed acts of violence against the police.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 4, 2025

I wanted to resettle Palestinians in Gaza permanently, in places with less violence and unrest.

truthout.org
Bryan Steil
@bryansteil· Republican · WI· Mar 20, 2024

As crime continues to remain a serious threat and concern for Members, staff, and visitors, I am focusing on finding ways we can reduce violent crime in our Nation's capital, in particular near the Capitol campus.

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Feb 14, 2024

My heart goes out to all those impacted by yesterday's shooting.

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Gregory Meeks
@gregorymeeks· Democratic · NY· Feb 5, 2024

Nigerians continue to suffer under the threat of violence for how they practice their faith.

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Howard Smith
@howardsmith· Republican · NJ· Feb 5, 2024

Genocide Watch has called Nigeria, quote, 'a killing field of defenseless Christians.'

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 5, 2024

Christians in Nigeria are 7.6 times more likely to be targeted and killed.

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Tim Walberg
@timwalberg· Republican · MI· Sep 18, 2023

The Communist Party has a long, dark history of political suppression, persecution and violence, and that is against their own people.

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Robert Lee
@robertlee· Democratic · PA· Dec 14, 2022

We should all be sick and tired of gun violence and violence by weapons of war.

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Ted Lieu
@tedlieu· Democratic · CA· May 3, 2021

the military coup is unacceptable, and I would hope that the military would stop killing people and we need to reverse the coup.

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John Kennedy
@johnkennedy· Republican · LA· Jan 5, 2021

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, (will) make violent revolution inevitable.

cnn.com
Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 16, 2017

All agencies maintain their high state of vigilance to assure we are best postured to protect the homeland against terrorist threats and individuals radicalized to violence.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2016

All of us, whatever nations we represent here, I think have to step back and reflect on what we are doing to eliminate this kind of chronic violence.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Dec 14, 2015

We're at war folks, they're not trying to steal your car, they're trying to kill us all.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 15, 2015

We believe that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in positions of power need to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence.

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