Tim Sheehy: “we saw last weekend a terrible event and, yet again, a product which is of a self-governing society, which is…”

“we saw last weekend a terrible event and, yet again, a product which is of a self-governing society, which is sometimes--we get mad at each other, and sometimes that anger expresses itself at our elected leaders in tragic ways--in a third assassination attempt against our President at a venue that we also saw President Reagan, over 40 years ago, also was attacked at this venue. Unfortunately, that attempt was almost successful. Thank God it wasn't. Presidents of both parties have been subject to violence throughout the course of our Republic, and that is part of what comes with being a self-governing nation--is that things can get messy. And, unfortunately, that is a reality of democracy and of living in a Republic. But we don't have to make it easy, and we should be able to host--as the most powerful Nation in the history of the world, we should be able to have events in our Nation's Capital anchored by our President of either party, of Cabinet Members. We should be able to host heads of state without the expectation that gunfire will erupt at our places of gathering, that our Nation can host other nations here without them having to worry about being gunned down at an event that is hosting the President of the United States. Our State Department issues travel advisories for other countries for exactly these reasons, and yet it happens right here in Washington, DC.”