Rep. Scalise Responds to Gov. Pritzker's Comments on Political Violence and President Trump

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stated that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should examine his own actions after Pritzker attributed a climate tolerant of political violence to President Donald Trump. Scalise made the comments during an interview on the program 'Hannity' on Tuesday.

He said, 'Governor Pritzker needs to look at the man in the mirror, and that's where it needs to start,' according to Fox News. Scalise added that Pritzker and others should stop using inciteful rhetoric.

Pritzker had told Politico that leaders set the tone in the country and that President Trump has set a tone where political violence is okay. He stated, 'He’s advocated it himself before,' referring to Trump. Scalise, who was shot in the hip during a 2017 attack on Republican lawmakers at a baseball practice in Virginia, noted that his injuries left him with no blood pressure and no pulse upon arrival at a hospital.

He pointed out that President Trump has been the target of multiple attempts at political violence.

Pritzker's remarks followed a shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where the shooter's manifesto outlined targets as Trump administration officials, excluding FBI Director Kash Patel. Scalise stated that days into Trump's second term, Pritzker compared the president to Hitler and Nazis, and has done so repeatedly.

Scalise referenced Pritzker's past statement that Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. He further stated that many attempted assassins of Trump have used similar words like 'Nazi' and 'threat to democracy' that figures like Pritzker have employed.