SCOOP: Rep. Pfluger keeps spotlight on Trump assassination attempt with event featuring dozens of lawmakers

One year after a would-be assassin nearly murdered President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a group of House Republicans led by Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas) kept the day’s horrific events in the spotlight.

Pfluger hosted over two dozen House Republicans, including several who were with Trump during his Butler rally, to discuss the horrors of the nation-changing event.

The RSC event took place as political violence has escalated across America against both elected officials and law enforcement officers. Both Reps. Dan Meuser (R., Penn.) and Mike Kelly (R., Penn.) recounted their firsthand experiences of the deadly event.

Kelly, who represents Butler, chairs the bipartisan congressional task force that has been investigating the failed assassination attempt.

Another Republican who joined for the press conference, Rep. Mark Harris (R., N.C.), told the Washington Reporter that “as political leaders, we have a responsibility to talk about the issues. We have the responsibility to talk about the problem.”

“We also have a responsibility to behave in a way that does not personally go after our political foes, but instead to try to focus on the issues,” Harris continued.

Harris, a former American Baptist pastor, added that “the Trump that people saw come out of Butler, Pennsylvania, was a Donald Trump with resolve, a Donald Trump that recognized — I believe — that his life had been spared by the hand of God.”

“When you look at all the things that came out of Butler, I think he moved with momentum after that point, and I don’t think it has slowed down one bit,” Harris added.

Unfortunately, House Republicans themselves are no strangers to political violence.

Rep. Max Miller (R., Ohio), who spoke at the RSC press conference, was run “off the road in the Rocky River” by a pro-Palestinian activist. The activist recently turned himself in after the attack, the congressman explained at the time.

The man threatened both Miller’s life and his family, and then “proceeded to show a Palestinian flag before taking off.”

Another of Miller’s colleagues, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.), discussed the death threats that she receives.

While Trump narrowly avoided death that fateful day in Pennsylvania, not everyone was as lucky.

Corey Comperatore, a firefighter, was killed in a hail of gunfire while he protected his family members. Kelly and others honored his legacy during their remarks.