2026年4月27日 美国东部时间下午4:24 / 福克斯新闻
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳、阿卜杜勒·赛义德和罗伊·库珀因过往言论遭到全国共和党参议员委员会审查
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
在唐纳德·特朗普总统遭遇第三次未遂刺杀事件后，白宫官员呼吁媒体和民主党承担责任，称有人“疯狂”将激进言论常态化，这会煽动精神不稳定者实施暴力并助长网络虚假信息。卡罗琳·莱维特批评吉米·坎摩尔的“遗孀”笑话以及民主党高层的“卑劣”言论，称这些言论会刺激精神失常者实施暴力。
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多名民主党参议员候选人因在针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的第三次疑似刺杀事件发生前发表的言论遭到审查，这些言论似乎支持针对共和党人的暴力行为。
政治言论，尤其是民主党人使用的带有暴力或攻击性意象的言论，及其在政治暴力中所起的作用，在特朗普第二任总统任期内已多次受到审视。
上周末，特朗普遭遇第三次疑似刺杀事件，涉嫌枪手科尔·艾伦在华盛顿特区白宫记者协会晚宴期间被联邦执法人员制服。此后，参议院竞选机构将焦点放在三名候选人——格雷厄姆·普拉特纳、阿卜杜勒·赛义德和前州长罗伊·库珀——过往发表的攻击性言论上。
共和党人在第三次特朗普遇袭恐慌后迅速批准白宫舞厅使用申请
民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳、阿卜杜勒·赛义德和前北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库珀因过去针对共和党人的暴力言论遭到审查，此前特朗普总统遭遇第三次疑似刺杀事件。（索菲·帕克/盖蒂图片社；吉姆·韦斯特/UCG/环球图片社 via 盖蒂图片社；美联社照片/内尔·雷蒙德）
全国共和党参议员委员会（NRSC）发言人伯纳黛特·布雷斯林抨击竞选参议院的民主党候选人没有降低言论声调——他们曾呼吁过这一点——也没有谴责上周末的枪击事件。
“如今的民主党受制于仇视特朗普的选民基础，这正将他们的党拖向危险的道路，”布雷斯林告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“共和党人始终明确表示，政治暴力在美国没有立足之地，而民主党人的沉默令人震惊。”
在去年政治活动家查理·柯克遇刺后，呼吁降低言论攻击性的呼声达到顶峰。但这一时刻并未平息双方的唇枪舌剑，尤其是在竞选活动中。
众议院共和党人反驳参议院“单薄”计划，以结束创纪录的国土安全部停摆
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特在2026年4月27日的简报会上谈及即将举行的白宫记者协会晚宴。（安德鲁·哈恩/盖蒂图片社）
普拉特纳正在竞选推翻缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的席位，这场选举可能决定参议院的控制权。在柯克遇刺后，普拉特纳并未收敛自己的言论。
“我不想击败苏珊·柯林斯，我想彻底击败她，”普拉特纳当时在接受“梅达斯触击”采访时说道。“我要给共和党一记重创。”
普拉特纳的竞选团队没有立即回应就其过往言论或他是否谴责此次枪击事件置评的请求。
仅几周后，同为进步派候选人的阿卜杜勒·赛义德——他正在争夺密歇根州民主党参议员加里·彼得斯即将空出的席位，正陷入一场激烈的三方民主党初选——用激烈的言论抨击共和党人。
专家警告：民主党因未能谴责本阵营的暴力言论而面临反弹风险
唐纳德·特朗普总统周日在接受《60分钟》采访时透露，白宫记者协会晚宴枪击事件发生后，一名民主党人曾要求与他拥抱。（尤里·格里帕斯/阿巴卡/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
他对前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马多年前在佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯和纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹在密歇根州举办的“打击寡头政治”巡回演讲中提出的口号进行了新的演绎。
“当他们走下坡路时，我们不要走下坡路，”赛义德说。“我们要把他们拖进泥潭，掐死他们。”
赛义德确实谴责了华盛顿特区的枪击事件，并在X平台上发帖称，他“对政府官员、媒体、工作人员或旁观者没有受伤感到欣慰”，但他的竞选团队没有就其针对共和党人的过往言论置评。
前北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库珀正在竞选接替即将退休的北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯的席位。他在2024年总统竞选周期中抨击特朗普是“民主的威胁”，并认为“击败他至关重要”。
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他的参议院竞选团队发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，库珀认为“任何形式的政治暴力都是不可接受的，他感谢勇敢的执法人员在周六晚上努力保护总统和与会者的安全。”
与此同时，白宫将上周末的枪击事件归咎于民主党极左翼选民基础。
“针对总统以及所有支持他、为他工作的人的左翼仇恨狂热已经造成多人受伤和死亡，本周末险些再次发生同样的悲剧，”白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特周一表示。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Dem Senate hopefuls under scrutiny for ‘choke them out’ rhetoric after Trump attack scare
April 27, 2026 4:24pm EDT / Fox News
Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and Roy Cooper face scrutiny from the NRSC over past comments
By Alex Miller, Fox News
Following the third attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, White House officials are calling for accountability from the media and the Democratic Party, pointing to a ‘crazed’ normalization of rhetoric that radicalizes unstable people and fuels online disinformation. Karoline Leavitt criticized Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘widow’ joke and ‘despicable’ comments from top Democrats as catalysts that inspire mentally disturbed individuals to commit violence.
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A handful of Democratic hopefuls are under scrutiny for comments made before the apparent third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump that appeared to support violence against Republicans.
Political rhetoric, particularly the kind that skews toward violent or aggressive imagery from Democrats, and its role in political violence have time and again come under the microscope during Trump’s second term in office.
After the apparent third assassination attempt against Trump over the weekend, in which alleged shooter Cole Allen was subdued by federal law enforcement during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Senate’s campaign arm is putting a spotlight on aggressive comments three hopefuls, Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and former Gov. Roy Cooper, made in the past.
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Senate Democratic hopefuls Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper are under scrutiny for their past violent rhetoric against Republicans in light of a possible third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.(Sophie Park/Getty Images; Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesperson Bernadette Breslin slammed Democratic candidates running for the Senate for not lowering the temperature, something they once called for, and for not condemning the shooting over the weekend.
“Today’s Democrats are beholden to a Trump-hating base that is dragging their party down a dangerous path,” Breslin told Fox News Digital. “Republicans have consistently made clear that political violence has no place in America, while Democrats’ silence is deafening.”
Calls to tone down the rhetoric reached a zenith after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk last year. But that moment has done little to quiet the back-and-forth, particularly on the campaign trail.
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Press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner during a briefing on April 27, 2026.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Platner, who is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in a race that could determine control of the Senate, did little to tone down his speech on the heels of Kirk’s assassination.
“I don’t wanna beat Susan Collins, I want to trounce Susan Collins,” Platner said at the time during an interview with Meidas Touch. “I want to give the Republican Party a battering.”
Platner’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his past rhetoric or on whether he condemned the shooting.
Just a few weeks later, fellow progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is locked in a contentious three-way Democratic primary vying for the seat held by outgoing Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., went after Republicans with heated rhetoric.
EXPERT WARNS DEMOCRATS RISK BACKLASH OVER FAILURE TO CONDEMN VIOLENT RHETORIC IN THEIR RANKS
President Donald Trump revealed Sunday during an interview on “60 Minutes” that a Democrat asked to hug him in the aftermath of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He put a new spin on a phrase coined years ago by former first lady Michelle Obama during a Fight Oligarchy tour stop run by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in Michigan.
“When they go low, we don’t go high,” El-Sayed said. “We take them to the mud and choke them out.”
El-Sayed did condemn the shooting in Washington, D.C., and said in a post on X that he was “relieved that no members of the administration, media, staff, or bystanders were hurt,” but his campaign did not comment on his past rhetoric against Republicans.
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who is running to flip retiring Sen. Thom Tillis’, R-N.C., seat in the upper chamber, blasted Trump as a “threat to democracy” and argued that “defeating him is imperative” during the 2024 presidential cycle.
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A spokesperson for his Senate bid told Fox News Digital that Cooper believed “that political violence of any kind is unacceptable, and he’s grateful to the brave law enforcement members who worked to keep the president and attendees safe on Saturday evening.”
Meanwhile, the White House is pinning the blame for the weekend shooting on Democrats’ far-left base.
“The left-wing cult of hatred against the president and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed, and it almost did so again this weekend,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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