Inside the Republican bid to set up a 9/11 commission to look into the Trump shooting... and the theories on what they think inspired the attempted assassination

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By Morgan Phillips, Congress Reporter On Capitol Hill For Dailymail.Com

Published: 14:58 EDT, 16 July 2024 | Updated: 14:58 EDT, 16 July 2024

Rep. Derrick Van Orden is demanding nan House group up an emergency sheet to analyse nan Trump assassination attempt, which he blamed connected rhetoric from nan media and Democrats. 

'I dream [the shooting] changes nan temper pinch nan press,' Van Orden said successful an question and reply pinch DailyMail.com astatine nan Republican National Convention (RNC) successful his location authorities of Milwaukee. 

'For complete a decade, nan property successful collusion pinch nan Democrat Party utilized to beryllium nan near helping Democrats now became mainstream. For complete a decade they've been saying that Trump is simply a Nazi. He's Hitler. He is fascist, he's gonna destruct democracy. He's against each American values. President Biden said it's clip to put a bullseye connected President Trump.'

Van Orden went on: 'Put yourself successful nan shoes of that that 20-year-old trying to termination him. Since nan clip he was 11 aliases 12, he has been proceeding each those vitriolic lies astir nan president.' 

I dream [the shooting] changes nan temper pinch nan press,' Van Orden said successful an question and reply pinch DailyMail.com astatine nan Republican National Convention (RNC) successful his location authorities of Milwaukee

'What other would make a 20-year-old climb a tile nan tile knowing that for judge he's gonna get killed by taking a changeable astatine nan president different than nan truth that he had been radicalized by nan near helping portion of nan Democrat statement that turned mainstream and has been projected to him since he was 11 by nan media?' 

While nan shooting prompted bipartisan condemnation and calls to reside down rhetoric, immoderate Republicans were speedy to constituent fingers astatine wide hyperbole astir Trump. 

'Democrats and liberals successful nan media person called Trump a fascist. They've compared him to Hitler,' Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., posted connected X. 

'This isn't immoderate unfortunate incident,' Scott's station continued. 'This was an assassination effort by a madman inspired by nan rhetoric of nan extremist left.' 

The now-deceased gunman was a 20-year-old Pennsylvania local. He was a registered Republican who had made a mini aid to nan Biden campaign. 

Van Orden said nan Secret Service had 'failed' that time successful Butler, Pa., but refrained from calling for anyone to beryllium fired. 

'When your 1 occupation is to make judge nan erstwhile president does not get shot, and nan erstwhile president gets shot, there's intelligibly a problem - you person grounded your superior mission.'

Van Orden said he's implored Speaker Mike Johnson to 'not grip this nan measurement Congress usually handles things.'

'There's really 4 different committees that person jurisdiction. I don't want a full bunch of committees doing their ain small thing.'  

'We person to person a typical committee that's comprised of members of those committees and different members pinch taxable matter. expertise. We request to get this together very soon. And it needs to beryllium wholly completely open. Meaning nan American group person to spot everything we're doing each personification we're talking to each portion of accusation that we have, truthful that they understand what nan heck is going on.'

Van Orden went on: 'Put yourself successful nan shoes of that that 20-year-old trying to termination him. Since nan clip he was 11 aliases 12, he has been proceeding each those vitriolic lies astir nan president'

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., echoed nan calls for a prime post-9/11 style committee to probe nan assassination. 

'As a erstwhile SEAL who has group up perimeters for US and European heads of State and arsenic a erstwhile protectee, I tin opportunity without a uncertainty nan Select Committee to analyse failures of information and nan attempted assassination of President Trump must spell forward. While different bodies transportation retired their inquiries, it is captious for nan integrity of nan investigation and nan spot of nan American group that a committee made up of prime members of nan House, Senate, White House and Supreme Court is empowered pinch nan aforesaid - if not much - authorities and entree to accusation arsenic nan 9/11 Commission,' he wrote connected X. 

'Many Americans rightfully do not spot nan aforesaid agency that has been politically investigating and harassing Trump pinch investigating his adjacent death.' 

On Monday nighttime Oversight Chairman James Comer led his committee successful demanding a database of each rule enforcement unit who were connected nan crushed astatine nan clip of nan shooting, each audio and video recordings successful Secret Service, each communications betwixt agents and more. 

Comer besides revealed nan Secret Service blew disconnected a petition for a closed-door gathering pinch lawmakers connected Tuesday - though Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to look earlier nan committee connected Monday. 

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