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Karoline Leavitt: “An attempted assassin came within an inch of ending…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:47

These groups have radicalized impressionable individuals to foment violence. An attempted transgender assassin traveled to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's family home with plans to end his life. An attempted assassin came within an inch of ending President Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania. And on the campaign trail, another attempted assassin tried to kill the president at his golf club. In Florida, a left wing assassin shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson right in the back. (07:47–07:52)

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