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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Democrats’ political rhetoric against former President Donald Trump had “incited dangerous people to do dangerous things.” Johnson said, “I just saw the clip so I didn’t watch all the remarks from Pennsylvania. I will tell you I talked to President Trump right after it. He was pleased. They had a massive crowd and a lot of enthusiasm and energy. I didn’t hear all the comments. I don’t know the context. The clip that I just heard that you just played there, George, I don’t think they’re saying that the...

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that then-President Donald Trump incited the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol to undermine a free and fair election and the peaceful transfer of power. Esper said, “I think it’s important at the end of the day that the January 6th Committee get to the bottom of what happened and understand it, make sure there is accountability and figure out how we prevent this from happening again. It was a tragic day in our nation’s history.”

Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey (R) was indicted on Monday in connection to an alleged campaign finance scheme that sought to funnel money into his 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress. The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Kelsey, 43, along with Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith, 44, conspired to illegally transfer “soft money” — which refers to contributions that are made to political parties and political action committees, and thus have fewer limits — from Kelsey’s Tennessee state Senate campaign committee to his federal campaign committee.

This going to be hard to live down. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer got a rise out of lawmakers on the Senate floor Friday when he fumbled his words and said that they will have to decide if former President Donald Trump incited the “erection” against the US. “Make no mistake, there will be a trial and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the erection against the United States,” Schumer said.

Iowa Rep. Steve King took President Obama to task Saturday, blaming him for the conditions that caused civil unrest in Baltimore and Ferguson. “President Obama has consistently driven wedges between people. And he perceives a difference on race, maybe on ethnicity, well yes on ethnicity, sexual orientation—wedge after wedge after wedge. I didn’t really imagine they were going to drive a wedge between the law and law-breakers,” King told reporters at the South Carolina Freedom Summit in Greenville. King cited the example of Obama’s “Beer Summit” early in his first term with Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard...

Iran and Syria 'incited violence' Norway's embassy in Iran was also targeted The US secretary of state has accused Iran and Syria of fuelling anti-Western sentiment, in a row over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. Condoleezza Rice said both countries used the opportunity to incite violence and exploit Muslim anger. The accusation came as the UK embassy in Iran came under attack. Western embassies in Syria and Lebanon were set alight over the weekend. Protests continue elsewhere, with four killed in an Afghan demonstration. The deaths - at a protest by about 400 people in the town of Qalat -...