Eric Holder: ‘I’m obviously not advocating violence’

By Caitlin Yilek

Published October 11, 2018 6:31pm ET

Eric Holder: ‘I’m obviously not advocating violence’ — Former Attorney General Eric Holder takes questions from reporters at the Capitol where he attended the swearing-in of Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Holder says he is "deeply disturbed" that Attorney General Jeff Sessions hasn't spoken out to defend his employees at the Justice Department amid Republican criticism of the FBI. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Former Attorney General Eric Holder claims he wasn’t advocating violence against Republicans when he said of Democrats, “When they go low, we kick them.”

“Ok, stop the fake outrage,” Holder tweeted Thursday. “I’m obviously not advocating violence.”

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