Trump calls on Hakeem Jeffries to be charged for inciting WHCA dinner attack

Published May 7, 2026 9:20am ET | Updated May 7, 2026 10:14am ET



President Donald Trump called for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be charged for the attempt against his life at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month.

“This lunatic, Hakeem ‘Low IQ’ Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

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