As Democrats and Republicans clash over escalating political rhetoric in the wake of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., is urging leaders on both sides to «bring the temperature down.»

The call for cooler rhetoric comes after Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif., allegedly stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and opened fire.

«It’s an opportunity, in my opinion, for everyone to bring the temperature down,» Moskowitz told Fox News Digital. «If we do the finger pointing, then the temperature’s never going to come down…We’re like high schoolers.»

Allen, who was armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives, was apprehended by the Secret Service as hundreds of journalists and Cabinet officials were escorted out of the hotel.

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«The rhetoric on both sides, for a while now, has been elevated, and listen, the president has had a part of that,» Moskowitz said. «He’s had responsibility in the rhetoric, and he should own that. His tweets exist. There’s a reality of that.»

Allen, who appeared in federal court Monday, is facing charges of attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting a firearm across state lines and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

Authorities said the suspect sent a written manifesto to members of his family outlining his intent to target Trump and other Cabinet officials before the alleged shooting.

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaks during a hearing with the full task force on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26, 2024. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg)

«The manifesto doesn’t sound much different than all of the talking heads on every liberal news station,» Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said.

This would mark another assassination attempt targeting President Trump after two in 2024, when he was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., and later targeted at his Florida golf course.

«You got psycho-frickin’ leftists trying to assassinate President Trump once again… the violence is always on their side,» Boebert said. «It is disgusting, and it needs to end, period.»

She said that President Trump’s plan for a ballroom addition to the White House is a necessary security measure.

«I want the ballroom built,» she said. «This is a national security issue at this time, and it needs to be built.»

She added these incidents are part of a larger pattern. In September, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his «American Comeback Tour.»

«Look what they did to Charlie Kirk, a man that wanted to sit down and have a conversation,» Boebert said. «They hated him so much, their rhetoric caused him to be assassinated. One of their liberal freaks assassinated him. This only happens with liberals,» Boebert said.

In a news conference on Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters a «left-wing cult of hatred» was to blame for the violence.

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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel hosted a mock White House Correspondents Dinner on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (ABC/JimmyKimmelLive)

Leavitt slammed ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for his recent comment that the first lady had the «glow of an expectant widow.»

«Who in their right mind says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?» she said. «And having experienced what I did with the first lady on Saturday night, I can tell you she was anything but that.»

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Multiple Democrats have also rejected far-left streamer Hasan Piker amid scrutiny of his political rhetoric. Piker pushed back, calling those condemning him «propagandists for the state of Israel.»

«I do reject people on my side, or trying to be on my side, like Hasan Piker, who’s advocating for senators to be killed and saying things like, ‘we deserve 9/11.’ He’s not a Democrat. He doesn’t belong in the Democratic Party,» Moskowitz said.

However, he said Americans «don’t believe» either side is blameless.

«The American people don’t believe that and it’s why our poll numbers for both sides are in the tubes,» Moskowitz said.

Fox News Digital attempted to ask Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., about the shooting and rising political violence, but she ignored the questions.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

A dangerous dissident republican group, the New IRA—linked to Iran and Hezbollah—claimed responsibility Tuesday for a car bomb outside a Belfast police station before warning of further attacks, according to reports.

The blast targeted a Police Service of Northern Ireland station in Dunmurry, with police increasing patrols after the group threatened to target officers at their homes.

A 66-year-old man was also arrested Tuesday under terrorism laws following the explosion, Reuters reported.

In a statement attributed to the «leadership of the IRA,» the group said the bomb was meant to kill officers leaving the station. It warned that anyone cooperating with police «will be severely dealt with.»

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A 2020 report by The Times, citing information from an MI5 informant, alleged connections among the New IRA, Lebanon-based Hezbollah, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The report said individuals linked to the group signed a book of condolences following the 2020 killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, raising concerns about possible external support, including weapons and funding.

«The New IRA–Hezbollah link is a useful data point in a much larger pattern: the operationalization of the so-called axis of resistance,» former Defense Department intelligence officer Andrew Badger told Fox News Digital.

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The European Union designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, with Ursula von der Leyen pledging rapid implementation following a violent crackdown. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

«This joins Russia, Iran, China, North Korea and an expanding bench of aligned non-state actors—into a working logistical and tradecraft network across the globe,» Badger said.

«What we are watching is the maturing of a hybrid warfare model, pioneered and led by Russia and Iran, in which adversaries of the Western-led order increasingly share tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) across geographies and ideologies,» said Badger, the co-author of «The Great Heist.»

The New IRA’s latest bombing also follows a similar attempted car bomb attack on another police station outside Belfast just weeks ago. It is one of several militant groups that oppose the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and want to end British rule in Northern Ireland and establish a united Ireland.

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The New IRA, linked to Iran and Hezbollah, claimed responsibility Tuesday for a car bomb outside a Belfast police station. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)

It has carried out a series of attacks in recent years targeting police and security forces.

«The real challenge for local Irish police and security services is that these groups now compound each other’s learning,» Badger added.

«A tactic battle-tested in one theatre can be in the hands of a dissident cell in another within months—and Western counter-terror structures simply aren’t wired to track that kind of cross-pollination,» he said.

«A Lebanese Shia militia training a hard-left Irish republican faction would have looked exotic 10 years ago,» he added.

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«Today it is consistent with a wider pipeline including Russian sabotage cells using local criminal proxies in Europe and Iranian-directed assassination plots on U.K. and U.S. soil.»

«The playbook of these actors—proxies, dual-use logistics, weapons-and-finance pipelines, exploitation of grievance movements in the target country—appear to be converging,» Badger added.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced immediate backlash Tuesday after claiming credit for federal fraud raids in Minneapolis, prompting a sharp rebuke from FBI Director Kash Patel.

The clash underscores growing political tensions over a sweeping probe into fraud that critics say unfolded under Walz’s watch, as federal authorities now take the lead.

«Come again?» Patel posted on X in response to Walz, who claimed that Tuesday’s raids happened because Minnesota state agencies «caught irregular behavior and reported it.»

«This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship.»

Walz’s tweet, viewed over a million times in just a few hours, was widely panned by conservatives who pointed out that the massive fraud scandal unfolded under his watch and that the public pressure was ultimately what forced him to drop his re-election bid for governor.

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«Arsonist masquerading as a firefighter,» Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X. 

«The main problem Tim Walz has now is that no one – Republican or Democrat – takes him seriously,» Republican operative and Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh posted on X. «He’s proven that he’s that much of a boob.»

«The same guy who spent a whole hearing dodging questions about $9 BILLION in fraud in Minnesota and talking about ICE instead is now praising fraud control,» the Republican led House Oversight Committee posted on X. «Tomorrow, we will pass legislation in the Committee to make sure it never happens again. Sit this one out, Tim.»

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«.@GovTimWalz is a stolen valor POS,» Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., posted on X, referencing past criticisms of Walz’s military record that surfaced during the 2024 presidential campaign. «This is par for the course.»

«Well, the American people know we can actually thank @nickshirleyy and @VP,» Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., posted on X.

Others on social media pointed to an X post from the city of Minneapolis assuring citizens that it is not involved in the raids.

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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on April 21, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Federal authorities raided more than 20 locations, including childcare facilities, in Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of a sweeping fraud investigation into largely Somali-owned businesses, sources confirmed to Fox News.

«Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,» a Department of Justice spokesperson said.

Authorities executed 22 federal search warrants in Minnesota on Tuesday morning as part of the operation, which is not immigration-related, sources said.

Fox News Digital’s Bill Melugin and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.