Texas Rep. Chip Roy is leading a group of 23 GOP congressman demanding a formal investigation into "radical left" networks, following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Roy sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, calling for the creation of a select committee to investigate organized left-wing violence.
"We must take every step to follow the money and uncover the force behind the NGOs, donors, media, public officials, and all entities driving this coordinated attack," Roy wrote, adding the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, and the 2017 congressional baseball shooting of Steve Scalise as a pattern of violence against conservatives.
Fellow Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. added, "Political violence of any kind is unacceptable, no matter who commits it, but let's not pretend this is an even playing field. In recent years, we've seen organized and well-funded efforts from the radical left to intimidate, disrupt, silence, and even justify violence against Americans they don't agree with. Too often, the media downplays or excuses this violence when it comes from the left, as we've seen this week."
The letter was co-signed by 22 other Republican lawmakers.
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