Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec attended the White House’s new media press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, during which he asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt what the administration was doing to combat the rise in political violence from those on the left. This comes after Posobiec was assaulted at a rally in Washington, DC featuring Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday evening.

"One of the things that’s been troubling me, and has actually even affected me over the last 24 hours, is the rise of violence that we’ve seen from elements of the far left, starting with things like Luigi Mangione, support for these unhuman organizations like MS-13, Tren de Aragua, and even, of course, the assassination attempts on President Trump—Thomas Matthew Crooks and Ryan Routh—as well as numerous incidents against anyone who owns a Tesla," Posobiec said.

"Apparently, you don’t really see the Democrats opposing these things. You see them in many cases, either co-signing it or giving a wink and a nod to it at the same time, they will be demanding that we follow due process."

"What is the administration doing DOJ-wise, FBI-wise, to combat this rise in violence that we’re seeing," Posobiec asked. 

Leavitt agreed, saying that there has been a "rise in political violence that stems from the left" in recent years, going back to the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 that saw destruction across the US. "And then the Biden administration did nothing to prosecute those who created that violence, oftentimes not just destroying businesses, but also lives in communities as well."

She also noted the two assassination attempts on Trump’s life, after which Trump "is lucky and blessed to be here today because he was able to survive that political violence and those assassination attempts." 

Leavitt said that many Democrat officials are "doing nothing to stop or condemn or discourage this violence from taking place, and in many cases, Democrat elected officials are actually inciting it and encouraging it, but that’s not going to be allowed to happen anymore." 

She said that Attorney General Pam Bondi at an earlier cabinet meeting on Wednesday "made it very clear to anyone who is inciting violence or pariticpating in violence, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and no longer do we have a Justice Department that chooses prosecutions based on one’s political affiliation."

Leavitt said that the Democrats need to be doing more to condemn the violence, but "I don’t think we will hold our breath. We won’t wait for them. "