While there is no clear indication that the shooting was politically motivated, many Republicans put the blame squarely on Democrats.
Amid stepped-up security along Fifth Avenue, police officers watched the cars and the entrances to Trump Tower as supporters of the former president gathered on the sidewalk with bright red hats and draped in American flags.
"When you convince people that someone is evil, there's going to be some maniac who wants to rid the world of evil," Andrew Lanza, R-NYS Senate, said. "They've tried literally everything to try to stop him. And now someone tried to kill him because the left has said this is somebody who's dangerous and needs to be stopped at all costs," she said.
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