Dem and GOP lawmakers trade blame over rhetoric after WHCD shooting: 'It is disgusting'

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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. DEMOCRATS SILENT ON PAST RHETORIC TOWARD TRUMP CABINET MEMBER AFTER FOILED ASSASSINATION PLOT "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. DEM SENATE HOPEFULS UNDER SCRUTINY FOR ‘CHOKE THEM OUT’ RHETORIC AFTER TRUMP ATTACK SCARE "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 gol…