Following a Madison church being vandalized with "vile" graffiti ahead of hosting a conservative event, Alabama Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Steve Marshall made clear such acts will not be met with silence or indifference.
"What we're seeing is not political division. It's something deeper," said Marshall. "Something darker. Something I haven't seen in all my years as a prosecutor supporting victims and holding violent criminals accountable."
Marshall pointed to the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump, the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and news of a Virginia DA candidate fantasizing about watching a Republican lawmaker's children die as further examples of the violence and hate currently coming from the left.
"We've witnessed two failed assassination attempts on President Trump. We've mourned the murder of Charlie Kirk. We've heard a Democrat nominee for Attorney General in Virginia tell others that he hopes an elected official and his wife could see their children die in their arms because that elected official disagreed with him on policy," he noted. "And now here in Alabama, we see a church vandalized, using vile, threatening language meant to intimidate and silence."
Marshall, the state's top law enforcement official, vowed such acts will not hamper citizens' voices or participation in politics.
"Let me be clear: This is not civil discourse and we will not be silent about it," he stated. "Not here. Not now. Not ever."
"This is a moment that demands courage- not political courage but moral courage," Marshall added. "And we will rise to it together."
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