Counter Extremism Project CEO Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement
regarding the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump
at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday evening:





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CEP STATEMENT FOLLOWING TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING


(New York, N.Y.) — Counter Extremism Project CEO Mark D. Wallace issued the
following statement regarding the apparent attempted assassination of former
President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday evening:



“I denounce this horrific attack in the strongest terms. While President Trump
was mercifully spared by a matter of inches, another innocent rally attendee,
50-year-old Corey Comperatore, was killed.



For too long, political discourse, especially in this country but
increasingly abroad, has been dominated by extremist rhetoric, amplified and
permitted to flourish by years of lax social media policies.



Regardless of the shooter’s motive or political affiliation, this shocking
incident should serve as a call to return to moderation, bipartisan
consensus-building, and much stronger social media regulation against
incitement from both extremities of the political spectrum—characteristics of
healthy societies for which CEP has consistently advocated since it launched
ten years ago.



We must make deliberate efforts to retreat from the abyss of extremism, which
leads inexorably to these horrific episodes of murderous violence.



My thoughts are with the family of Mr. Comperatore, and I wish President
Trump alongside at least two others critically injured in last night’s attack a
full and speedy recovery.”



To read about CEP’s pioneering efforts to combat extremist radicalization
online, seehere
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