A Democratic member of Congress is addressing a mistake she made while addressing former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Politico’s Nicholas Wu shared a statement from Del. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands addressing her comment.
“Del. Stacey Plaskett (top Dem on the Weaponization committee) doing some cleanup for an MSNBC appearance over the weekend where she first accidentally said Trump ‘needs to be shot’ (before correcting herself to say ‘stopped’),” Wu wrote.
The statement read, “It is unfortunate that conservative media has taken an instance where I misspoke and misrepresented it as though I advocate for violence — I unequivocally do not.”
“I wish former President Trump no ill will or harm, only that justice can be served in his case as with every other American who must face penalties for wrongdoing. I do believe and did intend to say that he must be ‘stopped,'” the statement continued.
Finally, Plaskett stressed, “I do not advocate for anyone to shoot former President Trump. I do not encourage political violence or condone political violence nor behavior that goes against democratic principles at any time.”
Del. Stacey Plaskett (top Dem on the Weaponization committee) doing some cleanup for an MSNBC appearance over the weekend where she first accidentally said Trump "needs to be shot" (before correcting herself to say "stopped") pic.twitter.com/eNdkXakktm
— Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) June 20, 2023
The delegate appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and accidentally said the former president should be shot, then quickly corrected herself.
“Having Trump not only have had the codes, but now having the classified information for Americans and being able to put that out and share it in his resort with anyone and everyone who comes through should be terrifying to all Americans,” Plaskett said.
She added, “And he needs to be shot — stopped.”
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Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett on Trump’s classified docs case:
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 19, 2023
“He needs to be shot— stopped.”pic.twitter.com/GdY56nSdbe
Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with 37 counts in the case, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, and one count related to making false statements.
The filing states, “The classified documents Trump stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”
“The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods,” it added.
The former president insists he is innocent in the case.
