FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17th, 2024
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Coby Eiss
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ICYMI: WILL ROLLINS PENS NEW OP-ED IN PRESS-ENTERPRISE ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
CORONA, C.A. — Yesterday, The Press-Enterprise published a new op-ed on political violence from Will Rollins, the Democratic nominee for Congress in California’s 41st District.
The piece, entitled, “We cannot allow violence to define America’s next chapter” can be found HERE. Below are snippets of the opinion column:
“As a federal prosecutor, I volunteered to help the Secret Service protect President Trump twice on his visits to Southern California in 2019. I didn’t volunteer because I agreed with his politics. I volunteered because if our leaders aren’t safe, our Constitution and our democracy aren’t either.
“…I developed an even greater personal appreciation for that principle during my first Congressional campaign in 2022, when law enforcement detained a man who said he planned to assassinate me. After speaking to the detective, I wondered if I made the right decision to trade a career where I’d helped federal agents respond to death threats for a job where I now received them. I viscerally understood how fear can stifle speech, debate, and, perhaps worst of all, the willingness to serve.
“Congressman Calvert and I disagree about a lot. We may have our divisions, and this campaign will be spirited. But loving your neighbor — and your fellow Americans — should never depend on whether they plan to vote for Joe Biden or Donald Trump, Will Rollins or Ken Calvert, or the red team versus blue. The path back to our collective humanity lies in one direction — forward, as one country — and we cannot allow this violence to define America’s next chapter.”
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Will Rollins is a Palm Springs resident and Southern California native. A former federal counterterrorism prosecutor, he is now running for Congress in California’s 41st Congressional District.
