For Immediate Release

Contact: Nick Voutsinos
Email: [email protected]

Saunders: ‘Political violence has no place in our nation’

AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a shooting occurred at a Trump Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania:

“Political violence has no place in our nation. We resoundingly condemn this act. Our thoughts and prayers are with former President Donald Trump, the victims of this shooting and their families.”

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