WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall issued the following statement:
“There is absolutely no excuse for an armed, so-called ‘militia’ group to cause violence and escalation in our community. There must be a full and immediate investigation of this shooting – and of other reports of these armed extremists showing up to protests throughout our state in an effort to incite violence – by the appropriate local, state, and federal departments. I am keeping the victim in my thoughts, and I am praying for a swift recovery.
“As we confront the generations of racism, violence, and discrimination inflicted on people of color in the United States, including Native Americans, we cannot tolerate any effort to silence those exercising their First Amendment rights, or to hijack demonstrations to sow violence.”
