By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics
Facing a backlash, state Rep. Steven Woodrow, a Democrat from Denver, described his tweet calling former President Donald Trump “the devil” following Saturday’s assassination attempt as “inarticulate” and apologized that his words “caused additional pain.”
Woodrow made the post shortly after a shooter tried to assassinate Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania. A bullet pierced Trump’s ear and Secret Service agents quickly whisked him from the stage, his ear covered in blood. The gunman was killed and a bystander also died.
After Saturday’s shooting, Woodrow posted, “The last thing we needed was sympathy for the devil but here we are.” Woodrow deleted his X account shortly after making the post.
In a statement to Colorado Politics on Monday, Woodrow called his tweet “inarticulate” and condemned the assassination attempt on the former president “in the most forceful of terms.”