NRCC Chairman Rep. Tom Emmer pushed back against CBS's Margaret Brennan when she blamed Republican campaign ads for inspiring a violent attack on the husband of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "I never saw anyone after Steve Scalise was shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter... Trying to equate Democrat rhetoric with those actions. Please don't do that," Emmer said on "Face The Nation." "I'm sure people like to talk about anything but what the Democrats have done to this country, which quite frankly is exploding cost of living," he added. <blockquote>REP. EMMER: Again, I never saw anyone after Steve Scalise was shot by a-- MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm talking about right now-- REP. EMMER: --Bernie Sanders supporter. MARGARET BRENNAN: What just is happening right now. REP. EMMER: Trying to equate Democrat rhetoric with those actions. Please don't do that. MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay. Looking at your candidates, Republican candidates have spent more than 116 million on ads that mentioned Speaker Pelosi by name in their cycle. If this is about the issues, why shouldn't make it about the issues? Why not depersonalize it? REP. EMMER: It is absolutely about the issues. It's about the fact that we have double digit inflation exploding, exploding cost of living. We've got a crime wave across this country that is a direct result, direct result – MARGARET BRENNAN: In this moment, we are eight days out, don't you think this needs to change? Why not pull some of these ads? Why not just delete your tweet? REP. EMMER: I'm sure people like to talk about anything but what the Democrats have done to this country, which quite frankly is exploding cost of living, a crime wave in our major cities that is the result of this "defund the police" nonsense and cashless bail. I mean, you look at New York City where you put someone in jail at 9 p.m. for assaulting someone on the street and they're back out on the street at 9 a.m. committing crimes. Again, you look at my state of Minnesota, Minneapolis, it's has 6000 assaults since the beginning of the year. Margaret, Those are the issues that are top of mind for every voter in this country. That's why they're going to show up in - on the November 8th. And that's why Republicans are going to win in the midterms.