David Catron writes for the American Spectator about the role of Democrats’ rhetoric in today’s political violence.
As Jesus of Nazareth put it, “You shall know them by their fruits.” This brings us to the Democrat claim that violence has no place in politics. Former President Barack Obama echoed this on social media Sunday morning: “Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy.” In reality, he normalized violence against Republicans. Obama, you will recall, described GOP voters as bitter people who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them.”
It is no coincidence that Hillary Clinton described Trump supporters as “deplorable” and Joe Biden called them “garbage.” Such rhetoric dehumanizes their political opponents. This is why Kamala Harris openly called Donald Trump a “fascist” during her failed presidential bid. If you convince weak-minded people that a politician is dangerous to “our democracy,” it justifies violence against him. Biden told donors five days before Donald Trump was shot in Pennsylvania, “It’s time to put Trump in a bull’s-eye.” There is no doubt that such vitriol incites violence, and that is why Democrats and the corporate media deploy it.
Democrats have deliberately created a permission structure for all types of political violence, including assassination. As recently as last Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood before an image of President Trump and called for, “Maximum Warfare Everywhere All The Time.” Sen. Elisa Slotkin (D-Mich.) insists that President Trump is an “existential threat to democracy.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) promises that anyone who has cooperated with President Trump and the Republicans will become a target in the future, “We are not going to look kindly on people who facilitated authoritarianism in our country.”
This is why assassins go after Republican presidents. They are an existential threat to the Democratic Party, and Trump is the tip of the spear.
