Sincere question: do Trump supporters who genuinely want to reduce political violence actually think that lobbing transparently hypocritical accusations about the left's rhetoric is in any way effective?
Are we really gonna go through another cycle where MAGA folks point out incendiary rhetoric on the left without ever acknowledging that some of the most violent and incendiary rhetoric in America comes from the President and his supporters? Do you not think the rest of the country has eyes and ears?
It's truly awful that President Trump has been the target of political violence. It's also truly awful how he's frequently talked about his political opponents: accusing them of treason, amplifying calls for their execution, publicly celebrating their death, calling them scum, garbage, vermin, animals. It was like 3 weeks ago that he threatened the annihilation of an entire civilization! It was just a few months ago that he and his White House knowingly smeared two Americans who'd been killed by federal agents as domestic terrorists!
I hate political violence. I hate what happened last night. Probably 99% of Americans agree. But let's not insult everyone's intelligence by pretending that the most powerful person in the world isn't a huge part of the problem here.
@cecegkh You should actually google those “facts” and see that his policies led to moving 50 Trillion dollars from the middle class to the wealthy. I preferred FDRs policies that built the middle class.
@JustisLadi@maggieNYT@DevlinBarrett He wouldn’t be immune since most of the crimes of possessing, lying about the possession, and efforts to thwart recovery of the documents happened when he was citizen Trump.
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
If you testified (even under subpoena), you’re gone. This is the message: Don’t even think of cooperating with Congress. But if you stonewall you’ll do well. The next year will be a real challenge to any executive branch accountability. Four more years? Forget it.
@SenatorRomney@MittRomney As your constituent, I hope you will stand up to the sycophants and McConnell who publicly violated the oath of a juror by taking a position on the outcome before hearing any evidence. Call for testimony. Every other senate trial has heard witness testimony.