Insane how effective rightwing propaganda is.
Very clear from the past 24 hours that soooo many folks don’t know:
1) the man who murdered Melissa Hortman and her husband was a Trump supporter
2) the shooter at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania was a registered Republican
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. It'll be an absolutely magnificent structure.
Never forget what Donald said after the shootings/murders of Democrats in Minnesota by one of his supporters.
"I think The Governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling him, why would I call him?... The guy doesn't have a clue, he’s a mess. I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?"
My observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence & calling for calm while MAGA are escalating rhetoric & lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.
This guy assassinated two politicians back in June and it seemed like we moved on by July as if that's just the way things are sometimes.
Normalization of political violence will continue to have repercussions.
I have noticed that the left-of-center response has been condemnation of the violence, while the right-wing response has largely been some variation on, “We need to physically destroy liberals”
I know we’re all numb to this by now, but the fact that right wingers moan all day long about how biased liberal media is while Fox News straight up has the President interviewed by HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW is so rich
Democratic Party Leaders: You have talked for six months about the need to create political excitement to get working class and young people involved in the political process.
That’s exactly what Zohran did. Get behind him.
Under the Constitution, under any AUMF still in existence, and, yes, under the War Powers Resolution of 1973—President Trump’s strikes against Iran are completely and unambiguously unlawful. Anyone telling you otherwise is either deeply misinformed or acting in bad faith.
Mike Johnson should immediately step down or be removed from office. He has completely abrogated his and Congress’s responsibilities under the Constitution.
Dem IL Rep Casten: This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense
I’m not saying we have the votes to impeach. I’m saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval and if Johnson doesn’t grow a spine and learn to be a real boy tomorrow we have a BFing problem that puts our very Republic at risk.