Violent Rhetoric to Blame [semi-satire]

On the Sunday evening after the attempted assassination of Trump, President Biden addressed the nation to say "we need to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember that while we may disagree, we are not enemies, we are neighbors, we are friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly we are fellow Americans. We need to cool down our political rhetoric."

Ironically, only four days before the assassination attempt it was President Biden who told his supporters "it's time to put Trump in the bullseye." Biden admitted that "using the word bullseye was probably unwise." He said nothing about the years of demonizing Trump as an "enemy of democracy," "an existential threat to America," and "Trump is Hitler" campaign ads. Apparently, these qualified as cool political rhetoric.

A day after the assassination attempt, the host of ABC's "This Week" program, George Stephanopoulos, focused his anger at "Trump and his supporters' violent rhetoric." Co-host Martha Raddatz echoed his remarks, saying "absolutely, George. We were just looking back this morning at some of the things that former President Trump has said. And let's remember January 6th when Trump supporters tried to overturn the election of Joe Biden as president and the Capitol Police were forced to kill two of them. In so many ways, for the campaign, January 6th will probably be in the background after yesterday's event. We can expect to see a lot of hate emanating from the Republican National Convention this week."

It turns out that Raddatz's expectations were not fulfilled. Model and rapper Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention where she said "the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump. I know this because for a long time, I believed those lies. After I eventually watched a few of his rallies and met so many of his supporters I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don't care if you're Black, white, gay or straight. It's all love. And that's when it hit me: these are my people. This is where I belong."

CNN senior political commentator Van Jones called Rose's speech "the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She's describing the experience a lot of people have, feeling that maybe if you're around too many liberals you might get criticized too much, or you might not be able to speak your mind. And she spoke to it really well. And so, to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there."

Biden-Harris campaign's senior spokesperson Sarafina Chitika blasted Rose, saying "a vote for Donald Trump is a vote to line the pockets of millionaires like Rose at the expense of actual Black communities."

In related news, the Biden campaign has decided to discontinue its "Trump is Hitler" TV ads citing "the possibility they might provoke deranged individuals to try to kill him." CNN commentator Kate Bedingfield disagreed, saying "his narrow escape from death makes Trump more of a threat to democracy than he was before. If Democrats want to win this election need to turn their fire on Trump until that threat no longer exists."

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Biden “says” he wants to dial down the rhetoric, he should start by admitting
his own appalling contributions, and the words of his Democrat confreres.

<><>Democrats introduced a bill To Strip Trump’s Secret Service Protection
<><>Biden tells donors: “Its time to put Trump in the Bullseye”
<><>Obama on GOP: ‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun’
<><>S/S Director Cheatle focuses on “diversity hires,” not protecting candidates.
<><>NY Times’ John McWhorter declares “it’s a good thing” if somebody assassinated Trump
<><>Cong Dan Goldman said “Trump must be eliminated”
<><>Singer Bette Midler Suggested Biden’s FBI Use “Deadly Force.”
<><>Madonna said she’s thought about “blowing up” the Trump WH.
<><>And so on and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseaum.

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