Posted on 09/23/2024 11:46:41 AM PDT by John Semmens
On September 15, a gunman was discovered lying in wait for an opportunity to shoot former President Trump at the Mar-a-Lago golf course. Just moments before he could get a shot off Secret Service agents fired at him. He ran away, but was later captured. This event reignited a debate on how to prevent more attempts in the future.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) blamed Trump "for inciting the climate of violence that is destroying civility and unity in our country. Hardly a day goes by when he isn't excoriating those of us who are trying to govern this country and predicting disaster if he isn't elected to replace the retiring incumbent. A poll from the University of Chicago found that an estimated 26 million Americans feel that using force to prevent Trump from being elected president is justified. To me, this proves he is to blame."
A recent RMG Research survey found that only 48% of Democrats think killing Trump would be bad for the country. Twenty-eight percent think killing him would be good for the country and 24% are unsure. Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research, said "it is hard to imagine a greater threat to democracy than expressing a desire to have your political opponent murdered."
Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) offered the opinion that "this Rasmussen data is a pretty strong mandate for the idea that Trump should be shot."
Rick Wilson, of The Lincoln Project said "it's heartbreaking that there have been two near misses in less than two months. This leaves us with a situation that someone is still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump."
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) advised "Trump is so destructive to our democracy. He has to be eliminated. Look, 26 million Americans approve of using force to get him out of the race. With so many potential assassins I don't see how Trump can survive. Sooner or later his luck will run out. He should drop out before he is killed."
On MSNBC's "The Saturday Show," Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis insisted that "Trump is exactly like Hitler. Dozens of people tried to assassinate Hitler. None of them succeeded, but we have to give them credit for trying. The fact that people are trying to assassinate Trump proves he is as hated and feared as Hitler was. The notion that we should elect him because he won't wreck the economy like Kamala will is short sighted."
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These politicians have lost their bearings. Is this still the United States of America?
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