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Nancy Pelosi: GOP more to blame than Democrats for harsh political discourse
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 6/15/17 | Al Weaver

Posted on 06/15/2017 9:18:13 AM PDT by ColdOne

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argued Thursday that Republicans are more responsible for the downfall of political discourse than Democrats a day after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot during a practice ahead of the congressional charity baseball game.

At her weekly press conference, Pelosi was asked if she saw the "worsening in political behavior" equally in both Republicans and Democrats but she replied, "No, I do not."

She then listed out a series of examples of harsh political rhetoric from the right.

"We have a president who says, 'I could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and nobody would care,'" she said, referring to President Trump's campaign. "When you have people saying, 'beat him up and I'll pay your legal fees.' When you have all of the assaults that were made on on Hillary Clinton."

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1 posted on 06/15/2017 9:18:13 AM PDT by ColdOne
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2 posted on 06/15/2017 9:19:25 AM PDT by red-dawg
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I guess the GOP winning elections sets nutcase democrat scumbags off.


3 posted on 06/15/2017 9:20:09 AM PDT by jospehm20
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I pray Scalise lives and recovers.

And I hope he finds the first available podium and scolds these rats.

4 posted on 06/15/2017 9:20:10 AM PDT by lacrew
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What a hypocrite Pelosi is!

Read Hodgkinson’s posts on social media. The messages are straight out of the DNC talking points.


5 posted on 06/15/2017 9:20:17 AM PDT by PBRCat
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She’s mentally ill, that sums it up about this partisan fool


6 posted on 06/15/2017 9:21:13 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: ColdOne
Person A is out in a very dry field for an hour shooting off fireworks. Person B drives out to the field and begins to demand that the first person stop shooting off fireworks in the field due to the danger of starting a big fire.

Person A then goes berserk accusing Person B of driving out into the field of being a danger to everyone around him because his car's catalytic converter might cause a fire in the dry grass. Person A harshly claims he has a right to be setting off fireworks if he wants to. In fact, he says, other than the catalytic converter being a potential cause of a fire, Person B's car is a cause of global warming. And, the car, when driving through the field is damaging native grasses there. The man complaining about the fireworks also has shown no regard for the poor laborers who manufacture fireworks and wants their families to starve to death.

Person B goes back home and parks his car. Meanwhile, Person A has called the authorities to press charges for harassment and to claim the man's car was spitting out sparks as it drove along and nearly caused a fire, he says. As the authorities all rush to Person B's house, Person A shoots off more fireworks and a fire is started. The fire burns the field and half of the town down before authorities can get firemen in place to put the fire out.

Some will understand the analogy and some will never get it even as their houses burn down.

7 posted on 06/15/2017 9:21:38 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: ColdOne

The “Can’t we all just get along” kumbaya moment lasted longer than I thought it would: I had predicted 10 seconds, but it lasted 15.


8 posted on 06/15/2017 9:21:54 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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Comedians think showing a beheaded head of Trump is art.

Shakespeare in the NYC Park shows Trump being assassinated.

Progressive/liberals rioting and conducting organized violence at Trump and conservative gatherings.

Democrats leaders calling Trump a Nazi and the people who voted for him fascists.

And we are surprised a liberals/progressives wants to kill Republicans?

And Hitler never personally gassed a Jew.

But the hate and venom of democrat leaders are leading this country to violence.


9 posted on 06/15/2017 9:23:13 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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10 posted on 06/15/2017 9:23:43 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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Ya, right!!!

Obama: ‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun’


11 posted on 06/15/2017 9:24:24 AM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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Excuse me Pelosi, are you claiming to be the progressive party or the projective party? We need some clarification on this.


12 posted on 06/15/2017 9:24:41 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: jospehm20
"I guess the GOP winning elections sets nutcase democrat scumbags off."

Exactly, if Republicans would just lose, the rhetoric wouldn't be so bad.

13 posted on 06/15/2017 9:25:33 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: red-dawg

Little boy to mom: “I’m not pulling the cat’s tail! I’m just holding! It’s the cat that’s pulling!”


14 posted on 06/15/2017 9:26:16 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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15 posted on 06/15/2017 9:26:34 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Just another example of the left projecting. It’s what they do.


16 posted on 06/15/2017 9:28:24 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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Seeing everything else thru their own worldview.


17 posted on 06/15/2017 9:30:08 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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she must be reading what we say about her on FR...


18 posted on 06/15/2017 9:35:39 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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“And I hope he finds the first available podium and scolds these rats.”

I’ll bet he thanks “both sides” and uses the word “unity” half a dozen times, while the leftist freaks are publicly wishing the shooter had been more successful.


19 posted on 06/15/2017 9:38:17 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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She’s ready for the Alzheimer’s ward.


20 posted on 06/15/2017 9:39:10 AM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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