“Yes, he said repeatedly he would kill them.”
Back when Ronald Reagan was President he once said “the bombing starts in five minutes”.
Liberals jumped on that and accused Reagan of wanting to start a war with the Soviet Union.
In 1995 Rush Limbaugh defended Republican budget cuts by saying that if his mother was reduced to eating dog food he’d buy her a new can opener.
Rep. Patsy Schroeder used his comments on the House floor as proof of the extreme selfishness of Republicans.
It’s not like there isn’t a history of hyperbolic statements being exploited by critics. But it usually makes the critics look like deceitful fools rather than damaging their intended target.
“It’s not like there isn’t a history of hyperbolic statements being exploited by critics. But it usually makes the critics look like deceitful fools rather than damaging their intended target.”
I certainly agree. I remember both examples - Rush was hysterical.