U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., called out the left’s love of political violence in a scathing op-ed.
Writing for Breitbart, the senator pointed to the three unsuccessful attempts to end President Donald Trump’s life and the killings of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to accuse the Democratic Party of making political violence a “core pillar” of what they stand for. The deaths of Thompson and Kirk were widely celebrated by those on the radical left, while the failed assassination attempts on Trump were lamented.
“It’s not a mystery how we got here either. For years, Democrats have been using irresponsible rhetoric when it comes to President Trump and Republicans. Here’s a few examples. Former Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump a ‘fascist.’ Former President Joe Biden repeatedly referred to Trump as a ‘threat to democracy.’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Trump a ‘rapist.’ Rep. Jasmine Crockett has referred to Trump as a ‘wannabe Hitler’ and said ‘I’m not saying the President is a pedophile. But…’ Lastly, State Rep. Steven Woodrow (D-CO) said after the first assassination attempt on President Trump’s life, ‘The last thing America needed was sympathy for the devil, but here we are,'” Tuberville wrote.
With such bold declarations, is it any wonder some people would decide to take extreme action if they thought they’d be saving others from a grim fate?
Tuberville noted that Democrats have repeatedly attempted to impeach the president, and former President Barack Obama “colluded with America’s intelligence agencies to spy on the Trump campaign.” An entire fake dossier was even created to bring him down in what is perhaps the most naked expression of their hatred for the president.
“Democrats decided to take things up a notch when President Biden got back into office. President Trump was arrested and indicted on several false charges. His Mar-a-Lago home was raided by the FBI. But they didn’t stop there – they also were relentless in going after any of his supporters or friends. The phones of dozens of senators, including mine, were tapped by the Biden DOJ. President Trump’s ally, Roger Stone, was arrested live on CNN, while Peter Navarro was falsely imprisoned. January 6 protestors were thrown into prison for years. Pro-life advocates were arrested for praying in front of Planned Parenthood facilities. Yet after all of this, President Trump still won the 2024 election in a landslide and returned to the White House. And thank God he did. But the dangerous precedent President Biden set by weaponizing the DOJ to go after his political opponent still lingers,” the senator continued.
Ultimately, Tuberville says, such political violence is not a “both sides” issue.
“I’m not saying no Republicans have ever committed atrocious acts of violence against Democrats — but it is far more common on the left. We see this on full display in the so-called manifesto of the man who allegedly tried to take out President Trump two weeks ago. He wrote, ‘I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.’ We’ll find out more during his trial, but this man doesn’t appear to have been radicalized by some overseas cult,” he wrote, adding, “Until Democrats start policing the kind of speech cavalierly thrown around about President Trump and Republicans, this violence will continue.”
He called for an end to the rhetoric so Americans can unite once more.
“In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder in September, you heard Democrats on TV briefly talking about ‘unity.’ But here’s the thing – you can’t have unity with people who want you dead. There will be no unity and no peace until Democrat leaders like Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and Gavin Newsom tell their party to stop referring to the President of the United States as ‘Hitler,’ ‘fascist,’ ‘rapist,’ ‘pedophile,’ and ‘a threat to democracy. In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty, and Donald Trump has never been found guilty of any of these horrific crimes. This type of false rhetoric is incredibly dangerous and radicalizes people to the point of violence. It needs to stop now.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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