You know what, Donald Trump and the MAGA world are right — Democrats do need to "tone down the dangerous, violent rhetoric" when talking about this president and his supporters.
Horrible comments such as:
"The enemy from within is more dangerous than the foreign enemy."
"They are bad people... vicious people that we have to fight, just like you have to fight vicious people."
"They are scum... they should be held accountable for their dangerous rhetoric."
"We will root out the fascists and the radical thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country."
"These are people that are destroying our country... demonic forces."
"They are sick, they are so evil."
"These radicals are directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today."
"They’re a threat to democracy, and we’re going to treat them as such."
“They’re destroying our country.”
“The radicals… need to be dealt with.”
"Hang them — George Washington would."
Wait — my mistake, those aren't comments made by Democrats or anyone from the left about Trump or MAGA. Those are statements made by this president about Democrats.
And I had to make a couple of very minor tweaks to a couple to remove specific references to "the left" or "Democrats."
But most of the folks reading this, including any supporters of Trump, most likely already figured that out, given his small vocabulary and childish way of attacking his opponents.
Trump has called Democrats:
Radical left
Radical left thugs
Thugs
Vermin
Lunatics
Sick people
Deranged radical left
Corrupt politicians
Crooked politicians
Criminals
Traitors
Seditious people
Enemy from within
Enemies of the country
Marxists
Communists
Socialists
Left-wing extremists
Haters of our country
Destroyers of America
And that's not even everything.
Show me one instant of a high-ranking Democrat calling for the literal execution of a political opponent.
But yes, let's talk about how it's Democrats who are the ones out there using "dangerous rhetoric" for calling Trump everything from a fascist to a dictator to a threat to democracy — even though his behavior is the textbook definition of fascism, he clearly wants to rule as a dictator, attacking any member of his party as a "traitor" who might dare vote against him, and he still refuses to admit he lost the 2020 election and constantly casts doubt on the integrity of any election he fears isn't going to go his way.
It's also important to point out the very real context that politics was never like this before Trump announced he was running for president. The political discourse in this country became very divided and very violent the moment Trump took over the GOP.
Donald Trump didn't just divide us as Democrats vs. Republicans, he divided us into being either 100% with him or a "traitor."
Go ask Republicans like Liz Cheney, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene what it's like to stand up to Trump.
So again, while I'll always condemn violence of any kind, I'll never stop telling the truth about who Donald Trump is and what he's doing to this country.