Menace–meaning violence, threats and harassment–is the illegitimate weapon of a political party that is losing the ability to persuade large segments of the electorate through ideas and reason. Emphasizing the bully, abandoning the pulpit. https://t.co/NWBhHnbbvL
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) November 13, 2021
via @llerer and @AsteadWesley, when “fight back!” morphs into threats of violence https://t.co/lSMUT6q5kt
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 12, 2021
The level of violence humming barely below the surface of our politics is intensifying. https://t.co/iWhpSrS2Da
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 9, 2021
https://t.co/j7oCDErIIi pic.twitter.com/6GUb8nxN1K
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2021
Domestic extremists pushing violence against Congress, school and health officials, DHS bulletin says https://t.co/Eq4sTf0iQ9
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 10, 2021
Rep. Fred Upton received this threatening voicemail because he was among the group of Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill pic.twitter.com/97qv2VeYTk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2021
Desperate, angry, destructive: How Americans morphed into a mob. via @rachelweinerwp @hsu_spencer @TomJackmanWP @SahanaJayaramanhttps://t.co/cVmVzkf7bv
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) November 9, 2021
"The GOP needs to take responsibility… The steady stream of incitement translates to things like a poll showing that 30% of Republicans believe that violence might be needed to save the United States."
— New Day (@NewDay) November 9, 2021
In this #RealityCheck, @JohnAvlon examines the "dangerously extreme" GOP pic.twitter.com/IXONRwTJHG
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has received multiple death threats in the days since he voted for President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal, with the overwhelming majority of the calls coming from outside the congressman’s district. https://t.co/4jGTWpavwi
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 10, 2021
The 13 House Republicans who broke with their party leaders and voted for President Biden's infrastructure bill last week have been flooded threats from their colleagues and constituents. https://t.co/26o1XkHuzA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 11, 2021
It's important to recognize that Trump's self-serving and short-sighted defense of the "hang Mike Pence" protesters is simply part of a pattern of rationalizing threats and violence on the right.https://t.co/jAzCtOKYpc
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 12, 2021
"One of the nation’s two major political parties appears increasingly tolerant of at least some persistent level of violence in American discourse, or at least willing to turn a blind eye to it." via @colvinj https://t.co/1Exoi8kHCt
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) November 12, 2021
>> @chrislhayes is correct: "A central fact about American life right now is that when Donald Trump or his associated right-wing propagandists set their sights on you, then you immediately have a security problem. It's just, like, a law of gravity." pic.twitter.com/tweExbCdE5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 12, 2021
Sad! 