I Will Not Be Lectured by the Modern-Day Republican Party About Political Violence and Rhetoric

There was an extremely scary situation this weekend at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A lone gunman attempted to break into the ballroom and attack Trump administration officials and others in the room.

We should start this rant with what I believe to be obvious: political violence at any level is wrong and should be condemned. I condemn this shooter, and anyone who would pick up a gun with the intent of killing another person shares no ideology with me.

That said, I am once again beyond frustrated watching the modern-day Republican Party act like they have the moral high ground to lecture anybody about political violence and rhetoric. Mere seconds after the shooting, before we knew anything about what had happened, the MAGA movement went full steam ahead—attacking their political opponents and assigning blame in an attempt to create an environment where you can no longer criticize their favorite president.

It didn’t take long for the talking points to come out of the White House, and they burned whatever sympathy they may have had trying to convince the American people that we need to build Donald Trump’s stupid, gaudy ballroom. It’s ridiculous. If it happened on an episode of Veep, I’d roll my eyes and think it was too on the nose. But here we are, because some of the worst possible people are leading, governing, and influencing this country at a time when so many people are struggling.

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