"Time and time again, the president has condoned physical violence and divided Americans with his words and his actions," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a joint statement Wednesday. "Expressing support for the Congressman who body-slammed a reporter, the neo-Nazis who killed a young woman in Charlottesville, his supporters at rallies who get violent with protestors, dictators around the world who murder their own citizens, and referring to the free press as the enemy of the people."
More relevant, Trump's most loyal defenders leapt to make the case that Schumer, Pelosi and all of the Democrats and pundits blaming Trump for fomenting a climate of violence are hypocrites given the things they've said and done. Fox News host Sean Hannity had a furious monologue recounting all of the uncivil things Trump's liberal critics have said, from Waters encouraging mobs to harass Republicans in public to Hillary Clinton saying civility isn't an option for Democrats.
It's obvious to me that Trump's demonizing rhetoric, his inveterate lying and his insinuations that his supporters are the only real Americans are dangerously irresponsible. His responsibilities as president of the whole country do not change regardless of what his critics say about him. But the reactions to Trump are often irresponsible, too. And saying "Trump is worse" doesn't change that.
Logic of the Vendetta Now Guides our Politics
More relevant, Trump's most loyal defenders leapt to make the case that Schumer, Pelosi and all of the Democrats and pundits blaming Trump for fomenting a climate of violence are hypocrites given the things they've said and done. Fox News host Sean Hannity had a furious monologue recounting all of the uncivil things Trump's liberal critics have said, from Waters encouraging mobs to harass Republicans in public to Hillary Clinton saying civility isn't an option for Democrats.
It's obvious to me that Trump's demonizing rhetoric, his inveterate lying and his insinuations that his supporters are the only real Americans are dangerously irresponsible. His responsibilities as president of the whole country do not change regardless of what his critics say about him. But the reactions to Trump are often irresponsible, too. And saying "Trump is worse" doesn't change that.
Logic of the Vendetta Now Guides our Politics
