Rep. Steve Scalise: When Eric Holder, other Dems call for violence, that's a direct threat to our...

I agree with Scalise's sentiment. We are a civilized country. Violence and mob rule is not how civilized people should handle disagreements.

I also agree with Scalise that Democrat leaders need to condemn the violence, not encourage it.

I particularly agreed with this part: "If this is going to stop, it must start with Democratic leaders, who need to condemn, rather than promote these dangerous calls to action. In America, we win battles at the ballot box, not through mob rule or intimidation. While it’s clear many Democrats refuse to accept the election of President Trump, if they want change, they need to convince people with their ideas and actually win elections, rather than call for violent resistance, harassment, and mob rule."

Thoughts?

 

Nobody?

Well, at least nobody has made any uncivil replies

 

I wish the GOP would follow through on calling them out for what they are. Calling for actions is a crime, and that's what the left has done several times by several people.

 

Does Dirty Donald saying at his campaign to the audience when hecklers interrupted,"punch him in the face".Get him outta here etc etc.

 

Well, Scalise is certainly authorized to speak about violence.... Speaking for myself (Not a Dem or a Lefty, but more liberal than most), I think the anger revolves 95% around Trump. Mine does anyway. I suspect when he's gone (one way or the other), things will calm down a lot...

I could be wrong, but I don't think I am

My 3rd favorite line from Braveheart - "My Hate.... will die..... with you"....

 

Punching a heckler is wrong.
Heckling someone is also wrong.
Going to someone's political rally with the intent of heckling and disrupting it is wrong too.

How about showing the country what you support so vehemently in your own party's platform, instead of just raging about how you hate your opponent?

 

The bigger, and under reported threat is the overt progressive seperatist agendas normalization. Sanctury states via progressive states legislature, routinely enact laws contrary to federal law. Now it's obvious the mob intends to act outside the constitution as well. The DNC is builing a seperatist movement with zero reverance for any portion of the constitution they don't agree with. It's the culmination of their collective desire to live in a country, alt-reality, where Hillary is POTUS, guns are outlawed, and everything is free.

 

Democrats believe that because trump said that at a rally 2 years ago that justifies any future calls for violence.

Don't expect democrats to have standards or rise above the behaviors they Consider bad.

 

Democrats will say or do anything to justify any action they think benefits them against their political opponents including violence.

People without any standards will behave accordingly.

 

I believe your hatred will Consume you and turn you into what you hate. Notice how the left claims to hate nazis but they act just like them? They put on masks and beat people up in the street they disagree with and then come on forums like this and try to justify those actions.

 

He said that in response to the leftist already being violent, but of course nothing happened before Trump did something that gives the left their excuse to just keep on doing what they've always been doing.

 

Hate? Son you need some help.

 

Until the MSM reports on their actions, it really doesn't matter. If FOX shows it, they're just partisan racists. If Trump mentions it, its just a racist idiot. The problem here is Democrats emboldened by a media machine that will NOT call them out. They will not question. They will simply ignore anything negative that gets in the way of their goal, which is making Trump and Republicans look as bad as possible. Its as clear as day and undeniable. Whenever a Republican makes a peep of a statement that can be interpreted as bad, the MSM will run it into the ground, often purposely MISinterpreting statements to fit a narrative. Its quite disturbing to witness what has been going on the past 10 yrs. When Obama called FOX destructive to America, he got it backwards. Its the MSM that has been destructive. They have truly destroyed honest journalism.

 

They know that the situation is different but they don't care. They think it is close enough to justify calls for violence against republicans and they will use that as their excuse. Don't expect democrats to actually Have standards and rise above behavior that they point at and claim is wrong

 

You are incapable of making the intellectual distinction between telling someone to go to the opposition political rally and be uncivil and violent and try to quash their freedom of speech and assembly and telling someone at the opposition rally to protect themselves and help to stop the uncivil behavior and violence?

 

You guys have made some great points. Maybe it's a good sign not many lefties showed up to defend the violence, or maybe it validates the idea they want to downplay it to normalize it.

 

The *MOB RULE!* meme is utter, cynical nonsense.

 

ACTUAL calls for violence made by Trump (to what might be called a *mob* of his supporters) are deemed irrelevant to the *MOB RULE!* meme, sir.

 

Things happen.
People aren't perfect.
Grossly mischaracterizing anyone's non-violent words as violent for cynical political gain is shameful and dishonest.

 

Unreal, PI.

 

They do?

When a Democrat leader makes a call for violence - outside of RW fantasies that is - let us know.

 

Show me a direct quote where any of these folks called for violence.

 

Then there would be no PF....

 

Perhaps that fault applies to you and not those you are discussing topics with? Would explain a ton.

 

how many republicans or trump supporters have condemned the following.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republ...ill-stomp-on-opponents-face-with-golf-spikes/