But it would be wrong to declare that responsibility for Saturday’s attempted assassination starts and ends with the shooter.
Among the responsible are, without a doubt, Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats, who — despite their condemnation of the attack — have spent years leveraging political violence in pursuit of power while painting Trump and everyone who dares to support him as a threat to democracy, freedom and even “the very soul of this country.”
Just hours prior to the attempted assassination, after all, Joe Biden told an audience, “Most importantly, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, Trump is a threat to this nation.”
But while such rhetoric is undeniably dangerous and demonstrably absurd (especially given Biden’s fascistic fetish for trying to jail his political opponents), there is no realistic expectation of truth when it comes to politicians.
Would it be good if they told the truth? Sure. Will they? Never.
The media, on the other hand, claim to be held to an entirely different standard. And for this reason, the media have more blood on their hands than any politician because, under the banner of truth, they have created, maintained and fueled an environment that drove someone to commit a horrific act of violence.
Let’s take a quick tour through memory lane in the “Trump is Hitler” category.
Practically every MSNBC host, including Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid, Mehdi Hasan, Joe Scarborough and Jen Psaki, has compared Trump to Hitler, as have numerous CNN figures, including Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. The same is true of numerous other networks.
But if off-the-cuff pseudo-commentary is far from convincing, what about printed media that (supposedly) requires far higher levels of editorial integrity?
“Yes, it’s okay to compare Trump to Hitler. Don’t let me stop you,” said the Washington Post.
“Trump’s Big Lie and Hitler’s: Is this how America’s slide into totalitarianism begins?” from Salon.
“Donald Trump’s history with Adolf Hitler and his Nazi writings,” ABC News declared.
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