As I have written before, there seems to be no bottom to the depths to which Republicans in general, and one in particular, will descend. In the aftermath of the killing of right-wing star Charlie Kirk, this is what Trump, fulminating with righteous hypocrisy, had to say:
You don't need me to discuss the implication of his speech, but it certainly sounds like, in politicizing Kirk's killing (something Republicans always accuse Dems of during after school shootings), Trump intends to bring a new reign of terror and repression upon Amerika, especially with regard to free speech, political and media opposition to his agenda, etc.
And his fury seems quite partisan. As the NYT observes,
Mr. Trump made no mention of attacks on Democrats, including Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who was killed in June.
The question in my mind is how the Democrats will respond to this. My suspicion, given their spinelessness, is that they will condemn the violence but be very wary of criticizing Trump's speech, their shrinking political fortunes uppermost in their mind.
In other words, there will likely be no one to oppose what is to come.
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