Just as Mace did this week, back in 2024 conservatives blamed the two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump on an amorphous “they” to insinuate that all of the Democratic Party, liberals and the left were to blame. “Well, if you’re trying to silence Donald Trump and you’re sending the message we have to do everything that we can to silence Donald Trump, a crazy person is eventually going to take that message to heart.” Blaming a stated “they” enables the right to use this tragedy as a means to achieve what they were already working toward: crushing their political opposition and forcing “unity” on the country on their terms alone.
Author: Paul Blumenthal
Published at: 2025-09-15 22:04:29
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