In the wake of a second assassination on former President Donald Trump, Republicans and all sane people are calling on Democrats to scale back the inciting language. They shouldn’t need such an event to get them to do the right thing.
But some are now doubling down, like New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait, who said that Trump is a threat to democracy, so it wasn’t “inciting” to say it.
Then there was Hillary Clinton, who went all in on continuing to say Trump was dangerous, and even seemed to admonish media who might not, saying media should have a “consistent narrative” about how dangerous Trump was.
Think about that for a second. The implication of that language and what she’s really saying. How dare any media go off narrative and not say he’s dangerous? This is the narrative, and you all should be following what we say. That’s what she thinks; that’s what many Democrats think. The media’s job isn’t supposed to be to serve the Democratic narrative. But they think it is.
So Fox’s Peter Doocy had a great question for White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that just made her have a fit. Doocy said it was only a couple of days since the attempt on Trump, yet KJP was in the White House briefing room, “calling him a threat.” “How many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the president, vice president, and you pick a different word other than threat?” he asked her. Great question — puts them right on the spot for their demonizing. But she couldn’t take it.