Many GOP leaders and prominent voices within the party have condemned the attack in no uncertain terms. There are, however, notable exceptions. (via MaddowBlog)
Second, the effort to turn this into the latest in a series of “both sides” controversies is a mistake. Yes, it matters that there has been violence against prominent Republicans — House Minority Whip Steve Scalise was shot and nearly killed in 2017, for example — and those attacks must be condemned in no uncertain terms.
It’s also true that in the larger context of the conversation about extremists and political violence, the scales hardly appear even. The Jan. 6 attack, the kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and right-wing intimidation campaigns against election workers, educators, and public health officials come to mind., “[I]f both Republicans and Democrats, left and right,political violence. That’s not a ‘both sides’ affair in 2020s America.
And finally, let’s also not forget that only one party is eager to downplay the significance of the threat posed by domestic violent extremists. Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who’ll likely soon chair the House Judiciary Committee, has accused FBI leaders of
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