packgrad said:
cowboypack02 said:
I think your comment makes light if the issue here. Everyone gets uptight when a certain political party does something they don't like, but then allows for it if their side does it.
I can hunt down where multiple democrats, including former presidents, presidential candidates, congressmen, senators, and democrats that have held state offices have done things that you have mentioned about, but you only scream about it when its someone that you don't like doing it.
It's pretty disingenuous
For example.
What's disingenuous is Rand Paul's intellectually dishonest line of thinking.
Did Bernie Sanders lie for months about a particular grievance that the shooter had, amplifying the shooter's anger?
Did the shooter that nearly killed Steve Scalise cite Bernie Sanders as the reason he was at that baseball field?
Was he at a Bernie Sanders rally? Had Bernie told him to march to that field?
Did he have a Bernie Sanders flag with him?
Did Maxine Waters lie for months about a particular grievance that her supporters have, amplifying their anger?
Did Maxine Waters' supporters violently or criminally confront Trump officials?
Did they cite Waters as their reason for doing so?
Were they at a Maxine Waters rally when they did so?
If the answer to many of these questions are 'yes' then democrats should absolutely self-examine.
Of course, the answer is no to all of them.
Despite this, Waters got rebuked publicly by party leadership. Even though nobody got violent because of Maxine's words. No rioters cited Maxine or flew Waters flags. Most importantly, 5 people did not die at an impromptu Maxine Waters rally-turned-riot.
Rand needs to spend more time rebuking Trump and less time on half-assed false equivalencies.