In the wake of the recent pipe bomb scares targeting liberal public figures, the narrative that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric is inciting extremism went into overdrive. Indeed, those who said nothing about “toxic rhetoric” when Steve Scalise was nearly shot to death are now happy to pretend that it’s only Trump that has inflammatory rhetoric. The horse blinders truly are on those liberal pundits – as they’ve managed to ignore literally dozens of examples of both physical attacks and threats of violence against Republicans earlier in October.
In fact, our friends at Breitbart have compiled literally hundreds of examples over the past few years.
In just October alone there were nearly 50 such incidents directed at Republicans. Here they are:
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- October 29, 2018: Actor James Cromwell: There will Be ‘Blood in the Streets’ Unless Trump Stopped
- October 29, 2018: Twitter allows 179 death threats against Trump
- October 29, 2018: FL: Shots Fired into South Daytona Republican Party Office
- October 28, 2018: Left-wing mobs disrupt Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) rally
- October 25, 2018: New York Times runs story fantasizing about Trump’s assassination
- October 25, 2018: GOP headquarters vandalized in Iowa City, IA
- October 24, 2018: Left-wing activist with history of harassing GOP lawmakers arrested for trying to buy radioactive material
- October 24, 2018: N.J. GOP Congressional Candidate Receives Letter Threatening His Children
- October 23, 2018: Boulder thrown through Rep. McCarthy’s (R-CA) office window
- October 21, 2018: Obama’s former deputy secretary of state, Philippe Reines says harassment of McConnell and his wife “is fine”
- October 20, 2018: Watch–Angry Leftists Harass McConnell, Wife at Restaurant: ‘Why Don’t You Get Out of Here?’
- October 19, 2018: New York Man Charged With Threatening Two Senators Over Kavanaugh Support
- October 18, 2018: Dem operative for Soros-funded group arrested for ‘battery’ against Nevada GOP candidate’s campaign manager
- October 18, 2018: Rosie O’Donnell calls on military to remove Trump
- October 17, 2018: TN Restaurant owner’s life threatened for renting space to GOP’s Marsha Blackburn
- October 17, 2018: Portland Antifa tells 9/11 NYPD widow “YOUR HUSBAND SHOULD FUC*ING ROT IN THE GRAVE”
- October 17, 2018: Professor calls for harassing Republicans at restaurants, sticking ‘fingers in their salads’
- October 16, 2018: Person claimed ricin was in letter sent to Senator Collins home
- October 16, 2018: Left-wing comedian gets physical with Trump supporter at Hooters
- October 16, 2018: Republican candidate Shane Mekeland punched in Minnesota restaurant
- October 16, 2018: Gov. Cuomo (D-NY) Blames GOP for Antifa Attack on Manhattan Club
- October 16, 2018: Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted in Minnesota
- October 16, 2018: DFL Employee Calls for Republicans to be Beheaded
- October 15, 2018: Vermont GOP House Candidate Receives Threatening Letter
- October 13, 2018: VIDEO: Republican Justin Fareed’s Campaign Canvasser Allegedly Chased, Assaulted
- October 12, 2018: GOP office vandalized in Mesa, AZ
- October 12, 2018: Antifa Smash Windows, Deface Doors of Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan
- October 11, 2018: Anti-Trump Protester Threatens to Rape Conservative Reporter
- October 11, 2018: A truck with ‘Trump 2020’ bumper stickers was left at a bar overnight. Someone set it on fire.
- October 10, 2018: Susan Rice’s Republican Son Assaulted at Pro-Kavanaugh Event
- October 10, 2018: Eric Holder Tells Dem Activists: ‘When They Go Low, We Kick ‘Em’
- October 10, 2018: CNN says mobs have “constitutional right” to chase Republicans out of restaurants
- October 9, 2018: Hillary Clinton opposes “civility” with Republicans.
- October 8, 2018: Raw Story’s Editor: Steve Scalise ‘Accomplice’ to His Attempted Murder
- October 8, 2018: Leftist Teacher Tweets: “So Who’s Gonna Take One For the Team and Kill Kavanaugh?”
- October 8, 2018: Antifa Takes Over Portland, Harasses Old Man for Disobeying
- October 8, 2018: Rand Paul’s Wife: I Sleep with a Loaded Gun Thanks to Leftists’ Threats
- October 7, 2018: Sen. Cory Gardner claims wife received a beheading video over Kavanaugh vote.
- October 6, 2018: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) harassed at airport
- October 6, 2018: Kavanaugh Protesters Accost an Elderly Trump Supporter
- October 6, 2018: Sen. Collins Flooded with Abusive Tweets Threatening Death, Violence
- October 5, 2018: Protesters Chase Graham To His Car Saying They Will Remove Him From Office
- October 4, 2018: Republican Senators Hit With Death Threats Amidst Kavanaugh Fight
- October 3, 2018: Ricin and threatening letter sent to Trump
- October 2, 2018: 2 hospitalized after exposure to powdery substance at Cruz’s Houston campaign office
- October 2, 2018: GOP Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) assaulted by protesters
- October 1, 2018: Vandals Hit IL GOP Headquarters With ‘RAPE’ Graffiti
- October 1, 2018: Senator Mitch McConnell Badgered At Airport By Anti-Kavanaugh Activists
Weird – have you seen any liberals condemning those actions? Or even reporting on them?
Did you hear a peep from them on what “inflammatory rhetoric” might be inflaming them? Perhaps they were simply encouraged by Maxine Waters, who brags openly about harassing Trump supporters, or Cory Booker, who encourages his fans to “get up in the face” of Trump supporters.
That, of course, is just since October. Breitbart’s list goes all the way back to September 1st, 2015, (for reference, Trump declared his candidacy on June 16th), when someone was attacked at a bus stop for supporting Trump.
The most egregious violations involving firearms include:
- July 27, 2016: OH: Black Trump Supporter Shot at Cleveland Bar During Heated Political Debate
- March 8, 2016: 3 arrested for pulling gun on Trump supporter
- June 18, 2016: Man attempts to assassinate Trump in Nevada
- July 27, 2016: OH: Black Trump Supporter Shot at Cleveland Bar During Heated Political Debate
- November 16, 2016: Man gunned down outside bar after he joked about voting for Trump
- June 15, 2017: Several shots fired at truck flying ‘Make America Great Again’ flag on I-465 in Indiana
- June 14, 2017: Bernie Sanders supporter opens fire on a group of Republican congressman. Rep. Steve Scalise is shot and nearly dies.
- August 16, 2017: Anti-Donald Trump campaigner ‘shoots Republican neighbour twice in the head.
- May 18, 2018: Gunman shot at Trump golf club in protest of Trump
- September 11, 2018: DC police investigate threat to commit mass shooting at a MAGA event in Trump International Hotel
- October 29, 2018: FL: Shots Fired into South Daytona Republican Party Office
Strangely, there weren’t the usual national calls for gun control pushed by the media following any of those incidents.
When it comes to the media endorsing violence, the list of encouragement is longer than they’d like to admit. The media as a whole (including the entertainment industry), and Democrat politicians have been on the frontlines in the calls for violence.
- February 24, 2016: NYT columnist Ross Douthat “jokes” about assassination attempt on Trump
- March 1, 2016: Former Daily Show contributor Larry Wilmore “jokes” about killing Trump.
- March 14, 2016: CNN treats man who tried to tackle Trump as folk hero.
- November 10, 2016: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Death and Violence on CNN
- November 10, 2016: Telegraph’s columnist Monisha Rajesh expressed a desire that Donald Trump be assassinated in a tweet
- November 14, 2016: Film Director Paul Schrader Calls for Violence to Protest Against Trump
- November 14, 2016: Avengers director Joss Whedon says Trump “CANNOT” be allowed to serve out his term in office.
- November 18, 2016: Actor Michael Shannon: Time for Trump voters to die
- November 16, 2016: PacketSled CEO resigns after threatening to kill Trump
- November 30, 2016: CBS Boston Freelancer Tweets that ‘Trump Died Sleeping’ calms him.
- December 29, 2016: Charlie Sheen Wishes Death Upon Trump
- January 19, 2017: CNN fantasizes about Obama staying in power if Trump is assassinated.
- January 26, 2017: Actor Shia LeBeouf arrested for shoving Trump supporter
- January 29, 2017: Times Journo Calls for Assassination of President Trump
- January 31, 2017: Former VP candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), calls on Democrats to “fight in the streets” against Trump.
- February 2, 2017: Comedienne Sarah Silverman calls on military to overthrow Trump.
- February 14, 2017: Stephen Colbert puts White House adviser Stephen Miller’s head on a pike.
- March 7, 2017: CNN points what looks like a sniper scope at the Oval Office.
- March 17, 2017: ‘Making History’ Star Adam Pally Says He Wants To ‘Kill Trump’
- March 16, 2017: Rapper Bow Wow threatens to “pimp” first lady Melania
- May 4, 2017: Leaked Screenshots Reveal BuzzFeed Director Wishing for Trump Assassination
- April 28, 2017: Elizabeth Warren Jokes About Wanting to ‘Cut Open’ Republican ‘Bodies’
- June 7, 2017: HuffPo: ‘Inherent Value’ and ‘Logic’ in Violence Against Trump Supporters
- June 12, 2017: Wire creator David Simon calls on mobs to pick up a “brick” if Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller.
- June 14, 2017: HuffPo publishes article calling for “execution” of Trump.
- June 17, 2017: Dem Strategist James Devine Launches Hashtag #HuntRepublicanCongressmen After Steve Scalise Shooting
- June 22, 2017: WATCH – Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Michael Chabon Expresses ‘Hope’ that Trump Has ‘Massive Stroke
- June 22, 2017: Actor Johnny Depp “jokes” about assassinating Trump.
- August 18. 2017: Top Missouri Democrat calls for Trump to be “assassinated.”
- September 15, 2017: CNN host “jokes” about killing Trump with hemlock in his food.
- October 31, 2017: ShareBlue, American Bridger operative Mike Stark arrested for harassing Ed Gillespie in VA
- October 26, 2017: SF Gate columnist says death threats against EPA chief Scott Pruitt make sense
- October 24, 2017: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace: Trump Administration Does ‘Not Appear to Be Human Beings’
- November 27, 2017: Singer Morrissey: I would kill Trump ‘for the safety of humanity’
- December 18, 2017: Eminem song ‘Framed’ plots assassination of Ivanka Trump
- February 2, 2018: CNN Writer Thanks God for Fatal GOP Train Wreck
- February 22, 2018: Guardian, HuffPost Contributor Karen Geier: ‘Hopefully’ Kim Jong Un ‘Can Drop a Bomb on CPAC’
- March 4, 2018: WATCH: MSNBC Joy Reid Panel Hopes Conservatives ‘Die Off’
- May 22, 2018: CNN guest on Trump: “If you’re going to shoot him, you have to shoot to kill.”
- March 21, 2018: Former VP Joe Biden says he beat the hell’ out of Trump if in high school
- April 6, 2018: During Ellen appearance, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) “jokes” about killing Trump, Pence, Sessions on elevator.
- May 2, 2018: San Antonio elected official threatens to poison Republicans’ food
- May 12, 2018: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace asks “How do you resist the temptation to run up and wring [Sarah Sanders’] neck?”
- June 21, 2018: Actor Adam Scott compares Tucker Carlson to a Nazi.
- June 22, 2018: Member of Canadian media, Patrick Dussault, threatens Don Jr.s 4-year-old daughter
- June 26, 2018: Comedienne Kathy Griffin attacks the Trump administration as “pro-Nazi.” Obviously, once you describe someone as a Nazi, you are calling for violence against them.
- June 26, 2018: Singer John Legend calls on Trump officials to be harassed until our immigration policies are weakened.
- June 26, 2018: Late night comedians celebrate the harassment of Sarah Sanders and her family.
- July 1, 2018: Washington Post reporter publicly calls on mobs to give Trump officials a “life sentence” of harassment.
- July 6, 2018: CNN analyst justifies violence against Trump supporters
- July 11, 2018: ABC’s Terry Moran shames Fox News’s Shannon Bream for feeling threatened at SCOTUS protest
- August 4, 2018: Democrat Alison Grimes ‘Jokes’ about Rand Paul beating
- August 14, 2018: CNN’s Chris Cuomo justifies and encourages violence against Trump supporters.
- October 21, 2018: Obama’s former deputy secretary of state, Philippe Reines says harassment of McConnell and his wife “is fine.”
And here’s the anti-Trump violence exclusively against women and minorities:
- June 2, 2016: San Jose Woman is Stalked, Spat On, Shoved, Pushed and Hit For Being a Trump Supporter
- June 2, 2016: Left-wing thugs violently attack Trump supporters. One women was surrounded by a mob and pelted with raw eggs.
- June 2, 2016: Angry Mob Attacked Gay Latino Trump Supporter & Log Cabin Republican
- June 18, 2016: Female Trump supporters harassed, refused service at restaurant
- July 1, 2016: Black Teenage Trump supporter in Atlanta receives death threats For Supporting Trump
- August 3, 2016: New Jersey woman faces months-long campaign of terror over Trump support
- September 26, 2016: Trump-supporting Minnesota co-ed says she was ‘assaulted’ on debate night
- August 20, 2016: Hillary Supporters Attack Old Woman Trump Supporter Minneapolis
- October 15, 2016: Texarkana AR, Woman’s Trump signs burned in arson attack
- October 13, 2016: Gay Couple Backing Trump Receives Threats and Barbs in Ohio
- November 8, 2016: Man Attacks FEMALE TRUMP SUPPORTER at Jupiter, Florida, Polling Station
- November 8, 2016: NYPD Investigating Tires Slashing On Hasidic Trump Supporters Van
- November 10, 2016: Black Trump Supporter Attacked at NYC College; MAGA Hat Almost Set Alight
- November 11, 2016: Redwood City, CA: Female High School Student Attacked for Supporting Trump
- December 1, 2016: Donora, PA: 69-year-old woman assaulted over support for Trump
- December 15, 2016: Cornell College Republicans president assaulted, called ‘racist b*tch’
- December 22, 2016: Ivanka Trump harassed on JetBlue flight by college professor
- January 5, 2017: Left-wing thugs kidnap, beat, and torture an 18-year-old with schizophrenia while shouting “f*ck Trump” and “f*ck white people.”
- January 17, 2017: Wilmington, NC, woman’s car vandalized with swastika over Trump sticker
- January 20, 2017: Anti-Trump protester lights Trump supporter’s hair on fire.
- January 20, 2017: Trump supporter says she feels ‘hurt’ after being spit on, called racist
- January 24, 2017: Woman harassed, spit on by anti-Trump protesters
- February 10, 2017: Black Lives Matter bully threatens to smash woman’s laptop over Trump sticker.
- February 13, 2017: Black Trump supporter’s home vandalized with “KKK’ spray paint – hoax hate crime
- February 26, 2017: Female Trump supporter assaulted in Hollywood
- May 15, 2017: Tucson school district employee arrested over threats to U.S. Rep. Martha McSally
- June 7, 2017: Veteran’s wife violently beaten for voting for Trump
- June 10, 2017: Trump supporter beaten with ‘Queers for Muslims’ sign in Seattle.
- June 10, 2017: Left-wing terrorists with AntiFa hurl urine at woman protesting against Sharia
- June 17, 2017: Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) reports five death threats to Capitol Police
- August 24, 2017: Black Trump supporter spit at for wearing MAGA hat.
- August 23, 2017: Black Trump supporter sucker punched in Laguna Beach.
- August 23, 2017: Black Trump supporter punched multiple times while leaving Trump’s Arizona rally
- August 19, 2017: WATCH: Older Woman Holding American Flag Hit, Dragged in Boston
- November 12, 2017: Blaire White attacked for wearing MAGA hat
- February 21, 2018: CNN publicly smears elderly Trump supporter as Russian plant, death threats follow
- March 8, 2018: Female Trump supporter assaulted while staging Oscars boycott in LA
- March 17, 2018: Trump Staffer Heather Swift assaulted by ShareBlue/American Bridge operative Wilfred “Mike” Stark.
- April 3, 2018: Woman brutally attacked in restaurant over support for Trump.
- May 14, 2018: Black man in MAGA hat harassed, threatened, called n-word at Cheesecake Factory.
- June 19, 2018: Kirstjen Nielsen harassed out of a restaurant.
- June 20, 2018: Actor Peter Fonda calls for a mob to sexually humiliate and abuse Sarah Sanders and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
- June 23, 2018: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi harassed, menaced, and reportedly spit at by left-wing protesters at movie theater.
- June 22, 2018: Sarah Sanders and her family booted out of restaurant by left-wing owner.
- June 26, 2018: Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao harassed at home by protesters.
- June 28, 2018: Co-Chair of Women for Trump Receives Death Threats After CNN Appearance
- July 4, 2018: Paul Begala Reportedly Sending Serial-Harasser Mike Stark To Harass Barbara Comstock July 4th
- July 19, 2018: CA Anti-Trump Protesters Target Legal Immigrant’s Cafe Over Trump Support, Hurl Feces
- July 17, 2018: Uber Driver Refuses to Serve Black Conservatives Over MAGA Hat
- September 6, 2018: Black Trump Fan Booted from Bar for Wearing Trump Hat
- September 10, 2018: Hispanic Immigrant says she was spit on in Santa Monica for Trump hat.
- September 11, 2018: Threats of Rape and Strangling’ Force Writer Into Hiding After Anti-Abortion Tweet
- September 25, 2018: Ted Cruz and Wife harassed out of DC restaurant
- October 2, 2018: GOP Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) assaulted by protesters
- October 6, 2018: Kavanaugh Protesters Accost an Elderly Trump Supporter
- October 6, 2018: Sen. Collins Flooded with Abusive Tweets Threatening Death, Violence
- October 8, 2018: Rand Paul’s Wife: I Sleep with a Loaded Gun Thanks to Leftists’ Threats
- October 7, 2018: Sen. Cory Gardner claims wife received a beheading video over Kavanaugh vote.
- October 10, 2018: Susan Rice’s Republican Son Assaulted at Pro-Kavanaugh Event
- October 11, 2018: Anti-Trump Protester Threatens to Rape Conservative Reporter
The media wants to blame the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting (which was carried out by someone who fanatically hated Trump) on Trump. By their own logic, doesn’t the media then hold responsibility for minority Trump supporters being under attack?
For as much as the liberals in the media (and government) like to condemn violence – it seems like they’re only willing to condemn it when it comes from one side.
And when it comes from their side, the blinders go back on.
A very special thanks to the folks at Breitbart, who did the yeoman’s work of compiling all these incidents. It’s very important work.