Earlier this week Nancy Pelosi said that those who disagree with the Democratic agenda may end up as ‘collateral damage’. Follow that up with weeks and weeks of Democratic leaders basically calling for violence against the Right and you end up with a very angry faction of Americans.
That quickly can turn into a mob.
Watch (note, this video contains graphic language):
Mob rushes Nancy Pelosi on her way into a campaign stop calling her a "F**king communist!"
Security had to hold back the anti-communism protesters as a frightened Pelosi was rushed into a doorway.
Mob chanted "Communism sucks!" while beating on the doorhttps://t.co/5EAgqOq3Ma pic.twitter.com/SqMlPKYKfx
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 19, 2018
Ok, full disclosure, while a tiny part of this editor doesn’t have a whole lot of sympathy for Nancy since she has been supporting the aggressive and even violent rhetoric from Democrats, the bigger part of this editor (the grown-up part) knows this is wrong. At the end of the day we have to be better, we have to be the adults. Otherwise, we’re no better than the Left.
Democrats have embraced mob-like tactics against Republicans and members of the Trump administration for nearly two years.
Maxine Waters told Dems if they see a GOP official in public to "create a crowd – push back on them, you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere"
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 19, 2018
Maxine did indeed say this but do we really want to be like Maxine Waters?
No.
It was only a matter of time before these tactics were spun around on Democrats.
This is a mob.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 19, 2018
This is like a textbook mob.
And a scary one at that.
Nope. The point is this is a mob tactic regardless of who uses it. And it needs to be called out as such.
— Richard Vincent (@BigRMV) October 19, 2018
Fair.
I don't care if it's a Democrat or Republican crap like this needs to stop. A disagreement is one thing but to fight, curse, and beat on doors shouldn't be a part of America. Maybe Democrat s started this but I won't jump off the bridge if they do.
— ☛WillieT☚ (@WillieT4u) October 19, 2018
No excuse. That is just shameful behavior and I hope Republican leaders denounce it unequivocally.
— john honos (@jbhonos) October 19, 2018
Otherwise, they’re no better than Maxine Waters.
And yikes.
Everyone needs to step back, take a deep breath and chill. Someone is going to get badly hurt or killed from this crap. NEITHER side should do this. It was a given that this would be used against those who condoned these tactics in the first place. Stop condoning this crap!
— markalanlewis (@markalanlewis) October 19, 2018
I'm opposed to this behavior regardless of whether I agree with the people doing it or not. https://t.co/kuG1lGqQkH
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 19, 2018
It's wrong when the left does it, and it's wrong when the right does it. We need to stop encouraging this nonsense. https://t.co/SpQtQXqDXN
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) October 19, 2018
Now that Nancy has been through what a good deal of Republicans is going through MAYBE she’ll start condemning the Left when they do it?
Eh … maybe not.
But we can hope.
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