“A Missouri lawmaker is under mounting pressure
to resign after she said on social media she hopes President Trump is
assassinated, following his response to violence at a white supremacist rally
in Charlottesville.
Democratic state
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal went on her personal Facebook page Thursday
morning to vent two days after the president blamed “both
sides” for the brutality.
“I put up a statement saying, ‘I really hate Trump. He’s
causing trauma and nightmares.’ That was my original post,” she told
the Kansas City Star. The Facebook post received many responses,
Chappelle-Nadal said, and to one she replied, “I hope Trump is
assassinated!”
Chappelle-Nadal later explained that she didn't
actually wish harm to come to Trump but wrote it out of frustration.”
Trump isn’t the only politician fanning the flames. Politically-motivated violence has no place
in a democracy where politically motivated speech receives great
protection. I believe we are headed into
a dark period of increasing political violence. It is wrong no matter which
side is advocating the violence. It is
wrong no matter which side is committing the violence. Some on both sides of the political spectrum
are wrong on both counts and are
threatening peaceful political discourse.
The primary difference is that neo-nazism and
white supremacy are philosophies built on political and ideological
violence. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
his followers opposed violence. Trump is
wrong when he says both sides are equally responsible. Both side need to quit. However, Only one side relies on a philosophy
built on violence. At the base of their
philosophies, only one side is more culpable.
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