It’s never too early to weaponize violence – if you’re a Republican. In the aftermath of the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Jennings was on CNN blaming Democrats. Before we even knew anything about the shooter.
It should have been a moment to call for unity and to tone down the rhetoric. Like President Biden did. And unlike Donald Trump did when a mob of his own supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol and endangered his own vice president.
Instead, while feigning concern for overheated rhetoric, Scott Jennings used the moment to foment more of the same against Democrats.
“We are in bad need of healing and unity in this country but we are one inch from something far worse,” he intoned. Apparently, he thought that gave him cover to start pushing closer to “something far worse.”
“Republicans I'm hearing from tonight are shocked,” Jennings said. As if nobody else was. “They are worried about our country, they're worried about Donald Trump. They're worried about the rhetoric around Donald Trump,” he continued. Not worried about Trump’s and MAGA world’s blatantly violent rhetoric, though.
