Just two days after a second shooter attempted to assassinate former President Trump, The View's Whoopi Goldberg asserted that “dangerous rhetoric” was exclusive to the political right, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
The Daily Caller reports:
“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg claimed on Tuesday that dangerous rhetoric is only a problem on the political right following the second assassination attempt on Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The Secret Service arrested 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh on Sunday after he allegedly pointed an AK-47-style weapon at the former president at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Two days later, Goldberg argued dangerous political rhetoric is not a “both sides” issue but rather one that the political right often engages in.
She said, “And also, let's stop this thing. You know, let's stop this both sides stuff. Because it's not correct. It is not both sides, it is one clear side, and you can point to many, many reports. You can point to all kinds of stuff that's been reported. You guys have to pull it back. This is not us or them, this is you got to stop doing what you're doing, J.D. [Vance] and what you're doing, Mr. [Trump], because you are not helping the situation.”
The Daily Caller continues:
During Monday's segment, co-host Sunny Hostin cited a June 24 poll conducted by the University of Chicago, which found that 26 million U.S. adults believe the “use of force is justified” to prevent Trump from getting reelected. The 26 million people made up 10% of those polled, of whom 66% disagreed that the “use of force” is acceptable.
The liberal media and Democrats have repeatedly warned that Trump is a “threat to democracy” and have even compared him to fascist leaders Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Former Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Trump is even “more dangerous” than Hitler during a Nov. 22 MSNBC segment, while The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes warned the former president will build concentration camps if he is reelected.
Following Sunday's assassination attempt at his West Palm Beach golf club, the Trump campaign shared a lengthy list of examples of what they deemed dangerous rhetoric from Democrats, calling him and his supporters a “threat to democracy” that “needed to be stopped” and often likening him to some of history's most prolific tyrants and dictators.
Trump supporters were also routinely attacked and assaulted leading up to the 2016 election and after the fact, often by far left militant “Antifa” and their affiliates.
Following the death of George Floyd, violent riots broke out in Minnesota and subsequently spread to virtually every other major American city, and many left wing politicians expressed support and solidarity in favor of the “demonstrators.” Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris famously promoted the “Minnesota Freedom Fund” that raised money to free many of the people arrested during the riots — including violent criminals.
