Soooo, that happened.
Hey! Remember Sharron Angle? She was the one who lost to Harry Reid in 2010. Why? It had a little something to do with this clip:
Of course, when Donald Trump echoed that line, and talked about "Second amendment people," the left went ape shit.
Funny, though. I saw the Suozzi story early yesterday, and scoured the news to see how everyone covered it because... that's what I do. What's the difference between Suozzi and Angle? Or Suozzi and Trump? Mainly, his party affiliation and the direction of his comments. Big news at Fox, downplayed at CNN and elsewhere. Gee... I wonder... Hmmm...
Angle was national news You'll notice that the clip above is from Maddow. When I looked for Suozzi in youtube to embed a clip, the first thing that came up was Alex fuckin' Jones.
Let's be clear about something. A Democratic Member of Congress was making intimations about someone assassinating the sitting President. There is history here.
What's going to happen?
1) Suozzi's going to raise a bunch of money from the left.
2) Some Republican running against Suozzi will also raise a bunch of money, and the net effect will be to hurt Suozzi.
My evidence? Mainly, "The Crazy Train" paper.
Beyond that, though, here are some questions. The left and guns...
The left is generally irrationally terrified of guns. The reaction of the crowd was interesting, though. How would you react if someone really did what Suozzi suggested? Keep in mind how Suozzi set up the question-- in terms of failures of the system. "What if the president was [sic*] to ignore the courts?" Vague memories of Andrew Jackson quotes may also be running through your mind, along with Trump's semi-informed admiration for Jackson, but that's how Suozzi set up his version of Angle's line. So, that should inform your thinking about Suozzi's hypothetical, and your hypothetical reaction to it.
At the end of the day, Tom Suozzi and Sharron Angle-- how you evaluate them can differ only if you assess them based on the people against whom their tacit threats are directed, and their comments ride the line. Are you more OK with that kind of comment directed at Trump because he's Trump?
Think about your own thinking here. I'm looking at news coverage, and I'm seeing a real difference.
And I fucking hate Trump.
*Subjunctive: "were." Yes, I realize that correcting Suozzi's grammar in the context of a tacit threat to the President's life might seem small and petty, but... hi! Have you met me?