I remember thinking 20 years ago that Democrats couldn't possibly be more unhinged than they were at that time. George W. Bush was president, and their hatred of the man seemingly knew no bounds. The left falsely believed Bush had stolen the 2000 election and routinely compared him to Hitler. How could we possibly be more divided than we were at that moment in time?
It just goes to show you: never underestimate the radical left.
Today, I'm not so naive. Indeed, Democrats are even more unhinged today than they were even just ten years ago. Whether the issue is abortion, LGBT issues, Israel, taxes, or even border security, they've found a way to become increasingly radical on all of those issues.
And ten years from now, I don't doubt they'll be worse.
This week, they took another giant leap away from the mainstream.
On Friday, twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed during a podcast that Donald Trump would be happy to "kill his opposition" if he is reelected president in November.
"Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what Trump would like to do: Kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile, rule without any check or balance," Clinton told host Marc Elias, a Democratic election lawyer who worked on her 2016 presidential campaign.
During their discussion, Hillary, the person behind the Russian collusion hoax, claimed Trump wants to be like Russian President Vladimir Putin and other dictators.
Once again, Democrats have an unparalleled proclivity to accuse Republicans of the very things they do themselves. A couple of recent examples include how Democrats have accused Trump of wanting to put his political opponents in prison at the same time the Biden administration is quite literally trying to do exactly that with Trump. They've also accused him of attacking democracy when it was Democrats trying to boot him off the ballot.
The pattern continues. It hardly feels like a coincidence that the same day Hillary made this outlandish (and frankly, stupid) accusation, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) introduced a bill to deny Trump Secret Service protection in the event one of the Democrat prosecutors trying to convict him succeeds.
According to Thompson's bill, Secret Service protection “shall terminate for any person upon sentencing following conviction for a Federal or State offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year.’’
As Byron York of the Washington Examiner observed, the “obvious subtext here is that removing [Secret Service protection] would make it easier for someone to kill Trump, which is arguably the goal of Thompson's bill, H.R. 8081: The DISGRACED Former Protectees Act.”
Related: Yes, They Want Him Dead: Dem. Rep. Introduces Bill to Make It Easier to Kill Trump
And so, once again, Democrats accuse Trump of wanting to kill his political opponents, when Democrats are being incredibly unsubtle about their desire to get Trump killed and to potentially facilitate that. So far, the indictments of Trump have only made him politically stronger, as Americans see through the charade and understand he's a victim of partisan lawfare. Biden is bleeding support from blacks, Hispanics, and young people, and these show trials may not save Biden's election.
What other option do Democrats have than to make it easier for Trump to be taken out?
If that's how far they're willing to go to save an election for themselves, what will they be willing to do ten years from now?
