1) Thread. 🧵 If you're planning your next op/ed and you intend to scold both sides for violent rhetoric, think again and watch the following seven videos. Republicans have been producing violent ads targeting both legislation and actual Democrats for years. Let's review.
2) Here's another Greitens ad, in case he didn't make his point the first time.
3) This is one in which the candidate, Jim Lamon, shoots Democratic congressional leadership.
4) This is Senator Rand Paul shooting the tax code.
5) Senator Joni Ernst shooting the Affordable Care Act.
6) Republican Wil Brooke shooting the ACA. Worth noting this was the signature achievement of the first Black president. The dog whistle isn't very subtle.
7) And of course this ignoramus had to both shoot and explode a Prius labeled "Socialism."
8) There are many more, with additional Republican videos popping up every election cycle. Again, we wonder why so many deranged souls think the only way to solve a problem is to shoot it.
9) There's more. This is the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, blowing up spending, ripping up regulations with a chain saw, using his pick-up truck to round up "illegals," and of course he had to cock his gun in there, too.
10) This is Paul Broun describing his AR-15 as a "Liberty Machine" and announcing a fun AR-15 giveaway.
11) Jerome Davidson portraying Democrats as KKK members and shooting them (off camera).
Correction: Democratic congressional leadership AND Joe Biden.
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Jeez, I'm missing a lot of these.
This is Rep. Mike Collins shooting a ballot box. Take that, democracy.
Correction: Pastor Jerone Davison.
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