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And as @chrislhayes - another target on the kill list - rightly observes: all of this comes in a context of the valorization of political violence by pro-Trump talkers.
@chrislhayes 8) Who knows whether Trump's words inspired Hasson's murderous fantasies. But as with the pipe bombing attempts in October - the targets of Hasson's plans for violence almost exactly overlap with the targets of Trump's highly personal threats and vituperation
@chrislhayes 9) Words don't kill. But words can inspire killers. "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?" was not the answer to a Jeopardy prompt.
@chrislhayes 10) William Butler Yeats wrestled with the moral dilemma of words and actions in a 1938 poem. 
@chrislhayes 11) No president in US history has vilified individual people as Donald Trump has done. Not since the 1960s have one politician's supporters and enthusiasts been so implicated in so many acts or attempts of political violence.
@chrislhayes 12) Trump names people to hate. Haters target those people for murder. It's not as fun to talk about on chat shows as a race hate hoax. It's a lot more dangerous. And the willingness of so many to shrug off the president's words of incitement - more dangerous still.
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