Thread by @tzimmer_history

This is as grotesque and inflammatory a lie as any Trump has ever told.

And in today’s GOP, that’s totally fine. Truth, decency, norms: None of that matters. Who cares if the “Libs” are guilty of this particular crime - they’re an “Un-American” menace, and so anything goes.

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1404808551420342272

Let’s be clear how deranged and dangerous this is. This is one of the leaders of a major party accusing the political opponent of deliberately allowing the killing of newborns, and women and medical personnel who are dealing with incredibly hard decisions of murder.

As with many of these bizarre rightwing lies and demonizations: Imagine having your mind poisoned by this stuff day in and day out, until you start to believe it’s an accurate characterization of the political opponent - or at the very least *could* be true of the enemy.

And if you believe this - after all, it’s not just coming from the internet, not just Facebook: It’s a Republican leader saying it! - then how can you just sit there and allow these people to govern? To kill! To murder babies, and murder real America in the process! You can’t.

At the very least, you would have to vote for whoever promises to be most relentless, most ruthless in the fight against this Godless, Un-American liberal menace. Because you feel like your side has been losing for too long, and defeat is not an option in a fight of good vs evil.

You can’t sustain a democracy in which the leaders of one party tell their voters that the other party wants to kill babies.

If you think about it, it’s astonishing that America doesn’t have *more* political violence. This stuff is so dangerous.