And rightly so. The consequences of what she said were foreseeable, just as in Trump's case. It is rough justice to have different outcomes when only 1 of the 2 ends in violence, but sometimes, when violence has been done, rough justice must follow.https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1359238637683146758 …
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"Two people played with matches, we only punished the one who actually set an accidental fire" may not be perfect justice, but it is how things often work in the real world.
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Jeremy Bentham is rolling over in his grave. Also Steve Scalise nearly died...
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Yes, and if there had been something preceding that shooting that was more like the 2-month campaign of word & deed that led up to Jan 6, I'd have been willing to abandon my usual presumption that we don't hold politicians responsible for violence by their followers.
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