Blame the Shooter?

On the evening of April 24th the WHCD held its annual meeting.  President Trump was an honored guest seated at the head table.  Before the meeting started, a thirty-one year old Caucasian male from California rose up and tried to assassinate the President. The attempt failed and he was soon apprehended.

This is the 3rd assassination attempt on Trump's life. Charlie Kirk was actually assassinated. A Supreme Court judge suffered an attempted assassination. Steve Scalise was shot during a congressional softball game. The Democratic far-left for the past twelve years has labelled Trump as the new Hitler, the enemy of democracy, the shredder of the Constitution, a racist, an antisemite, a Russian colluder and more. Trump has been indicted ninety-four times (with only one specious conviction). He has been impeached twice. The Jan 6 Select Committee has accused him of insurrection. We have seen street violence. lootings and destruction so many times that it has become accepted, passed of as simple protests, and no one is punished. The main stream media has continuously broadcast and trumpeted these events and dangerous invective as perhaps justified.

Do you wonder why some sophomoric ideologue might see it his sacred duty to rid the world of this new Nazi and his followers? Would you have blamed someone for killing Hitler in 1933? Would you have blamed someone for killing Mussolini, Stalin, Mao Zedong or Pol Pot before they were responsible for tens of millions of deaths? Is there a difference between President Trump and these evil dictators? In case you missed it, this is a rhetorical question. The answer is yes – a profound yes.

So, should we blame and punish the shooter? Of course. But even more to blame are the voices of violence, hate and invective that have flavored our public discourse and given the inspiration and OK to violence. Our beloved country is losing its direction, its Judeo Christian heritage, and the art of compromise in politics. Stop it!