Douchebag Hugh Hewitt is trying to draw a false equivalency between

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Democrats yelling at Mitch McConnell at a restaurant and Trump's violent rhetoric inciting guys like the MAGAbomber.

Why do they even bother with that lipless dweeb?

[madaboutharry]

1. He is a fool.

[GWC58]

26. And USDA Grade "A"

Asshole.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. I don't know why he's even on there. I have to mute him...can't stand his face.

[OnDoutside]

5. Is he on with Chuck Todd ? That would explain it.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Chuck's doing a better than normal job of pushing back on Hugh.

[OnDoutside]

8. Good, though I fail to see the point of having him on at all.

[awesomerwb1]

15. So he's actually saying "but"

a couple times when Hewitt is talking?

Can't stand either one of them.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. +1

[gratuitous]

3. Oh, totally, Hugh

I mean, the prospect of getting blown to bits is nothing compared to McConnell being interrupted mid-nibble on a lettuce leaf.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. And McConnell can just drop his lettuce leaf and pull back into his shell.

[vlyons]

4. Hewitt's insipid smile never ceases to remind me of

a mortician funeral director, trying to sell me the most expensive casket

[GemDigger]

6. I was just telling him he should climb back under his dumb ass rock.

And I changed the damn channel. I will change the damn channel every time they get one of these adamant deniers that have proof shoved in their faces. His willful ignorance doesn't cut it with me.

[C_U_L8R]

9. I couldn't take it and changed the channel

The problem is cynical propogandists like Hewitt who hustle a demented rightwing ideology - and don't have the guts to even admit who they are. You are complicit, Hewitt.

[chillfactor]

10. I muted the sound.....

will read until Ari comes on. Hewitt is an asshat……...cannot stand looking at or listening to him.

[maxsolomon]

11. Why? The equivalence is with the Steve Scalise shooter

or the Terrorists that just sent ricin to Trump and the Pentagon. Real, actual terror from "our" side. It's real; it happens. Not in the same volume as Right-Wing Terror, but there is Left-Wing Terror.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/ricin-pentagon-mail-poisoning.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. He was trying to exonerate Trump from responsibility by comparing the two situations,

not by comparing the Scalise shooter to the MAGAbomber - that is to say, he claimed "both sides" use equally incendiary rhetoric so none of it is Trump's fault. But I don't remember Bernie Sanders ever inciting or encouraging left-wing violence by talking the way Trump does, applauding behavior like body-slamming a reporter. That was the false equivalence.

[LiberalFighter]

16. By saying the other side does it is making an excuse to do it.

As Reverend Sharp pointed we come out immediately after and say we don't tolerate such behavior. Or support such a group.

[maxsolomon]

21. Yep, but that cudgel is always there to beat the other side with.

I had a co-worker tell me the Kamala Harris called for violence from the floor of the Senate (on edit: he thinks it was Maxine Waters on the floor of the House - all those CA reps look alike...). I have no idea what he's talking about, but until we're Jesus of Nazareth, the equivalence argument will get thrown back at us to muddy the waters and diminish the RW Terror.

Note: even Jesus destroyed property.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Tell your co-worker that Jesus was not a Christian.

[maxsolomon]

24. He didn't bring Jesus up.

I am.

Property destruction, "incivil" confrontations, those are vastly different than Terrorism. But, to the Right, they can't be. They need the equivalence to justify their love of violence.

[uponit7771]

33. False equivalence cause no Dem leader incites... THAT .... level of violence

[maxsolomon]

34. agreed. see my other responses.

but there is violence from the left. an anarchist killed the president, after all.

a 117 years ago, sure, but still, close enough for whataboutism.

[onenote]

12. I'll give him a choice

He can choose between being yelled at in a restaurant or having a pipe bomb sent to his family.

I wonder if he would still think there is no difference between the two.

[Solomon]

19. Good one!

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Yeah, he is a douchebag, and a nasty one at that, but he isn't going away...

So if he has to run his mouth, I'd just as soon he does it where he gets some pushback.

[Grasswire2]

17. Why the hell does MSNBC use Hewitt?

Absolutely DISGUSTING.

I don't usually watch MTP. Todd is a bonehead.

[Hortensis]

20. One of our intelligence chiefs mentioned cable political shows

in general has having a very negative effect on the electorate. He wasn't just talking about Fox either. Much of what heavy viewers of these shows think they understand simply isn't true, not as they imagine it is.

[FloridaBlues]

22. Yep changed the channel when Hewitt spoke his normal garbage

Todds ratings took a dive tonight. Don't understand why they have him on and not just go to fox fake news channel

[Midnightwalk]

25. Sigh.

Cable news and the usual suspects strike again. Some blathering idiot spouting nonsense and the emcee vehemently pushes back by saying but but but.

If the purpose was to inform or illuminate the response would be "You stooge! You just equated a dozen attempted assasinations with someone denouncing politicians in a public setting. Your mic is cut and you won't be back. Sorry viewers sometimes a crank call gets through."

But it's entertainment not news. I see it was chuck Todd from comments. I'd be surprised if he got to the third "but".

[thegoose]

27. That's what the Crypt Keeper does

Remember when he was against Dumpster (for about five minutes)? Then he became the most eager Mushroom Eater®.

Fucking old opportunistic piece of shit.

[Poiuyt]

28. Ann Coulter said that it was mostly liberals who did bombings

She brought up the Haymarket riot as proof. Jesus, that was in the 1800s!

[Fla Dem]

29. I can tolerate some of the RW pundits MSNBC has on to stay balanced, but Hewitt is a bridge too far.

He is such a self righteous, lying, propaganda mouthpiece. His air of superiority is gag worthy. Turned it off when he started talking.

[OneBlueDotBama]

30. Hugh the mortician

Are you absolutely sure your loved one will be comfortable in this cheap particle board casket, can I show you the sweet dreams mahogany model, made with only the finest materials....

[njhoneybadger]

31. Is that freak real or a some kind of fucked up android

[ooky]

32. As soon as I see Hugh Hewitt

I spring for the remote. Nothing more to say about him that folks on this website don't already know.

[UniteFightBack]

35. FUCK THE NICETIES...we need more Avenatti's refuting the overt bullshit. WTF

[nolabear]

36. Did he say there were vans like MAGAbomber's at all the rallies?

Was it him that said he would always park six rows away from the vans that were always there?

So there are lots of those, eh?