Alexandria OcasioCortez@AOC: People truly don't understand the scale, intensity, & volume of threats

[BeckyDem]

Link to tweet

[The Magistrate]

1. She's Right, Ma'am

It's a matter of when, not if, people will be shot at the polls on election day.

[BeckyDem]

3. I'm afraid so, deeply afraid.

[BeckyDem]

5. GOP have encouraged the decay from within for a long time.

From 2013

Finding the Common Good in an Era of Dysfunctional Governance
Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

The Republican Party has become a radical insurgency—ideologically extreme, scornful of facts and compromise, and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. Securing the common good in the face of these developments will require structural changes but also an informed and strategically focused citizenry.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/finding-the-common-good-in-an-era-of-dysfunctional-governance/

[Bettie]

9. It is since Obama that I have seen the racism and white supremacy

openly embraced and ramped up in rural Iowa. The Republican party encourages and feeds it.

[Carlitos Brigante]

4. Agreed. Personally I would've gone with Ku Klux Caucus. nt

[Lovie777]

7. I do ...

My family had an discussion the other day about this and warned it will come to fatal violence if it is not stopped. The GQP are signally their fucked up cult to attack, and the jury in WI just backed that up.

[Irish_Dem]

8. The GOP leadership actively encourages the murder, kidnap of Dem elected officials.

They didn't care what happened to officials on 1/6, or to the Michigan governor. Or to Dem members of congress.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

11. Although, if something nasty were to be done to a Republican official

The GOP would be up in arms about it. Perhaps literally.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yep.

[electric_blue68]

13. didn't something (almost?) happen to a Rep in DC in a park..

Sorry, a bit hazy.

Possiblly at a govt softball league event?

[billh58]

17. Steve Scalise

https://news.yahoo.com/us-lawmaker-shot-anti-trump-gunman-showing-improvement-234019937.html

[electric_blue68]

18. Thanks for info

[appalachiablue]

10. A very serious & dangerous movement that's

escalating fast. Dark waters. Thanks for posting. K/R

[BeckyDem]

21. Dark waters is a good term for it. How much more off the charts will it go?

Scary, deeply scary.

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread BeckyDem.

[electric_blue68]

15. Having on occasion over the past 12+ years seen the...

reported extremely malevolent threats to liberals, progressives, women, especially AA, POC...
I'm shocked, but not surprised unfortunately!

[LittleGirl]

16. Gabby Gifford survived her attack

But 8 people died that day. If our representatives can’t go out in public, then they can’t do their job. We must condemn and prosecute these terrorists.

[BeckyDem]

22. +1

Inciting violence should not be tolerated.

[appalachiablue]

27. ++ Threatening and shooting reps. Harassing

election workers doing their job, intimidating and threatening public health officials and school staff about vaccine and mask mandates, teaching curriculum, textbooks and more.

It's the widespead denigration and reduction of government- programs and services, officials and employees at every level. All in favor of The Free Market and look at the damage to the country.

Reagan at his inauguration in 1981, '.. government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem.' The official warning shot and the 'deconstruction' has continued ever since.

[LittleGirl]

29. Yup

But I was busy going to college and working to pay attention. I voted for Carter.
That’s when all this shit started.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

19. Unfortunately...

I predict the bombings will commence shortly.

Welcome back to 1861, 1963, etc...

[gordianot]

20. This is exactly the reason I have eliminated some relatives from my life.

I will not be eliminated by relatives I despise and have been threatened in the past. Unfortunately representatives of the Government are on the front line. Random people not in Government are at a decreased risk there is still risk.

[BeckyDem]

23. That is terrible!

You are right to stay away.

[gordianot]

28. The threat was made in my own house.

I let the leave intact and made sure it was permanent.

[BeckyDem]

30. You have no choice with people like that.

[FakeNoose]

24. The people of Minnesota's 5th Congressional District have a right to elect

... whomever they want to represent them in Congress. Ilhan Omar is their choice.

How does anyone that's not in her district even have a say? They don't! They should keep their hateful comments to themselves and let Rep. Omar do her job. Kevin McCarthy is handling this situation rather poorly.

[mvd]

25. K&R

There’s no hiding the bigotry now in the GQP.

[Patton French]

26. There are some sick and deranged people in this world

It’s incredibly disturbing to hear something like that.