#375 On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump

Had the shooter succeeded, whatever you think about Trump and the risks he poses to our democracy, that outcome would have been catastrophic. Nothing good would have come from a successful act of political violence.

I've said a lot about what's wrong with the left, but you cannot accuse the Biden team of normalizing political violence. Trump has been normalizing political violence for nearly nine years.

I don't see how Biden runs against Trump in the aftermath of this near assassination. Which, as horrible as it is... the net result for Trump is about as good as you could imagine.

No one has done more to destroy civility and basic decency in our politics than Donald Trump. No one, in fact, has done more to increase the threat of political violence. Unlike any president in modern history, Trump brings out the worst in both his enemies and his friends.

I think the Biden campaign is even more doomed than it was last week, but perhaps any Democratic campaign is doomed at this point.

The fact that we could rationally worry that our society might be pitched into something like a civil war had that bullet done more than grazed his ear. We are here, in large measure, because of what Trump has done to our society. He has poisoned our political landscape with lies, lies about a stolen election.