Democrat lawmakers’ constant portrayal of ICE agents as Nazis who are “disappearing” people is coming back to bite them hard. When you consistently depict law enforcement as evil, your unhinged base is going to expect more evil to counter them.
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It turns out those voters are looking for more violence.
Axios on Monday published an astonishing report citing numerous Democrat members of Congress who say their voters want to see representatives literally willing to take a bullet to “protect our democracy.”
Several lawmakers chose to keep their identities shielded to offer candid assessments about what they’re seeing from their base at various town halls and speaking events. It’s more than likely they did so because some of that base is clearly unhinged.
“Some of them have suggested … what we really need to do is be willing to get shot,” when visiting ICE facilities, one House Democrat told Axios.
They added,