CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 18, 2025
THE MURDER OF A TOP DEMOCRAT LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND IN MINNESOTA AND THE WOUNDING OF ANOTHER LEGISLATOR AND HIS WIFE IS JUST THE LATEST INCIDENT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. AS WITH THE TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE SHOOTING OF CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE, THESE INCIDENTS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE CONDEMNED BY DECENT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, WE SHOULD BE ASKING OURSELVES HOW MUCH THE OFTEN OUTRAGEOUS POLITICAL RHETORIC HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THEM.
I WILL START WITH THE NAME CALLING DONE BY DONALD TRUMP. HIS BELITTLING OF OTHERS AND CALLING PEOPLE HE DOESN’T LIKE ALL SORTS OF NAMES THAT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY MOUTH WASHED OUT WITH SOAP IF I HAD USED THEM AS A CHILD, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.
DEMOCRATS, TOO, HAVE RETURNED THE DISFAVOR, CALLING THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER REPUBLICANS NAMES AND MAKING THREATS. IT’S DISGUSTING AND OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED UN-AMERICAN. DEBATES, EVEN STRONG DEBATES, ARE FINE, BUT CIVILITY, DECENCY AND A MODICUM OF RESPECT FOR FELLOW AMERICANS OUGHT TO BE THE STANDARD.
LET’S START WITH OURSELVES AND BE MORE COURTEOUS TO OTHERS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
