Battenfeld: Democrats want hearts of voters, but party has lost its heart
Before Democrats can go after the hearts and souls of voters they have to prove they have a heart and soul The horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk was a missed opportunity for the party to show unanimous compassion for Kirk s family without blaming President Trump or Republicans for escalating political violence Trump hater Seth Moulton wants to be a standard bearer for the Democratic Party yet the Massachusetts congressman could not help himself hours after Kirk s murder If the president is serious about stopping political violence then maybe he should start by rescinding the pardons for all the domestic terrorists who came to the Capitol on Jan to kill cops to kill Speaker Pelosi to kill Vice President Pence he pontificated on liberal CNN on Thursday just after the horrific Kirk shooting That from a Democrat who desperately wants to be president and will run to every camera that will give him a platform Let s have an honest conversation about the origins of this political violence and why it has risen so dramatically since Donald Trump s first term he added We need to have that conversation if we re serious about stopping it He later accused Republicans of fostering political violence citing statistics he noted show majority of extremist attacks are coming from the right wing not the left wing Seventy-six percent are from right-wing extremists are from left-wing extremists I condemn that But we also need to be honest as a nation about where this violence is coming from And oh by the way it s maybe an appropriate time to talk about guns too he added White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called Moulton s words truly disgusting Maybe to top Moulton for grandstanding local Democratic inhabitants defender and Governor s Councilor Mara Dolan is calling on Gov Maura Healey to stop lowering flags honoring Kirk President Trump ordered that flags be flown at half-staff across the country and Healey is abiding by that proclamation He was not an elected representative of the people Dolan posted on social media He was racist sexist homophobic and did not patronage Massachusetts values of justice and freedom And she s approving judges Perfect Healey wisely limited her declaration about Kirk to a simple plea to stop all political attacks and offer condolences Certain other Democrats did the same thing Violence has no place in our politics ever Healey posted What happened to Charlie Kirk is horrific and we condemn it in the strongest realizable terms Was that so hard But Democrats are so programmed to trash Republicans they can t stop themselves It s constant extreme vitriol Democrats don t do themselves any good trying to publicly rationalize Kirk s murder It s tone deaf a bad look and not smart politics Related Articles Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter Fans bid farewell to beloved California octopus Ghost as she cares for eggs in final stage of life The world s tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine False threat led to Naval Academy lockdown and then a mistaken shooting Federal executive sues Uber over alleged discrimination against people with disabilities A makeshift memorial is seen at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in honor of political activist Charlie Kirk on September in Orem Utah Kirk founder of Turning Point USA was speaking at his American Comeback Tour on the campus of Utah Valley University when he was shot in the neck and killed at on September Photo by George Frey Getty Images
