Trump just proved that he’s a pure warrior after his heinous assassination attempt
They called him an illegitimate president.
They said he was a threat to democracy and had to be stopped.
They unleashed a legion of agents to investigate him, searched his home and broke historic barriers by indicting him.
Then they rigged a trial in a bid to put him in prison.
They called him un-American and worse. Their lawyers and activists fought to keep him off the fall ballots in a dozen blue states as a way — get this — to defend democracy.
They are still trying to bankrupt him and confiscate his businesses.
And now they have shot him.
In that moment, Trump proved himself a pure warrior. Rising in front of the American flag with blood on his face and with a fist pump and declaration to “Fight,” he justified the enormous faith in his leadership millions of supporters have.
The moment probably also won him the election.
They did it on the eve of the opening of the Republican convention, where his comeback from the political wilderness would be made official as he accepted the party’s nomination for president for the third time.
The polls show him building a commanding lead in the swing states, including Pennsylvania. The chatter in both campaigns has been turning more and more to the size of his expected victory, not whether he will win.
‘Blood on their hands’
The incumbent, meanwhile, a shell of his former self, is reduced to shouting slurs at MAGA Republicans as if they are freaks from another planet. He no longer seems to recognize them as part of the American fabric, you know, the one he promised to unite when he took the oath.
That seems like decades ago. Now the shouter is such a worn-out flop that his own party wants him gone.
But as dusk settles in his mind and his body betrays him, he repeats endlessly that Trump is a bad man who must never again be allowed to occupy the White House.
The person who pulled the trigger is ultimately responsible for this heinous act, but make no mistake: Democrats identified the target.
Their nonstop, over-the-top rhetoric put the bulls-eye on Donald Trump.
They have his blood on their hands.
This, by the way, is their rule. For years, when there was an attempted or successful shooting of a Democrat, The New York Times and other leftist outlets instantly concluded that Republican rhetoric loaded the gun and pulled the trigger, no matter the facts.
So by the same standard, Democrats did this.
The blame is not limited to a few crazies on the far left. Hating Donald Trump is a mainstream disease and has been since he first entered the 2016 primary contest.
It’s everywhere, from early morning to late night, and comes from people who probably never before thought they would think and say such things.
But their conscience didn’t stop them, or at least most of them, from enjoying the right to hate him. Trump, you must know, is singularly evil and the rules of civil discourse and even fair play don’t apply to him.
So hate away, it’s your right. Nay, your duty.
In fact, the only sin in many quarters of supposed elite society is not hating Trump enough.
Leaders of the Democratic Party are especially guilty of routinely using the most inflammatory language when talking about him.
Nancy Pelosi called him Putin’s man in Washington. The facts proved otherwise, but not all facts are equal anymore. Feelings matter more.
“All of us want to defeat Trump, the most dangerous president in American history,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a fundraising email that arrived two hours before the assassination attempt on Trump’s life.
“The Threat Remains and Democracy Must Be Defended” screamed an email from Joe Biden at about the same time.
Here’s the latest on the assassination attempt against Donald Trump:
Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks visited gun range dozens of times — including Christmas — for ‘intense preparation’- Newly surfaced texts show Trump rally gunman was on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before shooting: report
- FBI to conduct victim interview with Donald Trump after assassination attempt
- Ex-Trump doc says FBI’s Wray is ‘wrong’ to doubt ex-prez was struck by bullet: ‘Absolutely no evidence’
- Trump defends female Secret Service agent who was criticized after assassination attempt: ‘So brave’
See, he’s a threat, he’s dangerous. He’s not a normal human being or normal opponent. He’s beneath contempt.
True, heated words and inflated language lead many people to open their checkbooks. It’s the sad norm of fundraising, especially online.
But the same words mean something entirely different to other people. If they hear them day in and day out, on television and in newspapers and on even acceptable social media, they begin to believe them.
Literally.
And one of those people loaded up and went to the Trump rally in Butler, Pa.
Thank God his shot was an inch or two off target.
World is watching
The really sad part is you don’t need me to tell you any of this. Just remember the first thought that came to your mind when you heard the news that Trump had been shot and saw the picture of the bleeding former president being lifted by beefy men in suits, blood on his ear, face and hands.
Once you knew he was shot at a rally, you knew everything you needed to know.
You knew they did it, they finally did it. Even before you learned anything about the shooter, who is now dead, you knew.
Even as the investigation begins into the shooter’s life and background, the larger questions are being asked.
Most important is this: Was that the first shot in the second civil war?
Let us pray the answer is no, and pledge that we will not turn to violence against our fellow Americans.
And remember this: The world is watching. And wondering.
They see that the people in the greatest, most powerful country in history cannot stop hating each other and destroying their nation. They wonder why.
And they fear for themselves because if America tears itself apart, what hope do they have?
The 1787 scene involving Benjamin Franklin outside the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia fits the moment.
Asked by a passer-by if the new constitution would create a monarchy or a republic, Franklin responded: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Here we are, 237 years later, and Franklin’s warning rings anew. Can we keep it?