I have a very different take than Jazz's on what happened yesterday. I have no doubt that it was an assassination attempt against Trump, and I also have no doubt that the Routh was incited to violence by the outrageous rhetoric deployed against Trump. 

2.5 minutes of Democrats explicitly calling for using political vioIence.

They own this. pic.twitter.com/B1T8RfTJ3u

— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) September 16, 2024

There is lots of evidence coming out about Ryan Wesley Routh, who is obviously about as deranged as the average MSNBC viewer. But among those things is his support for Biden/Harris (he has a Biden/Harris bumper sticker), his obsession with Ukraine, and his hatred for Donald Trump. 

Routh's son Oran Routh told the DailyMail.com shortly after Sunday's shooting that his father hates Trump as "every reasonable person does."

"I don't like Trump either," he said.

Democrats and the media have spent nearly a decade demonizing Donald Trump, calling him Hitler, a threat to all things good and beautiful, and speculating about taking him out by any means necessary--including putting a bullet in him. Watch the video above if you doubt me. Or this one:

Speeding Toward Assassination: Overton Supercut pic.twitter.com/71SnSZE7IL

— Overton (@overton_news) August 7, 2024

They push a series of hoaxes--the latest being the "bloodbath" hoax that makes it sound like Trump is calling for a civil war after the voting ends. He is an "existential threat," we are told. Is it any wonder that the more deranged part of their party believes them after nearly a decade of brainwashing?

The commentariat insists on owning zero consequences for their constant repetition that Trump is an existential threat whose election will bring bloody fascism, when it's absolutely obvious it motivated this would-be assassin. https://t.co/vLVuVnBEgA

— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) September 16, 2024

Only Routh is responsible for walking up to that fence and taking aim at Donald Trump, but the radical, violent rhetoric of the left is pushing the MSNBC wing of the party into a frenzy of hate and fear. And, as I will write later today, lots of liberals seem more unhappy that he failed than that he was trying to kill Trump. 

Even after this latest assassination attempt, many on the left are blaming TRUMP for getting shot at and being a target of hate. It is Trump's rhetoric that caused this, not the unending spewing of hate directed at him and his supporters.

"Right now I feel like MAGA in general, they are threats to us domestically" - Rep Jasmine Crockett (D) this morning

A few hours later someone tried to kiII Trump. pic.twitter.com/j2YVPjPJEc

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 15, 2024

The left is like the domestic abuser who blames his victim for making him hit her. 

Remember flood of retaliatory violence that was supposed to happen after July 13, but instead Rs just had an uncharacteristically well-run convention w Hulk Hogan ripping his shirt? And now we’re here again & hypothetical violence is the problem again, not the actually violence. https://t.co/gT6gxUHSyW

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) September 15, 2024

There is no level of violence directed against conservatives that is unwelcome by the left because they believe that we deserve it. We exist and disagree with them, so what should we expect?

“Trump had it coming” https://t.co/wirY26p1Lq

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) September 16, 2024

Once again, we have the left blaming it all on Trump because, well, he deserves all this hatred and violence directed against him. 

HOLY SH!T

MSNBC blames the 2nd assassination attempt agaisnt Trump on …. Trump: pic.twitter.com/ueVg0qovN6

— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) September 15, 2024

Does a substantial wing of the Democrat Party want Trump dead? It sure seems so. 

Is there a plan to make it happen? I doubt it, other than keeping the rhetorical temperatures as hot as possible and hoping that one of the more deranged MSNBC wingnuts does the dirty deed.