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We had the attack on the governor's mansion in Pennsylvania a few months back.
It's not like Trump supporters are changing their tune and having this conversation about how we have to tone down the rhetoric and the
Political violence is running rampant.
No, they only reserve those talking points for when it's a member of their own who is the victim.
So if we find out 100 percent that this was political violence, they would just shrug it off.
They would think it was no big deal.
And this was just some South Carolina judge anyway.
It wasn't like a Charlie Kirk figure.
So they wouldn't pay that much attention to it.
There's this old adage in politics about how you should actually attack your opponents based on the things that make them look strong, not the things that make them look weak.
So for Trump, for example, he likes to project this image of being this alpha male.
And a lot of people think, oh, yeah, he's just like in a very aggressive, masculine leader.
But the truth is, of course, that we know he was born with it.
silver spoon in his mouth.
He never had to work a day in his life.
He doesn't exercise.
He dyes his hair, dyes his skin.
He's really the opposite of a masculine man in a lot of ways.
So to attack him on that, I think is politically advantageous because it makes a fool out of him.
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