Democrats spent years telling Americans we’re in a “war for democracy,” that Republicans are “Nazis,” “fascists,” and an existential threat to the republic. But when political violence inevitably bubbles up, suddenly they’re clutching pearls like church ladies who just overheard a dirty joke.
In our latest supercut, the same cast of characters who practically begged for a street fight now insist they can’t believe anyone would actually throw a punch. One moment, it’s all “battle,” “fight,” and “zero tolerance for MAGA.” The next? Shocked faces on cable news, asking: “Why is everyone so angry?”
Dan Goldman compares ICE to the Gestapo. Gavin Newsom spins tales of “masked men” dragging innocents into unmarked vans. Tim Walz paints dystopian pictures of “foreign torture dungeons.” But when some unhinged guy takes that rhetoric literally? Oh no — political violence is unacceptable.
This is the trick: Democrats get the thrill of playing resistance warriors without ever having to own the fallout. Their words are just metaphors, they insist — until someone acts on them. Then, they pretend to be victims of the very rage they worked overtime to stoke.
Watch the supercut. It’s the Beltway’s favorite double-act: first they light the match, then they act horrified when the house burns down.