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Yesterday, Donald Trump went completely haywire on social media—threatening executions against multiple Democrats. Why? Because people like Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, and Jason Crow made a video reminding members of the military that they don’t have to follow illegal orders.
In response, Trump started ranting about how George Washington would’ve had them hanged, citing that they should be tried for sedition. Just full-on grotesque, impeachable nonsense that—let’s be honest—will be forgotten by Monday.
I could spend time picking apart Trump’s language—how inappropriate, unethical, immoral, and outright dangerous it is—or I could do what a lot of others have done and talk more about removing him from office. But I’m honestly more struck by the deafening silence from Republicans and MAGA influencers who never shut up about “rhetoric” when it’s convenient for them.
These are the same people who blamed Democrats for Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Who threw a tantrum over some tasteless messages from Jay Jones during the Virginia elections. Who refused to denounce political violence in any form when Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in their home, leaving their children orphaned. They had plenty of time to cry foul then. But when the actual President of the United States incites violence? Nothing. Not a word.
And I keep coming back to something I say a lot when I’m on these conservative shows with the usual suspects: I will not let the party of Donald Trump lecture us about rhetoric. I might actually care what they have to say—if they had the ideological backbone to apply their outrage consistently. But they don’t. The MAGA movement is structurally, culturally, and morally incapable of that kind of honesty, because of the double standard they live by.
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They attack us for calling Trump a fascist—when he objectively is a fascist. They scream when we point out that people in their coalition openly support or flirt with Nazism. But we’re not supposed to say that. Even when a GOP staffer has a swastika in their Zoom background. Even when someone in the damn administration thinks it’s smart policy to have the U.S. Coast Guard declassify the swastika as a hate symbol.
What this reveals—again—is that much of the MAGA movement doesn’t believe in anything except protecting Donald Trump. That he’s always right. That Democrats are always evil. That Trump can do no wrong. So they pollute the discourse every chance they get—because the ecosystem rewards it, and it’s a prime distraction from their failure as a movement.
Calling us out is content. It’s clickbait. It’s juking the algorithms. It gets them face time, creator rewards, more engagement. More power. More access.
When Charlie Kirk was assassinated, I found out live on Newsmax. And instead of milking the moment for clout, I responded like a human being. I was shocked. I was angry. I was scared. I thought about what Charlie and I had in common. As much as we disagreed, he was a father. A husband. A friend to many. Someone people loved. I tried, in that moment, to show a little goddamn humanity. To just be human.
But that’s what we’ve lost—that basic sense of shared humanity. Because we’re at each other’s throats 24/7—and Trump thrives in that. He wants chaos. He wants to flood the zone. He benefits from people believing all politicians are corrupt, crude, and cruel. He wants us to think there’s no difference.
But there is. There absolutely is.
Some things should break through. And they must. Not only for our own sake but for the sake of this country.
And here’s the real imbalance: Republicans will dig up some idiot on Twitter, or a fringe Democratic candidate, and act like that’s the same as Donald Trump. But it’s not. Nothing compares to what Trump says and does. The way he weaponizes language. The way he fuels, encourages, and provokes violence—from the Oval Office. He knows exactly what he’s doing. And it inspires people to act. More than that, it upends innocent people’s lives as a direct consequence.
Even if Trump doesn’t actually believe half of what he says—and I don’t think he does—he absolutely knows how to change the narrative. And he doesn’t care to if it does not benefit him or his bank account. Yesterday’s rant? It was a distraction. A way to bury the jobs report that showed rising unemployment. And it worked. But people pay attention. Someone out there—someone unstable—is going to latch onto that post and decide to take action. That’s the natural consequence of the way Trump talks.
You know whose name they never mention? Melissa Hortman. When she was assassinated, Trump and his people went after Tim Walz instead of addressing their role in it. Senator Mike Lee mocked him. Mocked him. That’s disgusting.
After Kirk was killed, they used it to stoke more hate. They acted like political violence only happens to Republicans. They ignored that Josh Shapiro’s home was nearly torched. That Gretchen Whitmer was kidnapped. That Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked. It keeps happening.
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In my own life, I’ve been getting nonstop death threats since Laura Loomer—one of Trump’s inner-circle freakshows—put a target on my back. I’ve had to pour money into securing my home so I can protect my family. Bought a gun. Got my concealed carry license. And not one Republican operative or influencer I know said a damn word.
If the roles were reversed—if someone on the left had done that to a Republican—I would’ve called it out in a heartbeat.
Let’s talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene. One of the most divisive figures in American politics. She never needed extra security—until she crossed Donald Trump. The moment he turned on her, the threats started.
Every single member of Congress Trump attacked yesterday now has 24/7 security. Because they’re afraid for their lives. And yet MAGA influencers want to lecture us about rhetoric?
No. I’m done with that.
If they want to be taken seriously on political violence, they need to start by cleaning house. Call out Trump. Disavow Nick Fuentes. Cut ties with the Nazis and Nazi-adjacent figures they keep platforming. Like Paul Ingrassia—the Trump nominee who admitted he’s got a Nazi streak.
I keep coming back to the aftermath of Kirk’s assassination. What happened to Charlie was horrific. But the only thing worse than celebrating his murder is using it to justify more violence—and that’s exactly what Trump, JD Vance, and the rest of them did. They used it to smear their opponents and wind people up.
Hell, JD Vance just yesterday used Kirk’s murder to remind conservatives that it’s more important to attack the “radical leftist movement that murdered my friend” than it is to hold themselves accountable for their rhetoric or policies.
People are going to be hurt because of what they said. Seats at the dinner table will be empty. Because of what Trump posted yesterday. Somewhere in this country, someone is planning something—and you just hope they get help, or are stopped, before it’s too late.
When that violence happens, the blood will be on the hands of the people who said these things. Who defended them. And who stayed silent.
I’d say the exact same thing if this were coming from the left.
At some point, you have to stop and just be a human being. Stop chasing the clicks. Stop scrambling for proximity to power. Stop hoping for that next dopamine hit.
It’s got to stop. We can’t let people like this dictate our national conversation. Because they don’t care about solving anything. Meanwhile, the middle class is collapsing—and we’re still stuck in this hell loop.
People are getting hurt.
It has to stop.
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