In the span of 24 hours, a Republican state lawmaker in Texas threatened to gun down Beto O'Rourke over the former Congressman's assault weapons buyback proposal, a conservative PAC put out an inflammatory ad featuring a photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) face on fire to reveal skulls, and Tomi Lahren suggested the need to shoot immigrants on Fox Business.
Most normal people would call this rhetoric and incitement of violence a problem. But the right-wing call it Friday. Luckily, Lahren apologized after there was enough backlash toward her comments. But rhetoric has consequences, and it's important for everyone with a platform to understand how language in public spaces influences the behavior of others.
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