A tipping point?

In a warped way, I'm grateful the latest assassination attempt of President Donald Trump hasn't disappeared from the news cycle. I say that because we can never get to a place in our society where we become desensitized to such a thing. Heck, I remember the Butler, PA incident where Trump was actually nicked by a bullet. The press corps pretty much quit talking about it in literally less than a week. 

What is disheartening, however, is the political left's hesitance to point out the fact that political violence over the past decade or so in not a "both sides" issue. No, the fact of the matter is rather the majority of bullets have been flying from prog supporters/sympathizers. 

Quite frankly, the borderline rationalization of these events has disgusted me. Is the lust for power so addictive that leftists can't even disavow those who commit violence seemingly to benefit them politically? While I think that's a factor, there may be another component to leftist elected officials' reluctance to unconditionally condemn their violent supporters. 

Conservative commentator Erick Erickson breaks it down. 

The Democratic Party is having a Charlie Hebdo moment. pic.twitter.com/WjhwqLS0s7

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 29, 2026

I get that elected Democrats and Republicans are more divided now than possibly at any time in American history. But if there's ever an occasion where they need to unify, it would be in the face of fearing violent retribution for merely calling a spade a spade. There's no way forward in a culture that is unwilling to offer significant push back here. 

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