{"id":134361,"date":"2017-08-21T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/no-wishing-for-trump-to-be-assassinated-is-not-acceptable.html"},"modified":"2017-08-21T20:12:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:12:07","slug":"no-wishing-for-trump-to-be-assassinated-is-not-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/no-wishing-for-trump-to-be-assassinated-is-not-acceptable.html","title":{"rendered":"No, wishing for Trump to be assassinated is not acceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"

And, yes, Missouri state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal should resign, no matter what party she belongs to. That sort of rhetoric is not only morally repugnant, but socially destructive, counter-productive, and, frankly, should disqualify a politician from exercising power.<\/p>\n

I don’t know that she can be forced from office, but were I the Missouri state Democratic party, I’d denounce her and cut off any campaign funding, and were I the majority leader in the state senate I’d do whatever I could to strip her of committee memberships.<\/p>\n

In this I am holding politicians to a higher standard than other people — but, yes, folk who pull that sort of rhetoric in my social networks tend to get reported and blocked.<\/p>\n


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And, yes, Missouri state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal should resign, no matter what party she belongs to. That sort of rhetoric is not only morally repugnant, but socially destructive, counter-productive, and, frankly, should disqualify a politician from exercising power. 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