Death accompanies Trump today. Two Minnesota state legislators were gunned down by a man pretending to be a policeman. Blood has been shed on Trump’s birthday, also the same day that he used the Army’s birthday to create a vanity project parade. During Trump’s first term he made it known that he would love to have a parade along the lines of Bastille Day, to honor him. He was warned then about the optics of such a thing. But that was then and this is now and so on with the show. Whatever Donald wants, Donald gets.
And Donald has been talking about his “enemies” for a very long time. His rhetoric was bound to build up to bloodshed, just as it did on January 6. Two Minnesota legislators were assassinated today and a list of other targets has been revealed. Trump’s cult followers are crazy, yes. But would they be that crazy if he wasn’t ginning them up all the time with the violent rhetoric and the divisive thinking. I say no. I say that this blood is on Trump’s hands, nobody elses.
ABC News: The list included dozens of other Democrats from Minnesota, including Gov. Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sen. Tina Smith, and AG Keith Ellison
Law enforcement officials are looking into whether the suspect may have been motivated by extreme views on abortion https://t.co/X0vhzM3XmB
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a shooting, calling it a “politically motivated assassination.”
pic.twitter.com/Tx26wNxwv7— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 14, 2025
This is not America, as we used to be, This is Trump and his murderous MAGA cult.
This country has faced — and survived — spasms of tension and disruption before. Debate and disagreement, as well as military and even domestic conflict, are knitted into its history and DNA, from the Civil War to the antiwar demonstrations of the 1960s (not to mention two World Wars, the assassinations of four presidents and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks).
But two things, many historians suggest, distinguish this moment from other troubled times in our past. The first is the sheer number of conflagrations taking place at once — not only in the United States but also around the world. …
The second thing is Trump himself. At fraught moments like this, it normally falls to the president to step up as the reassuring figure, whether it was George W. Bush heading to downtown Manhattan after the destruction of the Twin Towers in 2001, or Bill Clinton going to Oklahoma City after a truck bomb destroyed a nine-story federal building and killed 168 people in 1995.
Not Trump.
The Washington Post used to keep a list of Trump’s lies. I say “used to” because I don’t know if under Jeff Bezos’ management if they will continue to do so. That might not be “balanced” enough to suit Bezos. I wonder if the Post or somebody else will keep track of the deaths that are a direct and proximate result of Trump’s violent rhetoric? Or the human misery on other levels, such as Kilmar Abrego Garcia becoming the poster child for illegal aliens when the man is an immigrant who has worked and contributed to society? Or Alex Padilla, who was manhandled and handcuffed for the faux pas of wanting to ask Kristi Noem questions in a public venue? The list goes on. The outrages are daily.
We’ll find out about the assassin in days to come. But I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to suggest that the shooter felt empowered to go ahead and kill “Trump’s enemies” once he saw how Trump was militarizing in Los Angeles and politicizing the military with his parade today. The message is clear: King Donald is taking over and his MAGA believers must kill on their king’s behalf.
This is very sick. This is MAGA. This is Trump.
“This is very sick. This is MAGA. This is Trump.”
This is America today.
But it can change.