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2018-10-10 Home Front: Politix
Rand Paul Calls Out Cory Booker's Rhetoric - ‘Someone Is Going to Be Killed'
[Daily Caller] Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday took aim at the rhetoric employed by Sen. Cory Booker and others, accusing them of "ratcheting up the conversation" to the point where "unstable" people could commit violence.

"I fear that there’s going to be an assassination," Paul told Kentucky radio host Leland Conway. "I really worry that someone is going to be killed and that those who are ratcheting up the conversation, those who are saying ’get in their face’ ‐ they have to realize that they bear some responsibility if this elevates to violence."

"These are people that are unstable," Paul said. "We don’t want to encourage them. We have to somehow ratchet it down and say we’re not encouraging them that violence is ever OK or ever a reason or a means to try to resolve things." (RELATED: Antifa Protesters Block Portland Traffic, Nearly Start Riot During Patrick Kimmons Vigil)

Directly calling out Booker, who last July told activists to "get up in the face of some congresspeople," Paul referenced both his own assault at the hands of a neighbor as well as last year’s baseball field shooting in which Rep. Steve Scalise was wounded to show that "unstable" people can easily take things too far.

"I think what people need to realize is when people like Cory Booker say ’get up in their face’ ‐ he may think that that’s OK, but what he doesn’t realize is that for about every 1,000 people who might want to get up in your face, one of them is going to be unstable enough to commit violence," said Paul.

The Kentucky senator also pointed out the "double standard" when it comes to left and right wing violence.

"If it’s an accusation with no substantiation it’s utterly to be believed," he said, referencing the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. "In my case it wasn’t an accusation. I actually was assaulted ... and yet the media discounted that completely because they don’t like my politics. So this just shows it’s just about politics. It really isn’t about concern or people wanting to lesson violence."
Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-10 01:14|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 IMO, the rhetoric will be ratcheted down once a prominent democrat is attacked.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-10 03:07||   2018-10-10 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 ...nah, it's when we're left with a smoking crater of a nation after the civil war.
Posted by Procopius2k  2018-10-10 08:15||   2018-10-10 08:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder what Steve Scalise thinks about this.
Posted by AlanC 2018-10-10 08:44||   2018-10-10 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 That is the left's plan.
Posted by DarthVader 2018-10-10 09:11||   2018-10-10 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 Are you serious?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-10 09:22||   2018-10-10 09:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Look at the game with Kav. Their strategy is - if I can't have it, no one can. Scorched earth. They'll shut down a very intricate system in the economy when travel is shut down during the booms and bangs. All the kings horses and all the kings men can't put Humpty back together again.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-10 09:56||   2018-10-10 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Look at the game with Kav.

Yea, but - how good are they at violence?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-10 09:57||   2018-10-10 09:57|| Front Page Top

#8 And how brave?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-10 10:07||   2018-10-10 10:07|| Front Page Top

#9 ...there is always a cadre of true believers. It's not going to be as easy as some here believe because of so many who want 'restraint'. It's not going to be successful as those on the Left think its going to be because those on the other side now know there can only be one left standing. As usual, there will be a lot of collateral damage among those who'd rather just be left alone. It will drag out. There will be no decisive battle.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-10 10:31||   2018-10-10 10:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Yea, but - how good are they at violence? And how brave?

Don't naively suggest the misguided are either weak brained or weak armed.
Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-10 10:38||   2018-10-10 10:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Yea, but - how good are they at violence?

Well they are great at beating up little old men and ladies. As well as hitting people from behind on the head with a bike lock.

As to actually disciplined, sustained fighting? Not so great.
Posted by DarthVader 2018-10-10 10:39||   2018-10-10 10:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Brown shirts probably weren't very good at violence but they were good enough to intimidate the majority of unarmed civilians.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-10-10 11:05||   2018-10-10 11:05|| Front Page Top

#13 As long as the borders remain open, there are plenty to fill their ranks. See the insurgency in Iraq, ISS, et al. The Brown Shirts included a lot of experienced fighters, not just your usual street thugs. One thing they won't lack is funding, till the usual suspects and their purse are shut down. Meanwhile, other governments may well find it convenient to dabble in an American insurgency.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-10 11:20||   2018-10-10 11:20|| Front Page Top

#14 keep your .357 close
Posted by 746 2018-10-10 12:06||   2018-10-10 12:06|| Front Page Top

#15 Neh, I know these people - I spent most of my adult life in academia/educational system - they're not Bolsheviks, they're careerists. Most have zilch moral or physical courage.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-10 15:36||   2018-10-10 15:36|| Front Page Top

#16 ^^^ They have foot soldiers that are capable of fighting, in packs. I doubt they would fare well against an angry determined opponent. As previously noted, find the money people and organizers and stuff them in a barrel.
Posted by Jerong Phimble9768 2018-10-10 18:04||   2018-10-10 18:04|| Front Page Top

#17 "I'd like 10,000 marbles, please"
Posted by Frank G 2018-10-10 18:50||   2018-10-10 18:50|| Front Page Top

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