If Democrats had to disavow their deranged supporters, they would lose every election. 

So, instead, they slyly back them as they make meaningless noises about civility in politics. 

Tim Walz, our esteemed governor here in the Great State of Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes, and the state flag now resembling the Somalian flag, is a great example. One of his employees expressed frustration that Trump was only hit in the ear in the Butler assassination attempt, wishing that Crooks had had better aim. 

The MN DNR says it is "thoroughly examining the matter" after one of its employees said "too bad they weren't a better shot" after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump https://t.co/95J73StsRo pic.twitter.com/VJJ5nZpMvS

— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) July 16, 2024

An employee of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources works for the governor, even if he is flying around the country flouncing around like a gay man at a Taylor Swift concert. And when one of your employees expresses support for the assassination of your political opponent, generally speaking, you show him the door and even refer him to the currently useless Secret Service. 

Walz, though, has only made meaningless noises and avoided doing anything else. This has Republican state senators more than a bit ticked off, including one for whom my wife works as an aide. 

“The attempted assassination of former President Trump was a a disturbing example of political violence and Americans rightly were disturbed by the attack, regardless of political affiliation. Our country’s founding principles embrace the free exchange of ideas without fear of violence or retribution. Citizens participating in the American electoral process instead became victims of violence and witnesses to the attempted murder of a former US President and current political candidate.

When a state employee celebrates this act of political violence and even laments that it’s ‘too bad’ the shooter wasn’t ‘a better shot,’ it degrades our civic dialogue, and casts doubt on the commitment of state employees to serve all Minnesotans of all stripes.

Governor Walz has maintained a steady schedule of media interviews over the last month and has been weirdly silent about something that falls directly under his leadership. We call on the governor to fire this state employee immediately. Tim Walz’s failure to even publicly condemn this statement or take action to hold this employee accountable sends the message he condones political violence and violent rhetoric from the state employees that he oversees. It’s wrong and Minnesotans deserve better from their top elected official.”

Background:

A DNR employee posted to his social media “Too bad they weren’t a better shot” on the day of the attack on the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. (Source: Alpha News, July 17, 2024)

The DNR released a statement referencing the post and opposing the violence, but declined to share any information about actions they may have taken to discipline the employee. (Source: KAAL-TV, July 16, 2024)

Walz won't even condemn the words of a man who works for him, which raises the question of how serious he is in condemning political violence against Republicans. 

It's one thing to make meaningless statements to disassociate yourself from the unpopular view that killing politicians isn't acceptable in a civilized society--failure to say that is a political death sentence--and it's another thing to actually mean and act on that principle. 

Walz won't act. He still employs a supporter who has called for Trump's assassination. And nobody but Republicans seems to care. 

The Biden administration also harbors employees who want to see Donald Trump dead and openly say it, so this seems to be the current position of the Democrat Party, or at least its most prominent leaders. Biden wants Trump squashed like a bug and Raimondo wants Trump "extinguished." It's all the same: a dead Trump. 

BREAKING: Biden’s Secretary of Commerce just told Democrats to “extinguish Trump for good.” pic.twitter.com/vez1vMp7ud

— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) September 25, 2024

We have to quit pretending that Democrats are at all normal in their hatred of the MAGA movement. When they say we are an "existential threat," they really mean it. 

This Is Sickening!

On 'The View' today, co-host Whoopi Goldberg compares Donald Trump to a small bug as current sitting President Joe Biden pretends to "squish" him.

More violent rhetoric from the left against the former President. pic.twitter.com/cci8gUixBe

— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) September 25, 2024

And you know what people do when faced with an existential threat: they eliminate it. Ask Bibi Netanyahu about what you do when faced with an implacable enemy. 

If Walz were serious, he might muster the gumption to fire this guy. His failure to do so says it all.