The fascist, totalitarian Republicans trying to paint the Democrats as the thugs is gaslighting at

[Celerity]

an Olympian level.

Rethugs and MAGAt types in general use brute force in a myriad number of guises to terrorise millions of people, millions of times a year, from the most intimate one on one level (example: beat down wifey, bloody her up a bit, cuz you hate your shitty little life and she slipped a millimetre off her god-given leash) to nationwide power plays, at every level and utilising every evil, both as inspiration and then execution.