Elected officials should not have to risk their lives to serve the country.
Immediate legislation must be passed to stop the continuing encroachment by right wing terrorists on not just political rights but the right to exist and live and breathe.
Little to nothing was done to stamp out any further action against elected officials after Gabby Giffords was shot and her career ended. The decade or so since has led to the insurrection with incident after incident in between -- and no firm action to stop it. During Obamas term the fence around the White House was breached multiple times terrorizing him and his family. After Obama left office drones have been flown over his home and pictures splayed over social media multiple times basically invading his privacy and security. Then we just saw Pelosi's house vandalized following open threats against the life of the governor of Michigan. And then we had the rudimentary spray painting of Mitch McConnell's house even though threats and attacks against Democrats seem to be of a more serious nature than their Republican counterparts--yet equivalencies are drawn as though they are equal.
The solution must liken threats of harm against elected officials to the level of yelling fire in a crowded theater.
Speech that gives any appearance of leading to or inciting harm, threats or actual injury to any elected officials or to those assigned to protect them in service of the American people cannot be tolerated.
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