Obama warns that 'demonizing political opponents' incites violence

Despite of fear-mongering and victimhood talk from Democratic leaders, Democratic supporters have committed multiple politically motivated assaults over the past several years.

The Democratic end-of-campaign talks portraying the Republican party, especially MAGA, as a violent danger to democracy found a major critic among its own ranks. Former President Barack Obama warned that these types of statements can lead to more violence and "more people are going to get hurt." However, despite the victimhood of democratic leaders, the latest and most serious politically motivated attacks have come from supporters of their own party.

During a rally in Phoenix, Obama stated, "One thing is clear, and that is this increasing habit of demonizing political opponents, of just yelling and thinking not just that I disagree with someone, but that they’re evil and wrong. That creates a dangerous climate. And when we have politicians and elected officials in leadership positions who continue to promote over-the-top rhetoric or make light of it … more people are going to get hurt."

Paul Pelosi's attacker was progressive

The most ironic part of it all is that the events that have provoked the victimizing and aggressive rhetoric of Democrats, with President Joe Biden in office, were not the work of Republicans, or even Donald Trump supporters. Paul Pelosi's attacker "was a progressive and radical nudist activist," despite Democrats' attempts to link him to the Republican party.

Obama's warning comes too late. Not only will "more people be harmed," but they have already been harmed. Many of the politically motivated attacks in recent years were committed by Democratic supporters against Republican supporters.

Multiple assaults by Democratic supporters on record

Breitbart compiled a list of recent violent acts perpetrated by supporters of the Democratic party.

  • Violent attacks by leftist activists on Donald Trump supporters leaving a rally in California in June 2016.
  • Riots in November 2016 in several cities governed by Democrats following Trump's announcement as the winner of the election.
  • Riots in Washington, DC, during the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January 2017.
  • Violent rhetoric at the Women's March, and threats against Trump supporters throughout Trump's presidency.
  • The 2017 shooting and wounding of Republican members of Congress on a baseball field by a crazed leftist gunman.
  • The summer of riots by Black Lives Matter supporters-tolerated or encouraged by Democrats-in the summer of 2020.
  • Threats of riots ahead of the 2020 presidential election, which forced businesses in Democrat-run cities to board up their windows.
  • The attempted stabbing of New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin at a campaign rally.
  • The fatal hit-and-run of a teenager in September after a North Dakota man allegedly said he suspected the boy was a Republican.
  • The brutal beating of a volunteer for Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) by men who said Republicans were not allowed in the area.
  • The alleged biting of a supporter of Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon by a supporter of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
  • Death threats received last week by Republican gubernatorial candidate State Senator Darren Bailey in Illinois.
  • A physical attack on New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc (allegedly by a local libertarian).
  • The attempted assassination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh following the leak of the draft of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
  • Firebombings and attacks on pregnancy centers and Catholic churches by pro-abortion activists following the Dobbs decision.
  • In his September remarks, Biden said that "Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our. republic," and that a Republican Party that supported Donald Trump was "a threat to this country."
  • Statements by Democratic leaders, led by Joe Biden, warning that "democracy is under attack" by Republicans and Trump supporters.