{"id":1075,"date":"2018-10-24T20:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T03:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2018-10-24T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T03:02:36","slug":"facts-leading-to-todays-bomb-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"Facts Leading to Today&#8217;s Bomb Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to write about a novelette I just finished, but then a bunch of bombs went to Trump&#8217;s political opponents this morning and I felt like I should probably get my thoughts out of my head while it&#8217;s still fresh.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to state a series of facts.\u00a0 It might look at first like I&#8217;m playing the &#8220;both sides&#8221; game, but I&#8217;m not.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just going to lay out a series of facts, with links when I can find them, and then state my thoughts and conclusions based on those facts at the end.\u00a0 If it looks like I&#8217;m cherry-picking the news, it is not my intention.\u00a0 Please let me know what I&#8217;ve missed, but only if you can provide a link to a credible source.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not interested in spreading or engaging in bullshit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump encouraged violence at a rally in 2015 and said later on Fox and Friends that he should have been roughed up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donald Trump: Maybe protester &#039;should have been roug...\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1e0sQ5BrfaU?start=17&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump incited violence at a rally in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump on protester: I&#039;d like to &#039;punch him in t...\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrXS8jNh58I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>February of 2016, Trump said as a protester is escorted out of a rally, &#8220;Knock the crap out of him, would you? I promise you, I will pay your legal fees.&#8221; (Not posting more videos&#8230; there are plenty of these Trump quotes and they are easily verifiable)<\/li>\n<li>March of 2016, Trump said &#8220;Part of the problem is no one wants to hurt each other anymore.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>March of 2016, Trump said &#8220;The audience hit back. That\u2019s what we need a little bit more of.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>March of 2016, another rally, Trump said as a protester is escorted out, &#8220;If you do (hurt him), I\u2019ll defend you in court, don\u2019t worry about it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>June of 2017, Sara Huckabee-Sanders says that Trump has never encouraged violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Live: White House Press Briefing - June 29, 2017\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c8Dy5X98dd0?start=2123&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A couple of weeks ago, Fox News and other right-wing leaning bloggers and journalists play half of Eric Holder&#8217;s speech, making it look like Eric Holder was inciting violence.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an example:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eric Holder Tells Crowd To \u201cKick\u201d Republicans, Prompting Crowd To Cheer &amp; Chant \u201cFight\u201d\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_9YD4M4Juk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>But here&#8217;s the rest of what he said that say.\u00a0 He said &#8220;Don&#8217;t do anything inappropriate.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t do anything illegal.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ERIC HOLDER DID NOT INCITE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE RIGHT:  FOX NEWS LIED AGAIN\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SbyYLZgbJIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>In June of 2018, Sara Huckabee-Sanders was asked to leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/23\/us\/politics\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-restaurant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Hen<\/a> restaurant.<\/li>\n<li>In October of 2018, Mitch McConnell was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/diners-confront-mitch-mcconnell-at-restaurant-get-told-to-leave-him-alone-by-others\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confronted in a restaurant<\/a>, too.<\/li>\n<li>August of 2017, neo-nazis and white nationalists <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unite_the_Right_rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">converge on Charlottesville, VA<\/a> with confederate flags, flags with swastikas, and Tiki torches.\u00a0 They had a lot of vile things to say.<\/li>\n<li>Opponents of these individuals showed up and there were violent confrontations.<\/li>\n<li>A 20 year Nazi sympathizer from Ohio drove his car into a crowed of anti-fascist protesters.\u00a0 Several were injured, but Heather Heyer was killed.<\/li>\n<li>Trump said there were &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/08\/trump-defends-white-nationalist-protesters-some-very-fine-people-on-both-sides\/537012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fine people on both sides<\/a>&#8221; in defense of White Nationalists.<\/li>\n<li>A white guy dishonorably discharged from the Air Force, a guy that served at the same base I was stationed for 5 years, committed the 5th largest domestic act of terrorism when he shot up a church in Texas.\u00a0 Right-wing media tried to spin it, labeling him a Democrat, a radical Muslim terrorist, and anti-fa.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/talalansari\/fake-news-about-the-texas-church-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2017\/11\/07\/far-right-concocts-fake-news-about-texas-church-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/texas-church-shooter-antifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">none<\/a> of these things.<\/li>\n<li>Five days ago, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/news\/politics\/day-after-praising-assault-on-reporter-trump-attacks-democrats-as-angry-mob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted the lie about Eric Holder<\/a>, the one I&#8217;ve already mentioned.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this year, Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5329118\/president-trump-maxine-waters-death-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked Maxine Waters<\/a> because Representative Waters was canceling appearances over death threats.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this month, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/10\/5\/17940706\/trump-soros-kavanaugh-twitter-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted conspiracy theories about George Soros<\/a>, saying that the philanthropist is paying protesters.<\/li>\n<li>Trump attacks CNN regularly<\/li>\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2018\/aug\/20\/trump-brennan-security-clearance-cia-director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks John Brennan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trump attacks The Clintons (too many sources to link)<\/li>\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/391162-trump-dont-let-dems-it-worker-wasserman-schultz-off-the-hook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks Wasserman Shultz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Soros received a pipe bomb Monday afternoon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton received a pipe bomb Tuesday evening<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN&#8217;s facility was evacuated because of a bomb Wednesday morning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bomb sent to CNN was intended for John Brennan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxine Waters was also sent a pipe bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And the Obama&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And Wasserman Shultz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/10\/24\/us\/bomb-packages-timelime\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bomb went to Wasserman Shultz because it had the wrong address.\u00a0 It had been intended for Eric Holder.\u00a0 The bomber put Wasserman Shultz&#8217;s address as the return on all the bombs.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those are facts.\u00a0 In summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump has a long history of encouraging violence at his rallies<\/li>\n<li>His staff lie for him<\/li>\n<li>Right-wing supporters lie for him<\/li>\n<li>Right-wing activists have acted out violently, killing people<\/li>\n<li>Left-wing activists have upset people&#8217;s dinners<\/li>\n<li>Every person that received a bomb today was someone that Trump has targeted with his rhetoric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even tonight&#8230; TONIGHT&#8230; people at Trump&#8217;s rally were shouting &#8220;Lock her up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is no &#8220;both sides&#8221; to this.\u00a0 The fish rots from the head, and Trump has lead his party and his supporters to this violent end.<\/p>\n<p>If you consider yourself a Christian, you should not be a Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p>If you consider yourself a decent human being, you should not be a Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has built his entire campaign on hatred and fear.\u00a0 Fear of Muslims and immigrants and Democrats and Obama&#8217;s legacy.\u00a0 And the Republican party is supporting him.<\/p>\n<p>We obviously have to vote the Republican party out.\u00a0 We need to peacefully reject all of the people that continue to prop up an incompetent, lying, ignorant, egotistical, violence-inducing proto-fascist so that he can be removed from power and tried in court.<\/p>\n<p>We also need a new conservative party to replace the Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to write about a novelette I just finished, but then a bunch of bombs went to Trump&#8217;s political opponents this morning and I felt like I should probably get my thoughts out of my head while it&#8217;s still fresh. I&#8217;m going to state a series of facts.\u00a0 It might look at first like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1076,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}