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No. Lone-wolf violence against public figures has been with us forever. But there's no broader rhetorical push on the left to foment violence against right-wing politicians. MSNBC isn't running bullshit stories about the right wanting to throw 70,000,000 people into re-education camps, or attempting to ethnically cleanse black people through mass incarceration and police violence.

One side engages in violent extremist rhetoric, as a matter of course, in the mainstream; the other doesn't. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out which is which.

Also, it's telling that your only example comes from 2017.

Off the top of my head:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Buffalo_shooting

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