"Hillary should be shot"

[Angst]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...p-hillary-clinton_us_578fa150e4b07c722ebd2fd1

One of Trump's advisors have just publicly stated that Hillary Clinton should be executed for her actions in Benghazi, and because of the emails.

So, uh. Yeah.

If someone said that about another politician in Denmark, they would be ostracized by their own party. (Can't say what it'll be like in the future of course, but that's how it is.)

Article.

WASHINGTON ― One of Donald Trump’s advisers on veterans affairs wants Hillary Clinton to be shot for treason.

Al Baldasaro, a New Hampshire state representative and delegate for the Republican presidential nominee, made the comments during an interview on “The Kuhner Report” radio show on Tuesday.

Host Jeff Kuhner asked if Baldasaro thought Clinton bore responsibility for those who died in the 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.

“I’m a veteran who went to Desert Shield, Desert Storm. I’m also a father who sent a son to war, to Iraq, as a Marine Corps helicopter avionics technician. Hillary Clinton, to me, is the Jane Fonda of the Vietnam,” Baldasaro replied, referring to Fonda’s 1972 trip to Hanoi that some Americans consider to be an act of betrayal.

“[Clinton] is a disgrace for the lies that she told those mothers about their children that got killed over there in Benghazi. She dropped the ball on over 400 emails requesting back up security. Something’s wrong there,” he continued.

“This whole thing disgusts me,” Baldasaro added. “Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”

After an extensive investigation into Clinton’s private email server, the FBI and Justice Department decided no charges were appropriate. And after spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi found no evidence of wrongdoing by the then-secretary of state.

BuzzFeed News first reported Baldasaro’s comments. On Wednesday, he stood by them, telling ABC affiliate WMUR that “As far as I’m concerned, it is treason and the penalty for treason is the firing squad ― or maybe it’s the electric chair now.”

In the tweet below, Baldasaro can be seen standing behind Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for Trump, on the floor of the Republican National Convention.

The Trump and Clinton campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Huffington Post.

This story has been updated to include additional comments from Baldasaro.

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ― 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ― from entering the U.S.

 

[BvBPL]

If someone said that about another politician in Denmark, they would be ostracized by their own party. (Can't say what it'll be like in the future of course, but that's how it is.).

Not here. This isn't a big deal.

 

[mrt144]

Not here. This isn't a big deal.

It's a big deal in that it shows just how deluded these numbskulls are. On the one hand to talk about Rule of Law as the single most important thing and then advocate extrajudicial outcomes...

 

[BvBPL]

You'll have to knit a big net for the numbskulls given that calls for the murder of politicians come from both sides of the aisle.

Call me when Baldasaro and Clinton decide to conclude this a la Burr and Hamilton. Until then, yawn.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

"Hillary should be shot" is just the logical step up from "Hillary for jail" so I expect a lot of people in the Republican base are ok with this.

 

[danjuno]

A state legislator from a district right next to mine got suspended from his normal job as a pilot for saying Clinton should be hung from the Washington Mall.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

What a strange coincidence that Republicans have reserved their worst vitriol for a black man and a woman. That really surprises me!

 

[danjuno]

I'm still waiting for a Jew or Muslim to win the Dem nomination. That would send 'em right over the edge.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

At least the Republicans are coming out honestly with the kind of "democracy" they think would be great; jail the opposition, or even better just shoot them. I'm sure that's in the constitution somewhere.

 

[Phrossack]

Not here. This isn't a big deal.

You don't think that steadily multiplying calls for violence and an atmosphere of bitter hatred are any cause for concern? Any at all?

Don't act surprised if some diehard conservative ends up murdering or attempting to murder Democrats to "save my country." The murder of Jo Cox by a nationalist trying to "take his country back" should be a wake-up call, and that happened in a country that isn't nearly as inundated with weapons and a culture of violence.

For years if not decades, right-wing politicians, TV personalities, and talk show hosts have been telling anyone who listens that liberals are enemies of America, that they hate it and want to destroy it, that immigrants and minorities are stealing jobs, consuming welfare, and taking over the country, and that the tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. The little war prayer that started the RNC directly addressed the Democrats as "the enemy," and a large amount of Trump supporters are convinced that God is on their side. There's no longer any room for negotiation or compromise, just bitter electoral struggles that could very easily turn into violence. The whole campaign is based on fear (Make America Safe Again), anger ("Take our country back!"), and hatred ("Hillary should be shot/hanged").

Of course, even when we're staring down the barrels of their beloved AR-15s, you'd urge us to love them for being our neighbors, to try to talk things out, and to stop whining about death threats.

 

[_random_]

I'm still waiting for a Jew or Muslim to win the Dem nomination. That would send 'em right over the edge.

Sanders-Ellison 2020?

 

[tetley]

This seems to fall in the what-if-Hitler-was-shot-before-he-ever-rose-to-power speculation. I will give this much: there is a potential Hitler in the making right now, and he hasn't risen to power yet. Not saying it's Hillary.

 

[Phrossack]

Or Tulsi Gabbard. A childless non-Christian liberal woman would have them frothing at the mouth.

 

[_random_]

Or Tulsi Gabbard. A childless non-Christian liberal woman would have them frothing at the mouth.

True, but Keith Ellison is a black Muslim vegan, and Gabbard is an army veteran. I feel like they're about even.

 

[BvBPL]

You don't think that steadily multiplying calls for violence and an atmosphere of bitter hatred are any cause for concern? Any at all?

No because those calls for violence are not multiplying and because American politics is less violent now than ever before.

 

[EgonSpengler]

A BBC correspondent on the radio this morning said he was at the RNC and heard someone in the crowd shout "Lynch her!" as the speaker was talking about Clinton.

This is my proud country, ladies and gentlemen, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No because those calls for violence are not multiplying and because American politics is less violent now than ever before.

They aren't multiplying? Fooled me.

We haven't had an attempt on the life of a candidate since Wallace, I don't think, but I'd say that 2016 is the year where I would be the least surprised since. And without question this year is number one in arrests for violent confrontations at campaign events, at least in decades if not ever. So that "less violent" claim seems specious as well.

 

[BvBPL]

In the sixties there were seven assassinations. In the seventies, eight. Six in the eighties (including Lennon). Five in the nineties (not including Tupac). Since 2001 there have been three.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations

So, yeah, less violent.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

In the sixties there were seven assassinations. In the seventies, eight. Six in the eighties (including Lennon). Five in the nineties (not including Tupac). Since 2001 there have been three.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations

So, yeah, less violent.

Okay, this is just wrong in so many ways I'm almost at a loss for where to start.

First off, you include Lennon and exclude Tupac...which is fine, but begs the question "just who is on this list?" and we find that while discussing violence in politics you have linked some sort of general "assassination" list that doesn't really even claim to be connected to politics.

Building on that, there doesn't seem to be any indication how the usually suspect 'wikipedians' differentiated "assassinations" from the greater backdrop of "murders" other than by the usual wikipedia pure willy-nilly method. In short, the list not only doesn't claim to be relevant to this discussion, it is actually completely worthless in any discussion.

And that's given the false premise that violent deaths are the only measure of violence. Prior to this campaign season, when is the last time you saw a guy being escorted out of a political rally by cops get assaulted right in front of those cops? When is the last previous time you saw a candidate yearn for the "good old days" when the loyal could have sent a detractor out on a stretcher.

Overall, no good in that post. You have done much better before.

 

[Ajidica]

The GOP is doing a fine job in showing the world just how to create a thoroughly unedifying spectacle that resembles the rhetoric of some of the less convincing democracies scattered around the world.