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Carol Platt Liebau: Reckless Rhetoric

Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.5715 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Our First Amendment is a cherished guarantee. Every American has the right to criticize elected officials — even in harsh terms — so long as there’s no incitement to imminent violence.

But having a right to say something doesn’t necessarily make it right to say. And too many in our cultural elite have normalized reckless rhetoric about President Trump.

Among others, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel recently “joked” about the First Lady becoming an “expectant widow.” Congressman Dan Goldman called for Trump to be “eliminated” from public life. Former President Biden urged putting Trump “in the bulls-eye.”

None of that is illegal, nor are they responsible for a criminal’s actions. But after three attempts on President Trump’s life, left-wing elites should ask themselves whether flirting with assassination rhetoric is morally defensible — even if they have every right to engage in it.

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0:00.0

This is Carol Platley Bell for townhall.com.

0:04.6

Our first amendment is a cherished guarantee.

0:07.6

Every American has the right to criticize elected officials even in harsh terms so long as there's no incitement to imminent violence.

0:15.9

But having a right to say something doesn't necessarily make it right to say.

0:19.6

And too many in our cultural elite have

0:22.0

normalized reckless rhetoric about President Trump. Among others, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel recently joked

0:28.9

about the first lady becoming an expectant widow. Congressman Dan Goldman called for Trump

0:34.3

to be eliminated from public life. Former President Biden urged putting Trump

0:39.3

in the bullseye. None of that is illegal, nor are they responsible for a criminal's actions.

0:45.0

But after three attempts on President Trump's life, left-wing elites should ask themselves whether

0:50.4

flirting with assassination rhetoric is morally defensible, even if they have every right to

0:55.9

engage in it. I'm Carol Platt Liebauer.

0:59.7

Here's something most people don't know. When Warren Buffett was just 13 years old, he didn't

1:04.6

put his money into a savings account. While other kids were earning next to nothing at local

1:09.1

banks, Buffett put $114 into a little-known

1:12.5

investment. Today, that $114 would be worth over $15 million. And it wasn't a risky trade,

1:20.2

it wasn't even insider knowledge. It was an account that's been around since 1888, and over

1:25.4

the last 25 years, it's average 29% a year. That's what happens

1:30.7

when your money is allowed to compound. Compare that to today's savings accounts, paying

1:35.2

less than half a percent, while inflation quietly eats away at your buying power. Buffett understood

1:40.9

early. Banks are great businesses, just not for savers. If you'd like to see what some investors call the 29% account, go now to secret account 29.com. That's secret account the numbers 29.com. Secret account 29.com.

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