Ed Morrissey: America Has A Left Wing Violence Problem
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
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🗓️ 27 April 2026
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Summary
America has once again descended into an era of political violence. And once again, the political violence originates from the American Left.
This weekend, the third assassin in less than two years attempted to kill Donald Trump. The would-be assassin left behind a manifesto explaining his rationale. It echoes the Left’s “resistance” rhetoric used for the last eleven years. His argument could have easily been a monologue on late-night television or on cable channels like MSNOW.
The mainstream Left and the media have demagogued Trump to the point where violent reaction is now the norm. This began from the riot in DC on Trump’s first inauguration day through the 2020 George Floyd riots, to the riots in Los Angeles and Minneapolis over immigration enforcement, to these assassination attempts.
Despite efforts by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Joe Biden’s DOJ to falsely depict conservatives as dangerous, the violence comes from one direction: The left. And all who demagogue over a duly elected president’s legitimacy share responsibility for it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Ed Morrissey of Hotair.com for Town Hall. |
| 0:03.9 | America has once again descended into an era of political violence. |
| 0:07.8 | And once again, the political violence originates from the American Left. |
| 0:11.5 | This weekend, the third assassin in less than two years, attempted to kill Donald Trump. |
| 0:16.0 | This would-be assassin left behind a manifesto explaining his rationale. |
| 0:19.7 | It echoes the Left's resistance rhetoric used |
| 0:21.9 | for the last 11 years. His argument could easily have been a monologue on late night television |
| 0:26.4 | or on cable channels like MS Now. The mainstream left and the media have demagogue Trump |
| 0:31.0 | to the point where violent reaction is now the norm. This began from the riot in D.C. on Trump's |
| 0:36.0 | first inauguration day through the 2020 |
| 0:38.1 | George Floyd riots to the riots in Los Angeles and Minneapolis over immigration enforcement |
| 0:42.6 | to these assassination attempts. Despite efforts by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Joe Biden's |
| 0:47.7 | DOJ to falsely depict conservatives as dangerous, the violent comes from one direction, the left. |
| 0:53.5 | And all who demagogue over a |
| 0:55.1 | duly elected president's legitimacy share responsibility for it. |
| 0:59.7 | Here's something most people don't know. When Warren Buffett was just 13 years old, he didn't |
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| 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 |
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