So some whacked-out zealot or zealots figured this was a good time to throw a monkey wrench into everything. Maybe it's some right wing whacko juiced up on Trump rallies and talk radio. Maybe it's some left wing whacko in a panic over "news" that the "blue wave" might be ebbing, desperate for some sympathy votes.
How did we get here? Escalating hate from both ends. Claims of innocence and finger-pointing by both ends. A complete lack of accountability and honesty by both ends.
Hopefully the cops will find out who did this. Obviously both "ends" have their fingers crossed. But unfortunately, when they do, that whole side of this is fucked, just in time for the elections. But as a country, we have ALL lost here. We should be hanging our heads in shame.
Is anyone surprised this is the point to which we have fallen? Will anyone be surprised when it gets worse?
As long as we deflect for our "side" and refuse to hold our "side" accountable, we are enabling this madness. We are all complicit. Even when our "side" is the "winner".
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The road to how we got here most recently started in June, 2015 when Trump announced his candidacy for POTUS.
We got here by having the most disrespectful, abrasive, and abusive of the 16 GOP candidates become the GOP nominee.
We got here by Trump sowing division within the ranks of the GOP.
We got here by Trump executing an over three year war against the free press.
We got here by Trump manipulating the emotions of those easily manipulated.
Now we have these bomb scares & what does 'POTUS division' say? Well of course, Trump blames the press.
"A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!"
ANYONE that believes any of this will get better is a fool, period.
When America has been figuratively raped by Trump for over three years, nearly two years of that time as POTUS, all while Trump divides this nation, and continues to blame everyone except himself, then it will ONLY GET WORSE.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Easy; we can thank Trump for how we got here.