Resistance rhetoric has taken on a nasty and sometimes even a violent tone in recent weeks.
The usually politics-free Kevin Hart told jokes at the Video Music Awards (VMAs) put on by stridently progressive network MTV and at one point remarked Trump could "suck it," and actor Robert de Niro simply blurted "f—k Trump" at the Tony Awards in June. Pearl Jam recently promoted a concert with a poster depicting a burning White House and a skeleton of Donald Trump.
Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.) joked it would be a "catastrophe" to save Trump from drowning in the Potomac River, while fellow Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.) also made a water-related quip, saying he wished Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) would obey Trump if he told her to jump off a bridge. That's following Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) encouraging resistance members to form crowds and harass Trump administration officials they see in public.
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace wondered how a reporter could resist the temptation to wring the neck of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders—she later apologized—and fellow MSNBC host Katy Tur offered mild pushback when a guest said Trump would murder people without due process if he could.
The Daily Caller spoke to left-wing protesters in Washington, D.C., some of whom expressed open desire to harm and even kill Trump.
Trump faces perhaps the most serious crisis of his presidency this week as he deals with the fallout of his former attorney, Michael Cohen, pleading guilty to various felonies and implicating Trump in a campaign finance violation. The Resistance does itself no favors with the unhinged rhetoric, especially when the White House faces legal jeopardy.