Grassley Lets Call for Violence Against ‘Little Hitler’ and ‘Washington’ Stand

During the public comment period of a town hall in Iowa this week led by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, an elderly veteran took the microphone and called for violence against the president and the United States government:

“The president of the United States, that’s who you should be concerned about. Because he’s acting like a little Hitler,” said Tom Eisenhower, a World War II veteran. “I’d take a gun to Washington if enough of you would go with me.”

Grassley — whose oath of office includes swearing fealty to the Constitution and thus the government, and who lives in Washington — pointedly did not disassociate himself from Eisenhower’s call to arms against the government. Instead, the senator responded with faint praise of Pres. Obama followed by a long, rambling spin through RNC talking points that included a laundry list of wrongs the president has perpetrated on the country in the scant seven months he’s been in office.

Among these complaints, a good many were actually perpetrated by Obama’s predecessor. In particular, it is rich that Grassley decried the “Federal Reserve dropping money out of airplanes,” when it was the Bush Administration that, in 2003, shrink-wrapped $100 bills in bundles and then flew 281 million notes weighing 363 tons — $12 billion — into Iraq, where it disappeared forever.

Sen. Grassley was the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee at the time, and never lifted a finger to investigate what is likely the biggest single-shot intra-government heist in world history.

But Grassley’s failure to distance himself from a call for destruction of the government is practically statesmanlike compared to the praise Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) heaped upon a man at a town hall meeting last week who described himself as a “right-wing terrorist.”

“God bless you,” Herger responded. “There goes a great American.” Through a spokesperson, Herger has refused to apologize for endorsing terrorism.

These and other Republican pols are playing with fire. Their silence in response to calls of violence by extremists in their base is de facto assent to the threats — and their assent is now in the public record.

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6 thoughts on “Grassley Lets Call for Violence Against ‘Little Hitler’ and ‘Washington’ Stand”

  1. These people are despicable. What does it say about a person whose political opponents suggest offering health care to all of their countrymen and the individual responds by advocating armed violence and comparing their opponent to the greatest mass murderer who ever lived? The egregiousness of the response to the predicate cause is so barbaric and out of proportion that it takes your breath away. Politicians like Charles Grassley make me ashamed to be an American.

  2. I am really tired of hearing the right wingers call for violence/civil war. Let these rabid idiots begin the violence, the left and the rational people will finish it.

    I have always said that the left should reconsider their anti-gun stance. I think now would be a good time for that.

  3. “Let these rabid idiots begin the violence, the left and the rational people will finish it.”

    LOL! Finnish it with what? A good stern talking to? A time out? A nice sensitivity training session? After all, violence is NEVER the answer, right?
    After you on the left get over your hatred of guns, which may take a dozen years or so, WHO are you going to get to TRAIN you to use those guns to ‘end this?’ A right wing gun instructor, that’s who. lol.

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