Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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by Shane Harris
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Democrat politicians and the corporate media have spent the last decade demonizing President Donald Trump as a “fascist” and “literally Hitler” while branding his America First agenda – and every one of his supporters – as racist, sexist, bigoted, and a “threat to democracy.” That effort has now borne the poisonous fruit of an increasingly radical base that even the liberal establishment that created it appears terrified of.
According to a new report this week from Axios, “Democratic members of Congress are facing a growing thrum of demands to break the rules, fight dirty – and not be afraid to get hurt.” This “growing anger” has reportedly “morphed into a disregard for American institutions, political traditions, and even the rule of law.”
Specifically, one House Democrat said, that some voters have suggested “what we really need to do is be willing to get shot” when visiting ICE facilities or federal agencies. “Our own base is telling us that what we’re doing is not good enough … [that] there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” the lawmaker said.
Another House Democrat told Axios that their “constituents have told them ‘civility isn’t working’ and to prepare for ‘violence… to fight to protect our democracy.’”
Yet another House Democrat said that “people online have sent me crazy s*** … told me to storm the White House and stuff like that.”
Elected Democrats have appeared both discouraged and terrified before the mob of their own supporters demanding what appears to be pure disregard for the rule of law in service of the left-wing crusade to “get Trump.” Many are frustrated that “their base’s demands to ‘fight harder’ misunderstand the lack of legislative and investigative power afforded to the minority party in Congress.”
This report further highlights what should be a growing concern for political leaders on both sides of the aisle – namely, a burgeoning violence problem among the Democrat base.
The very same day as the Axios report dropped, a man armed with tactical gear and a rifle attempted to ambush border patrol agents and local police officers as they arrived at a CBP facility in McAllen, Texas. Thankfully, all the law enforcement officials involved in the incident survived, while the shooter was killed. But it was nonetheless a chilling reminder of the target that Democrats have placed on the backs of law enforcement agents by repeatedly likening Trump’s deportation agenda to the holocaust and referring to ICE agents as “secret police” and the “modern-day Gestapo.”
This isn’t the first time ICE agents have faced such a threat, either. As AMAC Newsline reported last month, the Department of Homeland Security has seen a 413 percent increase in assaults against immigration agents. In February, anti-ICE activists in Southern California distributed flyers with photos and personal details of ICE personnel – a clear invitation for violence against them.
The country is also just under one year removed from when a would-be assassin’s bullet came within millimeters of killing Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania – an attack that also tragically killed 50-year-old volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore and left two others critically injured.
Just 64 days later, the Secret Service thwarted yet another assassination attempt against Trump while he was golfing in Florida.
All of these incidents are part of a disturbing and growing trend of political violence on the left. Whether it was attacks on churches in the wake of the Dobbs Supreme Court ruling on abortion or firebombing Tesla dealerships in response to Department of Government Efficiency cuts, the left’s response to any political outcome it doesn’t like has increasingly become physical violence.
This is the inevitable end game of progressive politics when “resistance” is framed as the ultimate virtue. For years, Democrat leaders and their media echo chamber insisted that Trump was a “wannabe dictator.” They have told people day after day that the republic will perish unless they “fight like hell.” The liberal establishment should not now feign shock when some people take that literally.
The party’s own incentive structure rewards this hysteria. Politicians chase viral clips, influencers chase clicks, and both bankroll their campaigns off apocalyptic emails warning that “the GOP is coming for your family.” The louder and more lurid the charge, the bigger the haul.
In this environment, moderation is tantamount to career suicide. As a result, accusations escalate, norms erode, and a fringe audience hears that ballots are no longer enough – blood is required.
Now Democrats confront the monster they animated. Having taught their base that compromise equals capitulation and dialogue equals danger, they discovered that reasoned persuasion no longer works because they methodically dismantled its credibility.
The tragedy is that political violence never stays quarantined. Once unleashed, it scorches everything in its path, whether it be ICE agents, churches, factories, or even a presidential candidate. If Democrats truly care about “saving democracy,” they must start by recovering a basic civic grammar – one that distinguishes opponents from enemies, and elections from existential wars. Until then, the fuse they lit will keep burning, and America will keep praying the next explosion misses its target.
Shane Harris is the Editor in Chief of AMAC Newsline. You can follow him on X @shaneharris513.
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