Needless to say, the evidence that Democrats, like Trump, incite violence is weak sauce. The straw grasped this time is the fact that Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) tweeted out a list of political donors in his area that have given the maximum donation to Trump’s campaign. Trump’s campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh seized on this, making clearly bad faith claims that this is “inciting violence” and “endangering the safety of the people.” And, since so many people are incredibly desperate to normalize Trump’s racism and incitement to violence, this talking point is spreading like wildfire.
No one actually believes that Castro did anything wrong, to be clear, and 100% of the outrage is being faked in order to create confusion around the question of whether it’s a bad thing that the current president incites racist terrorism.
But on the off chance someone is legitimately confused, let’s be clear: Castro did nothing wrong in the slightest. On the contrary, he used a federally managed public database that exists quite literally for the purpose Castro used it for — so the public can know who is using money to influence politics.
