
<p>President Trump recently used the word “bloodbath” if he does not win the November presidential election. ; ; Ever since January 6, 2021, Democrats have been predicting political violence from Trump supporters.</p>



<p>While Team Trump says that the use of “bloodbath” was only an expression used in terms of the impact on the auto industry if he does not win. ; As with so much of Trump’s language, its pugnacious nature is easily open to interpretation. ; For more than three years, warnings of rightwing violence have been a mainstay in the Democrats&#8217; political narrative.</p>



<p>Despite the Democrats crying wolf about pending violence coming from the right – and despite Trump’s maladroit and provocative language – there has been little evidence to support claims of pending violence. ; In fact, considering the emotional character of the 2024 campaigns, there has been amazingly little political violence.</p>



<p>If we look at political violence from a historical perspective, we will see periods of political violence far surpassing anything we see today. ; There is the Civil War, of course. ; But we can also see the labor-related violence of the early Twentieth Century.</p>



<p>And then we have the 1960s – the worst era of political violence since the Civil War. ; In that decade alone, we suffered the assassinations of a President &#8230; a senator and presidential candidate &#8230; and the most important civil rights leader of the era. ; Another presidential candidate was shot and crippled. ;</p>



<p>Anti-war forces carried out bombings in a number of cities.  ;Large swaths of America’s ghettoes were torched in violent and deadly riots. ; The National Guard had to be called out on a regular basis in one city after another. ; A rioting student was shot and killed during a protest on a college campus. ; The Democratic National Convention was held under siege in Chicago, with protestors and police violently clashing on the streets.</p>



<p>In the decades that followed, there were two assassination attempts on President Ford and President Reagan was seriously wounded in yet another. ; The mayor of San Francisco and a city supervisor were assassinated.</p>



<p>By comparison, the first quarter of the Twenty-First Century has been remarkably devoid of political violence. ; The single most violent political event was the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. ; This despite repeated – and baseless &#8212; warnings and predictions from Democrats that supporters of President Trump were gearing up for a violent takeover of the government.</p>



<p>All their wolf-crying predictions of specific violence failed to materialize. ; You will recall how they predicted an outbreak of violence at the Capitol and around the country on the first anniversary of the Capitol Hill riot. ; Unlike January 6, 2021, predictions of violence on the anniversary had House Speaker Pelosi calling for the National Guard and building a perimeter fence around the Capitol. ; And what happened? ; Nothing. ; Approximately 200 people appeared on the Capitol grounds – with a permit – gave a few speeches and went home. No violence.</p>



<p>Again Democrats – with the help of their media allies – had spread the fear of violent eruptions if Trump was indicted. Trump, himself, suggested that possibility. ; And again &#8230; nothing happened. ; There was hardly even a notable level of protest – other than a few folks who gathered outside Mar-a-Lago.</p>



<p>With Democrats pushing the violent uprising so hard, you might expect the leftwingers in Hollywood to chime in – and you would be right. ; It is a movie titled “Civil War” – a fictional account of a civil war that breaks out after the assassination of the President.</p>



<p>Los Angeles film critic Scott Mantz appeared on CNN with Abby Phillips to promote the movie. ; Mantz gave it his highest praise – and tied it to the political situation today. ; He connected the move with the current presidential campaign. ; ; He said such a civil war in America is “plausible,” and that it “could happen” as soon as this November.  ;Both Mantz and Phillips proffered the notion that America is already “close to the brink of civil war.” ; ;</p>



<p>At times, it has been difficult to discern if Democrats and the leftwing media were predicting violence or hoping to encourage it. ; And one would be sorely mistaken if you think Trump’s bellicose language – bad as it can get &#8212; is a precursor to political violence. ;</p>



<p>The Democrats’ and Trump’s language may be seen as reckless. ; But if you monitor the pulse of the public – and examine the recent history &#8212; there is no evident interest in taking up pitchforks and torches now or in the future – whether Trump wins or loses.</p>



<p>Democrats and Trump would be better served – as would the American people – if they stop making baseless predictions of violence or gratuitously using provocative language.</p>



<p>We are not on the verge of pervasive political violence – and most certainly not a Civil War. Be calm. ; The Republic is safe and secure.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Both sides need to stop the political violence bs
