It was poor judgment for Democratic state Rep. Julie von Haefen to submit an image of a “beheadings” protest signal on her social media.
She had the character and braveness to confess it and apologize on the ground of the Home.
Republican Speaker Destin Corridor professed outrage over the submit and admonished Home members to “maintain yourselves to a better commonplace.”
Julie von Haefen is a Democratic consultant for District 36, Wake County, North Carolina.
Why doesn’t Corridor maintain his get together and president to that commonplace?
Did he admonish Trump for inciting a violent mob to assault the Capitol on January 6 and pardoning thugs who assaulted law enforcement officials and wished to hold Vice President Mike Pence?
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Or Trump for mocking the hammer assault on former U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband?
Or ex-North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson for telling a church group “some of us want killing”?
Home Speaker Destin Corridor is a Republican consultant of District 87, Caldwell and Watauga counties, North Carolina.
Or Michelle Morrow, ex-candidate for superintendent of the Division of Public Instruction, for posting that Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Roy Cooper ought to be executed for treason?
Or Utah Senator Mike Lee for blaming the latest assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband on Gov. Tim Walz?
Opinion author Isaac Bailey bought it proper about Corridor and the GOP in The Information & Observer: “Oh, give me a break. Cease clutching your pearls. Your rank hypocrisy is exhibiting.”
Gary Pearce
Violent political rhetoric has been ratcheting up since Trump rode down his golden escalator in 2015.
It’s time to chill it.
It’s well past time for Republicans like Corridor to name out Trump and MAGA on it.
Gary Pearce was a reporter and editor at The Information & Observer, a political marketing consultant, and an adviser to Gov. Jim Hunt (1976-1984 and 1992-2000). He blogs about politics and public coverage at “Speaking About Politics.”
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