Why Dems LOVE to Stoke It
Kevin McCullough
There is a pattern now. Not an accident. Not a coincidence. A pattern.
Say something reckless, watch the temperature rise, act surprised when something breaks—and then, because apparently nothing was learned, do it again.
If that sounds harsh, just look at what happened this week.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said something that shouldn’t even be controversial: rhetoric matters. When people in positions of power constantly frame their opponents as existential threats or enemies, they aren’t calming anything down. They’re pouring fuel on it. That’s just reality.
But instead of taking the hint—maybe dialing things back even a notch—House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries went the other direction entirely. He leaned in.
“Maximum warfare,” he said.
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