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Nov 17, 2025

Rebuttal to Hakeem Jeffries: When Your Own Words Go Too Far

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OPINION

Democrats are once again accusing Republicans of dangerous rhetoric. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned that Speaker Mike Johnson’s comment calling Democrats “legislative terrorists” would “get someone killed.”

That accusation rings hollow. For years, left-wing politicians and activists have used far more violent, dehumanizing language. They’ve called conservatives “Nazis,” “dictators,” and “racists.” They’ve labeled Donald Trump “Hitler.” They’ve threatened Supreme Court justices, cheered confrontations, and justified harassment. When that’s the language in the air, it only takes one unstable listener to turn words into bullets. (MORE NEWS: 2025 Elections: Five Key Races to Watch)

Words Have Consequences

Republicans have seen where this kind of talk leads:

  • Charlie Kirk — Conservative activist shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University last month.
  • Corey Comperatore — A citizen attending a rally in Butler, PA, was killed, and two others were injured during an assassination attempt on President Trump in July 2024.
  • President Donald Trump — Shot and survived two assassination attempts.
  • Justice Brett Kavanaugh — Narrowly escaped being murdered at his home after a would-be assassin traveled from California with weapons in 2022.
  • Rep. Steve Scalise — Almost killed, along with four others injured, when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.

These attacks didn’t come from nowhere. They grew out of years of constant demonization — the left painting the right as monsters who must be “stopped” at all costs.

When Democrats Spoke in Violence

Hakeem Jeffries says Johnson’s phrase might provoke violence. But here are the Democrats’ own words — all on record, all public, all normalized by the media. How could anyone interpret these any differently? All it takes is one unhinged person to hear these words as a call to action. 

  • Sen. Chuck Schumer (2020): “You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
    Two years later, Nicholas Roske traveled from California to Justice Kavanaugh’s home armed with a gun and knife, planning to assassinate him before surrendering.

  • Sen. Chuck Schumer (2025): “There’s going to be a big protest on the 18th… He wants to be king. The American people have to rise up in every way!”

  • Rep. Maxine Waters (2018): “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. You push back on them.”

  • Sen. Cory Booker (2018): “Get up in the face of some congresspeople.”
  • Eric Holder (2018): “When they go low, we kick them.”
  • Joe Biden (2016 campaign trail): “If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.”
  • Kamala Harris: Repeatedly said, “Trump is a threat to our democracy and fundamental freedoms,” even after an attempt on his life.
  • President Biden: “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.” (Later claimed it was “figurative.”)
  • Rep. Dan Goldman: “It is destructive to our democracy, and he, President Trump, has to be eliminated.”

  • Del. Stacey Plaskett: “[Trump] needs to be shot.” (She later said she misspoke. Freudian slip?)
  • Jay Jones (Nominee for Virginia Attorney General): Texted that if he had two bullets, he’d shoot a rival “two times in the head,” calling the man’s kids “little fascists” who he hoped would die in their mother’s arms.

When Democrats Spoke in Violence — and Against ICE

The same politicians now accusing Republicans of “dangerous rhetoric” have spent years vilifying America’s immigration enforcement officers. The White House statement titled “Democrats’ Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed” documented dozens of examples:

  • Gov. Tim Walz called ICE the “modern-day Gestapo.”
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police” and said people have a “right to push back.
  • Gov. JB Pritzker claimed America is becoming “Nazi Germany” because ICE “grabs people off the street.”

  • Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as “the Gestapo” and a “betrayal.”
  • Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols.”
  • Rep. Sylvia Garcia called ICE agents “thugs.”
  • Rep. Delia Ramirez labeled ICE “a terror force.”
  • Rep. Pramila Jayapal said ICE agents are “deranged,” accused them of “kidnapping,” and claimed “resistance” is “inspiring.”
  • Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is “terrorizing our communities” and a “rogue agency.”
  • Rep. Ayanna Pressley repeated that ICE is “terrorizing our communities.”
  • Rep. Max Frost compared ICE to “some of the worst horrors and crimes against humanity.”
  • Rep. John Larson called ICE “the SS” and “the Gestapo.”
  • Rep. LaMonica McIver told people to “shut down the city” because “we are at war.” She pleaded not guilty to charges alleging she assaulted law enforcement officers outside of an immigration detention facility. That case is ongoing.
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch called ICE agents “the Gestapo” and “nondescript thugs.”
  • Rep. Dan Goldman compared agents to “secret police.”
  • Rep. Becca Balint called ICE “vigilantes.”
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE agents are “vile and beyond cruel” and should be abolished.
  • Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE “dangerous and reckless.”
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders urged people to “figure out a way to stop ICE.”
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE “intentionally stokes fear.”
  • Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told people to “fight in the streets” and said ICE agents “will be unsuccessful” at hiding “no matter what it takes.

  • Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to neo-Nazis.
  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said ICE is “terrorizing our communities.”
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spread a hoax that ICE “kidnapped” a woman.
  • Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE “terrorized” people through profiling.
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell vowed to expose ICE agents’ identities.
  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ICE “should not exist.”
  • Rep. Kweisi Mfume challenged the Trump Administration to “a street fight.”
  • Rep. Jerry Nadler accused ICE of “hiding misbehavior” by “wearing masks.”

The White House report concludes that this constant demonization of ICE officers “has fueled a surge in assaults and radicalized violence against law enforcement.”

A Double Standard That’s Dangerous

When Hakeem Jeffries lectures Speaker Johnson about tone, he ignores his own party’s record. Calling your opponents Nazis, fascists, and threats to humanity? That paints them as evil — and when people believe they’re fighting evil, they justify anything, even murder.

Real-World Proof

The proof is everywhere:

  • Justice Kavanaugh’s would-be assassin admitted he wanted to kill him over abortion rights.
  • President Trump’s shooter was motivated by political hatred.
  • Charlie Kirk’s killer was reportedly radicalized online by anti-conservative propaganda.
  • A car rammed a White House security gate this week, another reminder of growing political instability.
  • Dallas, TX ICE Facility: A gunman opened fire from a rooftop at an ICE field office, killing two detainees and critically injuring one other before taking his own life. Federal officials called it a targeted anti-ICE attack. The gunman left behind notes saying he wanted to “terrorize ICE employees.” (September 2025)
  • Alvarado, TX ICE Facility: 11 suspects, identified as members of a North Texas antifa cell, have been charged in connection with a shooting outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. A police officer was shot in the neck. They now face terrorism, attempted murder, providing material support, and other charges. (July 4, 2025)

Who’s Really Putting Lives at Risk

Hakeem Jeffries’ warning that “Johnson’s words could get someone killed” skips over the truth. It’s not measured criticism that fuels bloodshed — it’s years of unchecked demonization from the left. They’ve normalized violence through words, applause, and silence when their own side goes too far.

Democrats have even continued to support a candidate for Virginia Attorney General, after his questionable behavior and judgment were revealed. They would rather run a flawed candidate who spews vitriol than let a Republican win. That sounds pretty familiar, right?

If Democrats truly fear dangerous rhetoric, they should start by looking in the mirror.

The Height of Disingenuousness

Words are powerful. But responsibility doesn’t fall only on one side. For years, left-wing leaders have spoken in ways that could push the unstable to act violently. Yet now Hakeem Jeffries blames Republicans for “dangerous rhetoric” — the very thing his own party has perfected. It’s disingenuous to the core.

I’m not claiming our side has been flawless or without a single unhinged act of violence. But for Democrats to turn around and play the victim — after years of fanning the flames of division, resentment, and hostility — is pure hypocrisy.

The real danger isn’t Johnson’s words; it’s the double standard that excuses their own hostile speech while condemning Republicans for calling it out. America doesn’t need more political games. It needs honesty, accountability, and the courage to say: We are not the same.

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