I absolutely hate Maxine Waters but even I draw the line at death threats

But it shouldn't come as a surprise. This is the era of extremes, and encouraged even tacitly by Trump. He expressed his 'sorrow' for the five newspaper employees killed yesterday, but he's been telling everyone for the last two years that the press are the enemy of the people. Some idiots will take things to extreme (I know the MD case is a case of defamation) but the gauntlet has been laid down. Anything he doesn't like, he humiliates or bullies. He can't just say he doesn't like it and turn away and he has more than enough to read between the lines.