Is Trump to blame for the shooting of the congressman and others ?

Republican Rep. Mark Sanford (S.C.) suggested Thursday on MSNBC's Morning Joe that President Trump may be "partially" to blame for the anger and political hostility that led alleged shooter James Hodgkinson to gun down a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning. "I would argue the president has unleashed, partially — again not in anyway totally — but partially to blame for demons that have been unleashed," Sanford said.

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Ynotisay · M

I saw a clip of that and I think it was a fair and accurate statement. We can never forget that the U.S. is not a particularly bright country. Emotion and perception frequently takes precedent over truth and reason. Trump has played the Divide and Conquer strategy from Day One and he continues to do it. And there's countless websites that appeal to that very strategy, irrespective of political ideology. Not too hard to fire up an already unstable person. Leadership needs to come from the top. Trump gave a really good speech yesterday about the shooting. FIRST time I ever felt he was speaking to ALL the citizens.
But then he blew it out of the water today on Twitter. So I see things as getting worse before they get better. I also see that as part of a strategy.