‘I Meant It Literally’
Former U.S. Republican Congressman and former deadbeat dad Joe Walsh, a frequent guest on MSNBC, last October angered many when he tweeted, “On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump. On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket. You in?”
Walsh, who served in the House for one term when he rode the 2010 election’s Tea Party wave, after posting the tweet tried to defend it by saying, “It means protesting. Participating in acts of civil disobedience. Doing what it takes to get our country back.”
Thursday afternoon, one day after Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot at a baseball practice by a madman, London School of Economics Fellow and op-ed writer Brian Klass pointed to Walsh’s October tweet as an example of “violent speech” and “irresponsible hyperbole.”
It turns out Klass was being too generous.
“I meant it literally,” Walsh, now a talk radio host, responded. “Grab your musket.”
Klass then denounced Walsh for tweet:
Mediaite notes “Walsh had defended his musket tweet to Chris Cuomo in an interview in October, alleging it was not to be taken literally. Apparently, that no longer stands.”Â
It’s important to note that some Republicans, since Wednesday’s vile shooting, have been blaming Democrats’ “rhetoric” for the attack.
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