Violent Rhetoric in America - Part III

"That [Rick] Scott down there that's running for governor of Florida," Mr. Kanjorski said. "Instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him [sic] and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him."  

-Former Congressman Paul Kanjorski, Pennsylvania Democrat

Violent Rhetoric in America - Part II

“I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease....He is an absolutely reprehensible person."
— USA Today columnist and Pacifica Radio talk show host Julianne Malveaux on Justice Clarence Thomas, November 4, 1994 PBS’s To the Contrary

Violent Rhetoric in America - Part I

In order to counter Republican response to his policy proposals, Barack Obama said: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun”