DNC Chair Ken Martin had trouble holding back his tears while remembering his friend Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman who was assassinated. As we discussed here, Hortman along with her husband were killed, and there was an attempt on the life of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife as well.
Unlike Fox, who has been doing their best to “both sides” the violence immediately and turn it into an excuse to play the victim card for Trump, Martin did not try to sugar coat which side of the aisle has a problem with their extremists these days.
During an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki this Saturday, Psaki asked Martin about a statement he released, and the fact that many people are asking how something like this could happen.
PSAKI: I said earlier, and I don’t know how you feel about this, that I know people keep saying this is not who we are, and I think part of it is this is part of who we are, and we need to talk about how political violence on the rise is something that’s threatening public officials across the country, but how have you been answering that question today to yourself, to the people who have called you and asked?
MARTIN: Well, you’re, you’re absolutely right. Unfortunately, it has become who we are, but it doesn’t mean that it’s who we should be. We’re better than this.
