Democrats and the media brought Trump Derangement Syndrome to a fever pitch. Now it's drawn blood

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Editor’s note: The following column was first published in Restoration on Substack.

At Restoration, we wholeheartedly and without reservation condemn the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Unfortunately, one audience member was reported dead on Saturday night and two others were critically injured. We pray for them and their loved ones.

As I write, the information in the public domain regarding the perpetrator is still sparse. The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed shortly after firing his lethal shots. The public is therefore left to speculate about his motives.

However, what we do not need to speculate about is the climate created and cultivated by Donald Trump’s political enemies. America is polarized, toxic, and politically close to a breaking point in part because the country’s liberal political, cultural, and media elite never accepted Trump’s legitimacy as the country’s president.

WHAT DID HARD LEFT EXPECT, AFTER YEARS OF HATEFUL ANTI-TRUMP RHETORIC?

The Biden administration and other political leaders have conveyed their condemnation of the shooting and issued statements of well wishes to Trump and his family. That may be a first sign of self-awareness and a step in the right direction, but it sounds hollow and disingenuous.

The very same leaders of the Democratic Party, along with a cohort of