Crosstalk: June 21, 2017

There's an anger and fervor that's been building in our nation in recent months and it's reaching a boiling point. This was exhibited just last week when a group of Republican congressmen, who were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game, found themselves dodging bullets from the gun of 66 year old James T. Hodgkinson, a man who held left wing political views and was a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Other examples of the rhetoric that is fueling violence includes:

--Kathy Griffin's publicity photo stunt of the mock beheading of President Trump.

--A theater production in New York's Central Park portrayed a modern day Caesar
who looked like President Trump. This 'Caesar' was knifed to death which drew a
standing ovation from the audience.

--Rappers with videos and lyrics that depict the killing of the president.

--The singer Madonna, who has said she has thought a lot about blowing up the
White House.

--Matt Harrigan, CEO of a cyber-security company known as PacketSled, posted on
Facebook that he was going to kill the president-elect. He resigned a few days
later.

--British journalist Monisha Rajesh tweeted it was 'about time for a presidential
assassination.'

This is just a sample of what Jim offered on the program which also included plenty of input from Crosstalk listeners.