ICYMI: The Left's Violent Rhetoric Speaks for Itself

In case you missed it, Democrats love to lecture Republicans about dangerous rhetoric, but the record tells a very different story. From threats to punching and choking to throat slashing, Democrats' rhetoric reveals just how extreme and unhinged their party is.

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14 times 'unhinged' Democrats have called for political violence
Blaze Media
August 26, 2026

Exactly one year ago, Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed publicly rejected calls for peace and said, "We take them to the mud and choke them out."

While the mainstream media regularly promotes every story that portrays those on the right as the main source of political violence, there are plenty of examples available of left-wing calls for political violence.

Here are [some of those] 14 instances.

1. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Republicans during a podcast interview from Aug. 2025: "We're going to punch these sons of bitches in the mouth!"
2. In a speech from Aug. 2025, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said that Democrats would "beat" down Republicans: "They expect Democrats to kind of be the nice guys that we are. They expect us to take the punch and say, 'Thank you.' Well, I am here to tell you, not only are we going to punch back, but we about to beat you down!"
3. Disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), once thought to be a possible presidential contender, said of his political opponents in August 2025: "When they go low, we‘re going to bury them below the Capitol. That‘s what we‘re going to do, because this is about protecting democracy."
4. Openly lesbian Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones (D) specifically rejected Michelle Obama's call for peace and made a throat-slashing gesture to accompany her rhetoric in Oct. 2025: "If you hit me in my face, I'm not going to punch you back in your face. I'm going to go across your neck!"
5. In resurfaced comments from 2020, failed Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong used a euphemism for murder: "I'd say it's about f**king time we 86 Trump."

Special mention goes to Hasan Piker, the far-left terrorist-defending online influencer who has called numerous times for political violence in addition to saying America "deserved" the terror attacks of 9/11. Piker has campaigned for El-Sayed and other Democrats.

Republican National Committee national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre slammed Democrats in a statement to Blaze News.

"Democrats have always been the party of violence dressed up as virtue. Their rhetoric is like a bat signal for violent extremists to commit political violence and further divide our country."

"It’s utterly unacceptable, and their ongoing bloodlust for President Trump and those they disagree with is reckless and unhinged," she concluded.

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