These people are morons, what else can I say?
(Daily Caller)– Texas Democrat Rep. Rubén Hinojosa said Monday that he is open to joining Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Robert Brady in support of a bill to curb speech that could be perceived as “threatening” to public officials.
“The level of discourse is out of control,” Hinojosa said. “Yes, I would certainly sit down with him and look at the wording and see how we could strengthen it. There’s a need to tone down the rhetoric that occurred here these last few years. In my opinion, I would support legislation, yes.
“You can’t threaten the president with a bullseye or a crosshair,” Brady said Sunday. “This is not a wake-up call. This is a major alarm going off. We need to be more civil with each other. We need to tone down this rhetoric.”
Brady was referring to political messaging ads used by both parties that use crosshairs to show districts they are targeting for victory. There are currently restrictions against threatening the president, but the law is more open to other public officials.
Brady has not yet made the specific language of the bill public.
Here’s more of what Brady proposed:
(Vancouver Free Press) — A Democratic Congressman plans to bring in a bill to outlaw violent symbols targeting members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, or the judiciary.
In an inteview on CNN, Robert Brady (D-Penn) said he wants to make it a federal crime to use threatening language or symbols against federal officials. “All we are trying to do is protect ourselves and our staff members,” Brady said.
When asked when the legislation would be brought forward, he replied it would be on the “first day when we go back in session”. . . .
Brady hinted that a controversial map created by Sarah Palin’s political action committee—which featured targets on 20 House districts—would be illegal if his proposal is adopted.