Let’s be kind and call it a case of convenient political amnesia.

I’m referring to the Republican reaction to the shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner April 25.

Wasting no time, one by one, they blamed Democrats for “dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric.”

“I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats … is very dangerous.” Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters.  He described the incident as “the inevitable result of a radicalized left that has normalized political violence.”

Former GOP Michigan Representative Mike Rogers said in a statement that Democrats “know exactly what they’re doing and continue to inspire violent acts. Why else would they continue to block funding for DHS [Department of Homeland Security], the very agency meant to keep us safe?”

“Democrats have spent years pouring fuel on the fire, attacking law enforcement and stoking division, and now they want to pretend they’re the party of public safety,” said Mike Marinella, spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “We’re going to make sure voters see the full picture and hold every one of them accountable for the rhetoric they’ve embraced and the chaos it’s helped create.”

From the local to the national level, they blamed Democrats for the violence.  So, what have they forgotten?

Let’s look at Donald Trump’s record on this issue.  Here are just a few examples of Trump’s violent rhetoric:

–-In March 2016 when a man was roughed up while........

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