Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
I don't think we should underrate the political risk Democrats are running here, but one reason for the asymmetry is that a lot of progressive media figures have Hasan's instinct to respond to these kind of events with arch, ironic meta-commentary rather than first-order outrage. — PolitiTweet.org
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan
Funny how Dems get destroyed when a random activist says ‘defund the police’ but congressional Republicans can just… https://t.co/H7P05iDMky