IT HAS COME TO THIS: Traumatized lawmakers are openly worried that far right colleagues might hurt them — not rhetorically, not politically, in the literal sense of the word.

It’s important to note there’s NO evidence. But it’s a crisis in relations.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/some-democrats-congress-are-worried-their-colleagues-might-kill-them-n1254319
Elected lawmakers scared for their lives from pro-regime mobs, unsure which threats are real or not, and openly asking whether the leader’s party or state security was involved?

It’s all perfectly normal - just not in America. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1254319?__twitter_impression=true
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