During a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," former Republican adviser Tara Setmayer went on an extended rant about Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) after he applauded the not guilty verdict for Kyle Rittenhouse and then boasted to his followers they should "be armed, be dangerous."
Asked about his comments by host Jonathan Capehart, Setmayer went off on the party she used to work for.
"You know, how many times do we have to see the Republican Party debasing themselves this way?" she asked. "This is so antithetical to everything that Republicans believe."
"Madison Cawthorn and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)? This is an embarrassment but a frightening example of what happens when there are no consequences for bad behavior," she continued before exclaiming, "What the hell is Kevin McCarthy doing, going up there and giving these speeches for hours on end, defending Paul Gosar -- another example of glorifying violence."
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"And then you have these members of Congress who are out here with no consequence whatsoever inciting and rationalizing violence," she continued. "This is insanity and what happens when you do not push back and do not demonstrate that this is not only immoral but is undemocratic, you are going to perpetuate this even more so. This kid [Kyle Rittenhouse] is not someone to be lionized -- he killed people. Now he's being hailed as a hero and the Gun Owners of America are giving him an AR-15 as an award for standing up for self-defense and gun rights."
"No, he's not," Setmayer pronounced. "He's a disgrace. For all lawful gun owners like myself and my household, this is not what gun ownership represents. It doesn't glorify vigilanteism. What are we doing? They are unserious people and need to be held accountable for it."
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