Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” roundtable, Marc Short said he thinks it is “crazy” that “not one” national Democrat has called for Jay Jones, their nominee for Attorney General in Virginia, to step down after it was revealed that he fantasized about the assassination of a Republican colleague. “Democratic candidate for Attorney General in the state of Virginia called for the assassination of a political opponent, called for the assassination of that political opponent’s family, and there’s not one national Democrat calling for him to step aside, not one. It’s disgraceful,” Marc Short said. “Well, I’m saying it,” replied Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress. “It was a private conversation he had, but still awful and disgusting. I think he wasn’t calling for it in public, and it should be condemned. But then you should condemn when the president calls the Democratic Party the party of Satan. Why don’t we just say both?”

MARC SHORT: Democrats caused the shutdown. But can I also say in your interview with Leader Jeffries, if we stop with the pearl-clutching about the mean tweets, and sombrero tweets – that this week it came to light that a Democratic candidate for Attorney General in the state of Virginia called for the assassination of a political opponent, called for the assassination of that political opponent’s family, and there’s not one national Democrat calling for him to step aside, not one. It’s disgraceful. KRISTEN WELKER: Neera, let me let you respond to that, because that is going to be a big story I think in the coming days. NEERA TANDEN: I mean, I absolutely think people should criticize that, 100%. I think it was a private conversation he had, but still awful and disgusting. I think he wasn’t calling for it in public, and it should be condemned. But then you should condemn when the president calls the Democratic Party the party of Satan. Why don’t we just say both of those things are – MARC SHORT: Yeah, in all fairness, I think I’ve paid the price for political violence on our side. NEERA TANDEN: Then let’s criticize other Republicans or the president for not saying– MARC SHORT: I think I clearly have. But the fact that not one Democrat has said that when he called — NEERA TANDEN: Well, I’m saying it. MARC SHORT: – for a political assassination in this moment of political violence is crazy.
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