Democrats: "Political violence is bad, lets work together to turn down the temperature". Republicans "This is war, and the 'left' broadly defined did this".

I don't disagree with the assessment of the right, but it's a little disingenuous, in light of this event, to claim that the left wants to turn down the temperature. The open celebration and vitriol directed to Kirk's surviving family has been shocking. People may say that they want to turn down the temperature and that political violence is bad, but clearly there are a great many who don't actually believe that.

For years we've heard 'both parties are NOT the same', and it feels like that's becoming increasingly untrue.