A Republican senator whose wife received a video of a beheading during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation process is calling for civility following top Democrats advocacy of a more aggressive approach to defeating their opponents.
In a series of tweets Wednesday, Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner referenced former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's and former Attorney General Eric Holder’s comments without mentioning them by name.
At a campaign event in Georgia, Holder told Democrats that when Republicans “go low, we kick them.”
Video of Holder’s comments surfaced online a day after Clinton said, “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for.”
“This is not who we are,” said Gardner. “We have our political disagreements and we should cherish the rights to express our disagreements. But when it comes to calls for violence and attempted murder and assassinations this country has gone too far and it’s time we step back from that brink.”
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Just before I voted to confirm Justice Kavanaugh, my wife received a text message of a graphic beheading. We now have public officials saying you should be uncivil to each other - a call for incivility.
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) October 10, 2018
You have other party leaders saying Michelle Obama was wrong when she said "when they go low we go high." But rather when they go low "we kick them." This is not who we are.
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) October 10, 2018
We have our political disagreements and we should cherish the rights to express our disagreements. But when it comes to calls for violence and attempted murder and assassinations this country has gone too far and it’s time we step back from that brink.
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) October 10, 2018
My colleague @SenBennetCO and I were sent here to work together. We have our disagreements but we have always fought for the best for our state and I hope that every colleague of mine in Congress will do the same.
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) October 10, 2018