Subject: [big campaign] RELEASE: Republicans Created This Monster. It’s Their Responsibility To Tame It
From: Chris Harris <[email-masked]>
To: Chris Harris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:27:47 -0400
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*For Immediate Release*

March 25, 2010

Contact: Chris Harris

202-756-4120

*“Republicans Created This Monster. It’s Their Responsibility To Tame It.”*

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*WASHINGTON**, D.C.** – *Media Matters President Eric Burns released the
following statement reacting to comments by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor
(R-VA) on recent threats toward Democratic lawmakers:

“Rep. Cantor’s insistence today that no Republican in Congress has incited
threats or violence is laughable.  Over the past year, the Republican
establishment has actively instilled fear, anger and hate in the minds of
the conservative fringe.

“Convincing their base that the health care reform would lead to
‘Armageddon,’ conservative leaders in Congress, talk radio, and on Fox News
have deliberately whipped conservative extremists into a frenzy.  Republicans
organized their rallies, printed their signs, and joyfully mingled with the
angry crowds.

“Try as they might, there is no distancing themselves from or blaming
Democrats for the activists now turning to violence. Republicans created
this monster. It’s their responsibility to tame it.”

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*Background: *

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*Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)* said there is “no
difference<http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/201002040002>”
between House Republicans and the Tea Party activists.

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*Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):* “I want people in Minnesota armed and
dangerous<http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/23/bachmann-armed-and-dangerous/>on
this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back.
Thomas Jefferson told us, having a revolution every now and then is a good
thing, and the people – we the people, are going to have to fight back hard
if we’re not going to lose our country.”

*Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):* “And are they going to listen? Oh yeah, oh
yeah, they're going to listen. It was Thomas Jefferson who said a revolution
every now and then is a good
thing<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/bachmann-quotes-jefferson-a-revolution-every-now-and-then-is-a-good-thing.php>.
What do you think?”

*Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):* “The number one thing people can do is come,
see their member of Congress, look at them in the eyes, *especially* with
other freedom fighters<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/020804.php>in
tow, and let them know that the lessons of August, they should not
forget, at their peril.”

*Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS):* “We hunt liberal, tree-hugging
Democrats<http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/200910200002>,
although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition.”

*Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK):* “We’re almost reaching a revolution in this
country<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/inhofe-were-reaching-a-revolution.php>.”

*The Republican National Committee* created an offensive web ad
featuring Speaker
Pelosi looking down the barrel of a
gun<https://staging.mediamattersaction.org/blog/200905210008>.
As the viewers hear a gunshot, blood drips down the screen.

*The Republican National Committee* paid for Tea Party
signs<http://washingtonindependent.com/79194/tea-party-signs-sponsored-by-the-rnc>
.

*Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):* organized the Tea Party health care “House
Call <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29101.html>” rally on the
National Mall.

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*Media Matters Action Network *is a Web-based, not-for-profit, progressive
action and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring,
analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation.

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