LEARNING THE HARD WAY – AT 2:34 P.M. ET:   Each party, over the years, has had its extremist elements.  One thing you've got to learn about extremism – it will consume a party unless stopped early.  Another thing you learn is that extremists, especially on the left, have no loyalty.  If you don't go along with them a hundred percent, they will destroy you, no matter what you've done for them in the past. 

California Democrats are learning these lessons.  From Fox:    

California Democratic lawmakers are facing a brutal backlash from union activists and others on the left after shelving a universal health care bill – a debate that has grown so intense that lawmakers say they’ve faced death threats and other violent rhetoric.

Assembly Democrats publicly decried the “bullying tactics” in a written statement over the weekend, maintaining that lawmakers are committed to improving health care but need to have an “open discourse.”

“In recent days, we have become alarmed and disheartened by bullying tactics, threats of violence, and death threats by a few who disagree with the decision of Speaker Anthony Rendon to postpone the advancement of SB 562,” they said, referring to the scrapped single-payer health care bill. “While it is appropriate for persons of varying views to express concern, disapproval or disfavor about the delay, it is never acceptable to engage in those tactics.” 

COMMENT:   Never acceptable?  It happens on California college campuses far too often.  Maybe the liberals will learn from this experience that the leftist fringe is simply using them, as it has used civil rights, feminism, and the LGBTQ movement to advance its own narrow, Marxist agenda.  But, sad to say, liberals are very slow to learn.  And they become frightened at the very people they've empowered.

July 3, 2017