MSNBC analyst says parody video of Biden falling down stairs could lead to assassination attempts

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MSNBC regular Malcolm Nance has suggested that Donald Trump Jr. tweeting a parody video of his father using a golf ball to make Joe Biden fall on the steps to Air Force One “mainstreams the potential for danger.
Appearing on the ‘Dean Obeidallah Show,’ author and MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance – who has claimed Trump is an “asset” of Russia and even suggested that the terrorist group ISIS suicide bomb a Trump property in Istanbul – hinted the sharing of the video increases the chance of potential violence.

“Some of the forums that are prevalent are gun forums, and let me tell you, you want to see some seething hotbeds of violence, you know, potential violence, and some of these people have long range shooting skills,”
Nance said. “And this is the sort of thing that they would, you know, they would see that video and it would turn into a discussion of whether they use a 338 Lapua [long range rifle] or whether they use 50 caliber BMG to get that shot, right?”

He added Trump Jr. is “joking about murder” – despite the parody video showing Biden just falling
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For those who haven't see the video being claimed to be inciting assassination attempts enjoy.

 
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Ten years ago I’d have agreed that this is a most spicy take and whomever wrote it submitted it as a joke ala’ the Onion. Now though? Well it’s still ridiculous with no backing whatsoever but if it did happen I wouldn’t be surprised.

Still makes MSNBC look kinda dumb but we are at a post satire political landscape.
 
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Sounds dumb.

Edit: let’s put this in context. There’s gotta be dozens of not hundreds of similarly popular memes explicitly calling for the death of “comrade Joe.” They weren’t shared by junior though. Our media landscape is hilariously irresponsible and dumb, and we will never escape it.
 
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Because THIS is what's going to push someone who thinks assassinating a president is a good idea over the edge, right?

But hey, 24/7 News Channel has to cover SOMETHING I suppose and it's illegal to cover things that matter so we get this instead.
 

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Well, yes, MSNBC is pretty dumb. Capitalist media can hardly help being stupid right now.
 

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Golf needs to be banned before people realize its untapped potential for murder!
Golf needs to be banned because it's a shit, elitist sport colonised by the managerial classes, eating up huge amounts of land and resources.
 

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That video is great, thanks for sharing.

Golf needs to be banned because it's a shit, elitist sport colonised by the managerial classes, eating up huge amounts of land and resources.
You're just saying that cause you hate the Scott's.
 
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You're just saying that cause you hate the Scott's.
I disagree. Without the Scots, I wouldn't have my wife, whisky, Tunnock's caramel wafers or the university I got my degree from.
 

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Golf needs to be banned because it's a shit, elitist sport colonised by the managerial classes, eating up huge amounts of land and resources.
Frisbee golf, on the other hand, is a glorious sport that should eat up more land and resources asap.
 

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Still makes MSNBC look kinda dumb but we are at a post satire political landscape.
I mean, CNN once tracked somebody down and threatened to publicize his identity for posting a meme of Trump body slamming the CNN logo. In the article about it they even made it clear that they reserved the right to do so should he ever post anything that offends them again.

So, yeah, MSNBC doing something like this is unsurprising. I have so little faith in the media these days.
 
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I mean, CNN once tracked somebody down and threatened to publicize his identity for posting a meme of Trump body slamming the CNN logo. In the article about it they even made it clear that they reserved the right to do so should he ever post anything that offends them again.

So, yeah, MSNBC doing something like this is unsurprising. I have so little faith in the media these days.
Don't forget them telling people reading wikileaks is illegal unless you're a journalist.
Or you know the time they tracked down an elderly woman and confronted her accusing her of being a Russian dis-information agent
 

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Don't forget them telling people reading wikileaks is illegal unless you're a journalist.
Or you know the time they tracked down an elderly woman and confronted her accusing her of being a Russian dis-information agent
That first part may not be iron clad true but I’d imaging there is more legal protection as a journo if you do read Wikileaks since it’s, you know, leaked classified information.

The second is right out of the Damien Day school of reporting.
 
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I don't like Biden, but the old bastard slipped on some stairs on a windy day. That's what happens when you get old, a stiff breeze can knock you flat.

This is a nothingburger.
 
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Outlaw both and construct brutalist housing developments over all of it.
Frisbee Golf is good and doesn’t require converting vast sections of the environment into uninhabitable fields of grass that take up absurd quantities of water and are gated off from use by the average person. It is a truly proletariat sport.
 
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Outlaw both and construct brutalist housing developments over all of it.
Boooo, brutalism. Boooo. Go neoclassical! Go art deco! Go, go America!
Frisbee Golf is good and doesn’t require converting vast sections of the environment into uninhabitable fields of grass that take up absurd quantities of water and are gated off from use by the average person. It is a truly proletariat sport.
I think you underestimate my ability to exercise capitalism on frisbees.
 

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Frisbee Golf is good and doesn’t require converting vast sections of the environment into uninhabitable fields of grass that take up absurd quantities of water and are gated off from use by the average person. It is a truly proletariat sport.
That damn grass needing water and shit. Fuck grass!