A Republican candidate is facing backlash after 'joking' Attorney General Garland should be executed. (via thereidout Blog)
“So we have a couple of unelected people who are running our government, in an administration of people like Garland, who should be not only impeached, he probably should be executed,” Paladino said. “The guy is just lost. He’s a lost soul. He’s trying to get an image, and his image, his methodology is just terrible.
Later in the interview, Paladino claimed he was being “facetious” and, instead, wants to see Garland removed from office, the AP reported.on Wednesday. “Carl does not think Garland should be executed and when you listen to the interview, when asked what he meant, he stated he was being facetious.” It’s a sad spin job. Paladino said, quite clearly, that the AG should be killed. His subsequent backtracking seemedto me, at least — merely an attempt to avoid ramifications for possibly inciting violence. Even if you take Paladino's implausible excuse as truth, joking about killing Garland is far from funny. Because, let’s be frank:
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