Politico‘s Josh Kraushaar goes after Marco Rubio:
I follow Rubio’s Twitter feed — it’s dreadfully boring, as any politician’s should be. This statement is not only boring, it’s about the least controversial thing someone running in a Republican primary could possibly say. Rubio was not advocating an armed uprising, he was lamenting the fact that there couldn’t be one because the population is…unarmed. Ed Morrissey mocks, “wouldn’t it be just awful if an armed citizenry overthrew a tyranny by force and established democracy and liberty?” I’d love to read the Kraushaar story lamenting that development. Update: Chris Matthews hit this too: ” Then again it wouldn’t really be a non-violent protest, would it Mr. Rubio, if the non-violent protestors were walking around with guns!” Because there’s no principle more sacred to Republican primary voters than non-violence in the face of oppression.
