Left and Right roles reverse on moral outrage after Maxine Waters comments

By Becket Adams

Published October 23, 2017 8:57pm ET

Left and Right roles reverse on moral outrage after Maxine Waters comments — Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was taped earlier this month during an address at a benefit gala in New York City saying she would "take out" President Trump. Waters clearly wasn't suggesting she felt like killing the president, but plenty took it that way. | (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Going after Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for her recent pledge to “take out” President Trump is as silly as when people attacked former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for promoting the infamous congressional district bullseye map.

Neither incident is a genuine call to violence, and stating otherwise requires that one be severely dishonest or misinformed — or maybe a bit of both.