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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 1H 9M

The Democrat Party’s Violent Rhetoric Has Blood on Its Hands – From Weather Underground to Antifa Today

from The Ryan Samuels Show · host Ryan F Samuels

Send us Fan MailWords matter. Especially when they come from politicians, professors, and media figures with real influence. For years, we’ve watched the modern left — led by today’s Democrat Party — normalize dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric. They call conservatives fascists, Nazis, and threats to democracy. They urge “resistance by any means necessary,” “fight in the streets,” and “put [opponents] in the bullseye.”This isn’t harmless debate. It’s incitement. And it has produced real violence.History Repeats: The Weather Underground BlueprintThis playbook isn’t new. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Weather Underground (the Weathermen) — a radical Marxist splinter from Students for a Democratic Society — declared war on America. They bombed police stations, the Pentagon, the Capitol, and more. They killed police officers and their own members in botched attacks. Their goal: violent revolution to overthrow the U.S. government.Leaders like Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn showed no real remorse. Ayers later became a university professor of education, embedding radical ideas in academia. Shockingly, Ayers had documented ties to a young Barack Obama in Chicago. They served on boards together, and Obama’s political rise intersected with Ayers’ circles. During the 2008 campaign, Obama downplayed it as “just a guy in the neighborhood.” But the connection highlighted how the left often rehabilitates its radicals instead of condemning their violence.The Weather Underground largely escaped serious long-term accountability thanks to FBI overreach and sympathetic elites. Sound familiar?Today’s Antifa: The Street Enforcers of the Same IdeologyFast forward to 2026. Antifa is the spiritual successor — decentralized, black-bloc militants who attack police, ICE agents, conservatives, and anyone they label “fascist.” They don’t debate. They disrupt, dox, and destroy.Recent examples prove the link between rhetoric and reality:The North Texas Antifa Cell attacked the Prairieland ICE facility on July 4, 2025. They rioted, used diversion tactics, and opened fire. Shooter Benjamin Hanil Song wounded an officer. In June 2026, Song received 100 years in prison. Other cell members got 30–70+ years each for terrorism-related charges. This was the first major federal sentencing after President Trump designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.Separate Dallas ICE facility sniper attack by Joshua Jahn (Sept 2025): Anti-ICE messages on bullets, premeditated rooftop ambush. Jahn killed himself as officers approached. No formal Antifa membership, but clear alignment with the same anti-enforcement extremism.From Rhetoric to Assassination and Street AttacksThe human cost is heartbreaking:Two assassination attempts on President Trump.The cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk in September 2025. Some on the left celebrated it with posts like “good riddance,” “he deserved it,” or “celebration parties.” Teachers, pilots, students, and Democrat staffers faced firings for glorifying the killing. JD Vance rightly called it out: There is “no civility in the celebration of political assassination.”Everyday Americans wearing red MAGA hats assaulted simply for their beliefs.This violence doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When leaders like Kamala Harris repeatedly call Trump a “threat to our democracy,” when others say Republicans “cannot know a moment of peace,” and when “by any means necessary” becomes a rallying cry, unstable people listen.Free Speech Comes with Moral ResponsibilityI am a staunch defender of the First Amendment. Free speech protects even ugly ideas. We must never let government censor political dissent.But those in positions of political authority have a higher moral duty. When you wield influence, reckless words can light fuses. You have the right to speak — but not the right to feign shock when the violence you helped normalize explodes.The old Democrat Party debated vigorously but upheld basic decency and the rule of law. Today’s version too often excuses or downplays left-wing extremism while demanding “tolerance.”The Trump Administration Is Holding the LineThank God President Trump designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization and the DOJ is prosecuting these cases seriously. Sentences like those in Texas send a message: Political violence will not be tolerated.But rhetoric must change too. Conservatives will continue calling out the pattern — Weather Underground yesterday, Antifa today — because ignoring history guarantees repetition.America deserves leaders who condemn violence unequivocally, on all sides. We defend free speech. We demand moral responsibility. And we reject the culture of hate that turns neighbors into enemies.What do you think? Have you seen this rhetoric in your community? 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Send us Fan Mail Words matter. Especially when they come from politicians, professors, and media figures with real influence. For years, we’ve watched the modern left — led by today’s Democrat Party — normalize dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric. They call conservatives fascists, Nazis, and threats to democracy. They urge “resistance by any means necessary,” “fight in the streets,” and “put [opponents] in the bullseye.” This isn’t harmless debate. It’s incitement. And it has produced real viole...

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