Tools Of The Trade

 "Put the hammer down." That phrase used to mean to accelerate, as in stomp on the gas pedal. It was introduced to me by the CW McCall song Convoy. I'll give you a moment to name another song by CW McCall. 

Ready? 

Okay, so those were the words that flashed through my mind when I heard about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul last week. The Speaker of the House Spouse was beaten with a hammer by an assailant who allegedly kept shouting, "Where's Nancy?" 

It doesn't take any sort of deep analysis to find a great thick line between this incident and the insurrection of January 6, 2021. According to sources familiar with the investigation, the nutcase with the hammer was also carrying zip ties. Just like the nutcases who broke into the House chamber on that dark day nearly two years ago. And the echoes of "Where's Nancy?" also reminded me of the glee that Marjorie Taylor Greene took in shouting through the mail slot of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office door before MTG was a member of Congress. 

Welcome to the world of political discourse in the age of MAGAts. Kari Lake, gubenatorial candidate in Arizona chose to blame "leftist officials" for the attack on Paul Pelosi. Not the nutcases carrying hammers and zip ties. Not the ones climbing the walls and breaking windows and beating police officers with flag poles. Blame the victims. The party of law and order? Not hardly. 

Put the hammer down.