The three state killings came just two days after the Democrats’ sweeping victory in the November 3 midterm elections, which constituted a stunning repudiation of Trump’s policies on social inequality, war, the assault on immigrants and attacks on democratic rights. Yet a wide internet search turns up not a single comment from any Democrat on Thursday’s three executions.

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    You expect Republicans, who openly support cruel execution as punishment, to be silent about it.

    You should expect those who claim to oppose it to speak up.

    If you don’t care that your party gets to compromise their stated principals whenever they see it convenient and how they use our real issues as rhetoric to get elected only to abandon the causes as soon as they aren’t in the spotlight, then congrats, you’re in a cult.

    Criticism of your side shouldn’t trigger such a defensive response. What specifically about the criticism in this article do you find “pure bullshit” and why?