HUNTSVILLE — U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) called the political left wing in America far more violent than its conservative counterpart during an interview with 1819 News following the Madison County Men's Republican Club monthly meeting on Saturday.
According to the congressman and GOP U.S. Senate hopeful, basic statistics illustrate the reality of the issue.
"I saw a stat, when we were in committee, and it said that 3% of the right thought that violence was justified if you disagree with somebody, but it was almost 25% of the left who think that you can justify violence against people who speak or don't agree with you," Moore said.
Moore believes the current trend of liberal violence and heated rhetoric began with riots from Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
"If you go back to the attacks and the burning of the cities, it started in 2017 when you had the Antifa crowd, and in 2021, when you saw BLM burning cities," he said. "Many police officers were attacked, until, of late, President Trump's two assassination attempts. And then, of course, Charlie Kirk's assassination."
"It's not our people that are doing that. It's people on the other side. And it's unfortunate. The constant demonization of Republicans by Democrats at the highest levels of government has also exacerbated the issue," Moore argued.
"The leaders of those parties will call you a bigot, a Nazi and a racist. Joe Biden did it from a podium. He said that we were a danger to democracy. The deplorables were a danger to democracy," he continued. "When the leader of the other party says that sort of stuff, then there are nut jobs who will think it's their job to step up and try to stop this atrocity that is a danger to democracy. It ultimately leads to people trying to kill, assault or attack people."
"They can try to say they're not doing it. We saw it with U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota). We've seen it with AOC this week, saying Charlie Kirk disenfranchised millions, when in fact there were 500,000 young people who were following him. They weren't disenfranchised; they were educated," Moore said, adding, "If you look right now, no doubt it's coming more from the left. We're at a point in our culture right now where disagreement is hate, and it ought not be that way."
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