A Dangerous Woman: Democrats Adopt Soviet Rhetoric To Condemn Stevens As Mentally Ill

A Dangerous Woman: Democrats Adopt Soviet Rhetoric To Condemn Stevens As Mentally Ill Authored by Jonathan Turley, Haley Stevens is a dangerous woman. That message is echoing across…

A Dangerous Woman: Democrats Adopt Soviet Rhetoric To Condemn Stevens As Mentally Ill Authored by Jonathan Turley, Haley Stevens is a dangerous woman. That message is echoing across liberal cable stations and websites. Only recently embraced as the best candidate for the Michigan Senate nomination, Stevens is now being portrayed as unstable and menacing by her self-described friends. Other Democrats launched into sexist attacks or declared her a "traitor" that should be expelled from the party.

Haley Stevens has the misfortune of now being an object lesson for anyone who stands against the far left. They are going to "hoist the wretch" for all to see to deter anyone else standing in the way of the mob. She will not be alone. As soon as the House flipped, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the expected chair of the House Oversight Committee, posted a two-word message: "Lawyer up." Rage politics has little room for dissent or compromise.

Indeed, with Stevens, the party seemed to become a collection of Madam Defarges knitting names into the list of the walking dead. After she declared that she would split her ticket and vote for Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed, Democrats across the country declared her mentally ill. Some used the attack literally, feigning deep concern over her safety - the way that you describe a friend found raving on the subway about being probed by aliens.

Lawyer George Conway encouraged her to check into a mental facility immediately. He is, after all, a Juris Doctor. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Md.) explained to CNN in the tone of an intervention that "I have been worried about her all last week.

She's a human being." Former Republican Bill Kristol was more direct that Stevens "seems to have had some kind of breakdown or something." Zeteo editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan said that Stevens is "clearly a disturbed, deranged, dishonest woman." The left often portrays Republicans as mentally ill, from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump. Liberal psychiatrists often supply the patina of medical authority.