OPINION_ Only bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is responsible for Cesar Sayoc's actions

WASHINGTON EXAMINER


Only bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is responsible for Cesar Sayoc's actions


by Kimberly Ross | October 26, 2018 02:11 PM



A member of the FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction team works in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)


With just more than a week to go until the important midterm elections, Republicans and Democrats are in a rush to attract voters to their side. While Nov. 6, 2018, was always going to be a pivotal day in President Trump's first term, the volume has been turned up in the past two months.

This week, the drama seemed to reach a fever pitch as the nation watched at least 12 package bombs arrive at the offices of various Democratic politicians and media targets. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Immediately, speculation grew about the perpetrator, who we now believe to be 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc, reportedly a registered Republican with a Florida address and a fairly extensive criminal history.

Before Friday's arrest and even in the hours since, casual observers and pundits from all perspectives are focusing on how political affiliation may have played a part in Sayoc's motivations. Surely, the man's pro-Trump social media means President Trump is at fault? Naturally, his 2016 voter registration of GOP indicates he was given a directive to terrorize Trump's opponents? As with most generalizations, these ones are nonsense. But they will only continue.

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Using the isolated deeds of an obvious madman to make a point about your political enemies is extreme and careless. American voters and the major political parties they pledge allegiance to should be better than that. We must demand it.

Our feelings about what has occurred in the past week should never change, for better or for worse, when filtered through the politics of the perpetrator. Even if the story shifts and our adversaries are given some sort of narrative advantage, our conclusions should not.

Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog and a senior contributor at RedState.com.

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