<p>Per the rules of the Left and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legacy media</a>, the president is responsible for any violence committed by supporters of his ideology.</p>
<p>At least that was the rule <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/aug/28/in-the-name-of-trump-supporters-attacks-database" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imposed</a> by the Left during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> administration. Under President Joe Biden, his allies in the press and politics have no desire in enforcing that idea.</p>
<p>Perhaps no case is more evidence of this than the tragic death of Cayler Ellingson.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, a North Dakota man named Shannon Brandt, 41, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-ran-down-killed-teen-he-thought-was-republican-extremist-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly</a> ran over Ellingson, 18, due to a political dispute. Authorities say that Brandt used his truck to mow down the teenager because he was &#8220;part of a Republican extremist group.&#8221;</p>
<p>What that Republican group is, we don&#8217;t know. It doesn&#8217;t matter. Ellingson&#8217;s political affiliation wouldn&#8217;t justify being killed by a fellow American.</p>
<p>Yet the incident also comes fewer than three weeks after Biden called upon all Americans to &#8220;defend democracy&#8221; against &#8220;MAGA forces.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/09/01/remarks-by-president-bidenon-the-continued-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-nation/">said</a> in Philadelphia against a blood-red backdrop, flanked by two Marines.</p>
<p>&#8220;But there is no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Threats to the country, especially coming from groups of individuals, are usually handled with force.</p>
<p>The president&#8217;s speech made it abundantly clear that he believed the entire nation was under attack.  He even asked for help from Americans who oppose Republican extremism.</p>
<p>&#8220;Look, as your President, I will defend our democracy with every fiber of my being, and I’m asking every American to join me,&#8221; he claimed.</p>
<p>If the allegations out of North Dakota are true, Brandt killed Ellingson because he thought he deserved it for his political beliefs.</p>
<p>His initial statement to the police used strikingly similar language to the president&#8217;s speech</p>
<p>The president did say during his speech, &#8220;We can’t allow violence to be normalized in this country. It’s wrong. We each have to reject political violence with all the moral clarity and conviction this nation can muster. Now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Of course, the White House also claimed that the president&#8217;s speech was not a political one, so it is not entirely clear what meets Biden&#8217;s definition of &#8220;political violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>What is clear is that a Republican president would never be afforded such leniency after delivering a speech as Biden did in Philadelphia. His language would be condemned in the strongest words possible and any violence that followed would be blamed on him.</p>
<p>Again, here is the chain of events between Biden&#8217;s speech and the death of Ellingson.</p>
<p>On September 1, the commander-in-chief practically declared 74 million Americans to be threats to democracy. He asked for help defending the country against Republicans&#8217; &#8220;extreme ideology.&#8221; On September 18, an 18-year-old called his mother for help and was subsequently killed by a man for being part of a &#8220;Republican extremist group,&#8221; per police. On Wednesday, Brandt <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-dakota-man-freed-50k-bond-fatally-striking-republican-extremist-car-records-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a $50,000 bond and is now out of jail as he awaits trial.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t need to be said, but there will be no detailed reports in legacy outlets exploring the impact that Biden&#8217;s words had on political violence. Ellingson&#8217;s name will not be blasted across cable news. And Biden will face no condemnation for rhetoric from America&#8217;s self-appointed moral arbiters in media.</p>
<p>The next time any Leftist pontificates about political violence supposedly caused by a conservative, they should be asked to explain whether or not Biden&#8217;s words led to the death of Ellingson.</p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-soul-of-joe-bidens-america-is-dark-as-hell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The ‘Soul’ Of Joe Biden’s America Is Dark As Hell</a></strong></p>

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