GOP now trying to incite violence against IRS agents

Republicans spent the week demonizing the FBI following its search of Mar-a-Lago for classified documents, and one of their followers responded, attacking an FBI office with an AR-15 and a nail gun. But it’s not just the FBI in the sights of Republicans. They’re simultaneously attacking the IRS—often in the same terms they’re using to attack the FBI. And once again, it’s working on their followers.

One key Republican talking point following the search of Mar-a-Lago was that the Justice Department and the FBI had been "weaponized" by Democrats. Well, according to Sen. Rick Scott, “Democrats are actually weaponizing the IRS.” According to Rep. Mike Simpson, the Inflation Reduction Act “sends a mob of IRS agents to watch [Americans’] every move.” And Sen. Chuck Grassley went a step further, saying, “Are they going to have a strike force that goes in with AK-15s … ready to shoot some small business person in Iowa?”

In response, social media is filling up with videos of people who have fully bought into these claims and are getting their guns ready.

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