Violence and threats of violence against GOP lawmakers and President Trump’s administration have reached a new high.

It all started when President Trump began to attract massive crowds of supporters to his rallies. Robert Creamer, Democrat strategist, former felon, frequent visitor at Obama’s White House, and wife of sitting US Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), was caught on camera organizing leftists to threaten and agitate Trump supporters during his 2016 campaign. Their goal was to taunt Trump supporters, getting them so angry, that they would fight back, and it would all be captured on camera. It didn’t work, Trump supporters wouldn’t engage with the violent leftist activists. Many times, Trump supporters left events bloodied and beaten, but they still came back, undeterred, and waited in line for the next rally.

After President Trump won the election, leftists organized to tear the city of DC apart during his inauguration. The violence continued with Antifa and left-wing groups escalating their attacks against Trump supporters at rallies and conservative speaking events on college campuses. When none of their acts or threats of violence deterred President Trump’s supporters, Democrat lawmakers began to take matters into their own hands. US Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) called on her supporters to confront members of Trump’s administration whenever they were spotted in a public space. Democrat Senator Corey Booker (NJ), called on his supporters to threaten GOP members of Congress by “Getting up in their faces.” This kind of rhetoric is not only wholly inappropriate for sitting members of Congress, but it is also dangerous for any American to call on their fellow Americans to threaten anyone who doesn’t agree with their political views. Kelley Paul, the wife of Senator Rand Paul, is speaking out against this irresponsible behavior in an open letter to Senator Cory Booker— and who can blame her?

An open letter to Senator Cory Booker: