Why have just about EVERY republican that has been interviewed today about the bombs....

[George II]

....felt the need to bring up the baseball game shooting last year? There is absolutely NO comparison between the two.

[meadowlark5]

1. Because it's the only one they have

They have no others to refer to. Just that one incident.

I wish someone would counter it with the laundry list that exists of right wing nutjobs that have inflicted death and destruction on our country. But no one seems to do that on these talking head shows

[roamer65]

2. Because false equivalency is their MO.

[RockRaven]

3. How come none of those f*ckface reporters immediately jump in with a demand that they

point out when Obama ever incited violence against Steve Scalise or any other GOPer the way Trump has done repeatedly?

[RussBLib]

6. because journalists seem to believe that their job is simply to report what was said

and not seek the truth

I think it's a huge fail

[mcar]

4. DeSantis brought it up at the debate

They've got their talking points.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Whataboutism - it's what corrupt republicans do

More and more people are coming to resent these fuckers for their inability to deal with any issues at all. Why do they even bother pretending to care?

[VOX]

7. They're going with the Steve Scalise shooting? TWO WORDS: GABBY GIFFORDS.

From Wikipedia (I know; I just don't feel like combing the web right now for comebacks):

On January 8, 2011, just a week into her third term, Giffords was a victim of an assassination attempt near Tucson at the hands of gunman Jared Lee Loughner, at a Safeway supermarket where she was meeting publicly with constituents. Loughner shot Giffords in the head with a thirty-three round magazine Glock pistol;he shot twenty-four others, killing six and wounding eighteen, among them federal judge John Roll and a 9-year-old child, Christina-Taylor Green, before Loughner was disarmed, arrested, and charged with murder and attempted murder. Giffords was later brought to a rehabilitation facility in Houston, Texas, where she recovered some of her ability to walk, speak, read, and write.

[FreeRunning]

8. It's their worn chew toy...

seriously.