The vast majority of political violence is committed by rightwing criminals.

Since violent rightwing anti-abortionist Vance Boelter murdered a Democrat lawmaker and her husband and shot another Democrat lawmaker and his wife, moderate and conservative Democrats are on an apology tour casting political violence as a "both sides" issue in need of self-policing inside the Democratic and Republican Partys.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon responded to the rightwingnut murder of Democrats with a big dose of "both sides-ism."

Steve Simon: "We've got to be better about policing our own. Those on the left, police your own. Those on the right, police your own. Even and especially behind the scenes.

It doesn't have to be a social media post. It just has to be quiet and no one has to see it.

But THAT'S how we're going to get at this problem."

DailyBeastie: "Steve Simon is contributing towards political violence by IGNORING political violence.

Let's examine the facts.

First and foremost of all, it is a well-established FBI fact that the vast majority of all U.S. domestic political violence is executed by rightwingers.

This is not a grey area or a subject for debate. It is a hardboiled FACT that most political violence is done by rightwingers who subscribe to Republican Party ideology.