"He was an enemy of the state. He had to be eliminated."No. He has created the environment in which the fringe has decided to "get him". They aren't Democrats. Or (saving the last guy) Republicans. Polarizing figures may do this. History is replete with them.
You're a teacher. You've never uttered the words, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"?
He just keeps sticking his leg in the hornet's nest.
^Shrug^...
Jeez, this is right out of North Korea.