Washington Post Runs Op-Ed Condemning Trump's Violent Rhetoric from Kennedy Accused of Rape

By Mark Hemingway                                                                                     

Donald Trump's recent remark about "Second Amendment people" in reference to Hillary Clinton, which many have interpreted as calling for her assassination. While I think there's an evident interpretation of the remark that is innocent, it's also true that Trump has said so many irresponsible things, he hasn't earned the trust necessary for observers to put the best construction on what he says. Further, the bigger issue is that a major qualification for the presidency is effective and, when necessary, measured communication. And that's something Trump seems largely incapable of............Certainly the Kennedys have been afflicted by political violence. But the description of the authors here is incomplete. Aside from his famously assassinated relatives, William Kennedy Smith is best known for having been the subject of a very public rape trial. While Smith was acquitted, three other women went public with accusations that he had also raped them, but their testimony was not allowed. Notably, on the night he was accused of rape, Smith was partying with his uncle Ted Kennedy, who in 1969 had left a young woman, Mary Jo Kopechne, alive in a car for hours while it slowly submerged and she drowned...........Read more