Update 2:40 pm:
I regret the comparison and apologize. Won't do it again. https://t.co/5KEDysdKTX [1]
— Tom Perriello (@tomperriello) February 15, 2017 [2]
The misguided tweets of President Donald Trump have become a parody in and of itself. However, two wrongs certainly do not make a right.
In a recent appearance by Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, Tom Perriello, he compares Trump’s election to 9/11.
“The election of Donald Trump is a little bit like a political and constitutional September 11 for us, to be honest.”
Perriello was at a meet and greet in Afton this past Friday [3] purportedly to “thank him” for his opposition to pipelines in Virginia.
If we’re looking for the hyperbole to stop, this probably is not a way to do it. And it’s certainly not participating in the ever fading “Virginia way.”
Let’s be honest, folks: This administration has had some success, like putting a pause on the Affordable Care Act penalties and nominating Judge Gorsuch, but there have been clearly some missteps (which have been thoroughly covered by the national media). That said, I would hardly characterize the landslide electoral victory as a moral equivalency of losing the lives of more than 3,000 Americans in the most devastating act of terrorism in our history.
Reel it in, Tom.
Related from The Washington Post [4]: Perriello’s efforts at becoming the most “progressive” candidate in the race.