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This assassination attempt feels different.

Following the previous attempts on the president’s life, progressives briefly acknowledged that their false and ugly depiction of Donald Trump as a modern-day Hitler with a penchant for rape may have inspired the violence.

One might hope for deeper soul searching this time, considering that the would-be assassin at last Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner specifically echoed left-wing talking points about the “traitor” and “pedophile” in the White House.

Instead of experiencing a come-to-Jesus moment, progressives have denied, deflected, and explained away their complicity.

Some give-no-quarter lefties claimed that Trump had staged the incident to make himself the victim, while many others blamed Trump for poisoning the nation – i.e., he had it coming.

In a disturbing interview with Trump after the shooting, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell asked the president to comment on the gunman’s unhinged insults in a tone that indicated he has a point, doesn’t he?

To the extent Democrats have taken any responsibility for their incendiary rhetoric, it is in the context of arguing that Trump also spews violent rhetoric. Fair enough. His nasty language and memes are a plague. But where most Republican leaders routinely, though ineffectually, condemn his sallies, Democratic poohbahs such as James Carville unapologetically ratchet up the hate.

When someone on your side uses your language to commit a sinister act, basic humanity requires self-reflection. How did it get this far? What’s my responsibility?

This, however, requires a recognition that you’ve done something wrong. That brings us to the nub of the issue: Democrats don’t see their grotesque attacks on Trump as neutral facts. One........

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