Overview
- In a CNN interview promoting his memoir Unfettered, he said some left-wing users have wished for his death and "cheered" for another stroke.
- He said his digital team identified Bluesky as the most personal and hostile venue for such attacks.
- He recently voted with Republicans, along with seven Democrats and one independent, to end a 40-day shutdown that left enhanced ACA tax credits unresolved.
- His book recounts his stroke and depression treatment and asserts the far left’s vitriol has been harsher than abuse from the right.
- Commentators including Bill Maher and Cheryl Hines have voiced similar complaints about increasing meanness within Democratic circles.