Are we maybe staring at these words a little too long today? Doesn’t that bolded clause indeed make clear violence against judges is not justified? The speech was a bit all over the place, and the problem graph was definitely very foot-in-mouthish, but “certainly without any justification” does seem to cover it. Did Cornyn have to say, CRAZY PEOPLE, DO NOT PICK UP GUNS AND ACT AGAINST JUDGES?

For the record, people should not do violence against judges–and, do not, by the way, interprete any policy or ideological differences any of us on NRO have had with anyone else as a greenlight to do violence (being extra careful here).

It’s very possible I’ve not stared long enough, but my take is: Definitely not his best moment–which I suspect he knows all too well now–but I’m more worried that his immigration policy will harm folks’ security than his floor ramblings last night.