You seem confused. To reiterate: the “heroic mass shooter” narrative came after her statement; at that point the conservative talking point was that the “violence” (including, specifically, the shooting) was the fault of “the left” (even though they knew the shooter was targeting protesters). That was the context in which she made her statement. That was the violence being talked about. (In fact, other conservatives explicitly spelled it out.) We can’t “identify” what she’s saying by ignoring that context, because fuck, why stop there? Language, what does it actually mean, anyways? Maybe by “violence” she actually meant “hugs.”
And even now that there’s this “heroic mass shooter” narrative, even as right-wing violence against protesters is on the upswing (see: Portland, where multiple trucks full ofTrump supporters maced and shot at protesters with paintball guns and then drove through red lights into crowds), there’s still this idea being promulgated by conservatives that the unrest is helping Trump.
At this point Trump is liking/retweeting statements lauding the killer and advocating for more violence. They’re engaging in open fascism at this point, so pretending they’re not saying what they’re explicitly saying is pretty fucking perverse.
