In the wake of the horrific assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, nearly everyone is calling for a cooling off period from the overheated presidential campaign rhetoric. Biden’s speech was right on when he declared: “It’s time to cool it down” on the passions of the election.

Biden concluded by saying: “There is no place in America for this kind of violence — for any violence. Ever. Period.”

We are all for that. Cut out the name calling and the insults and the hyperbolic rhetoric from both sides. Stick to the issues.  That’s where free market ideas win.

In recent weeks, as Biden’s cognitive decline has become more evident, and the prospects of a Trump victory have risen, the left has retaliated by ramping up the anti-Trump derangement.

One of our loyal readers reminded us of this cover story a few weeks ago from the New Republic depicting Donald Trump as Hitler.  It’s obviously and intentionally inflammatory and disgusting.

What’s sad about this one, is that once upon a time, the New Republic was center-left and our friend Fred Barnes was a reporter there. Now they’ve jockeyed to the left of the New York Times.

We wonder in the wake of the shooting whether the New Republic will retract this issue, or apologize for the cover.

We doubt it.

Think of this cover every time you hear the left complain about hate speech from Trump.