Business Insider slammed for trying to 'normalize the death of Trump' in new 'what if' piece

On Saturday, Business Insider ran a piece theorizing what would happen if former President Donald Trump were to die while running for president in 2024, resulting in some pointing out the danger behind the messaging. 

In the article, the outlet went through several different hypothetical scenarios that could occur depending on whether the death occurred before the primary, during the primary, or between the primary and the general election. 

Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec responded to a post of the article, that in his conversation on Wednesday with the director of Big Data Poll, Richard Baris, it was "pointed out the media has begun normalizing the death of Trump again. Now this." 

Responding to Posobiec, Baris said, "I think it's pretty clear what message they're sending when they speculate about the death of a candidate they claim is 'worse than Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, etc. combined'." He noted, "The last time they did this, a lefty nutcase decided it was heroic to shoot Steve Scalise and 4 others."

On Wednesday's episode of Human Events, Baris said, "Someone better put a stop to this, because we have no shortage of nutcases in this country willing to take up that arm." 

Posobiec also noted that "they did it 60 years ago today to a president who stood for the people," referencing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  

Steve Scalise and three others were shot in June of 2017 as the Republican congressional baseball team was practicing for its annual charity game against the Democrats. According to the Secret Service, Gunman James T. Hodgkinson "Openly shared his anti-Republican views with friends, family, and others; attended protests; wrote letters to his local paper expressing discontent with economic inequality and taxes." 

The report noted that he never made any threats against public officials, "but he did engage in politically-charged rhetoric that was derogatory and antagonistic." He had also posted online "It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co." prior to the shooting.