“So let’s be clear about what Abbott, Carlson and other MAGA types are advocating here. In pushing a pardon for Perry, they’re stating they believe that if someone plows his vehicle into a crowd of protesters, the protesters have no right to self-defense.”

I think this is steelmanning the actual conservative belief.

The thing they actually believe is that it's okay to kill liberals.

https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-smearing-of-garrett-foster?utm_medium=email

The smearing of Garrett Foster

The far right justifies political violence by villainizing a decent man

The Watch
The reason they think it was okay to kill Garrett Foster is the same reason they thought it was okay to kill James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in 1964.