On the eve of their national convention in Milwaukee, some Republicans are no longer trying to hide their extremism and their contempt for a civil society. We’ll talk to our colleagues in North Carolina about a candidate for governor (and the current Lt. Governor) telling a church audience how he thinks “some folks need killing.”

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