This isn't an "odious joke". This is a call for violence. Nobody believes it's a question, any more than we believe that Henry II was merely inquiring why no o

This isn't an "odious joke". This is a call for violence. Nobody believes it's a question, any more than we believe that Henry II was merely inquiring why no one would rid him of that turbulent priest. It likely doesn't rise to the level of a criminal act. But it's the kind of thing that earns one a stern talking to from the Secret Service. And if somebody actually does take him up on it, there may yet be charges.