Some American pols are saying they are worried their colleagues will kill them! Isn't that the American way? At least figuratively?

So now they have progressed advanced improved to include LITERALLY! KILL OR BE KILLED.

Thass the way that cookie crumbles.

PRE-EMPT WITH CONTEMPT! PRE-EMPT. PRE-EMPT. KILL OR BE KILLED. LIterally or figuratively? Bothly.