It’s pretty standard politicalese. To assume it means she thinks it will be interpreted as murdering her political opponents, when it’s pretty clear she is trying to paint herself as some practical farmer making the hard logical choices one has to in that life, strikes me as ridiculously presumptuous.
She’s told us what it means: she’s trying to paint herself as able to make the tough choices. Its right in the article.
I’m speculating on what “tough choices” her constituents will hope she makes.
Getting rid of troublemakers that won’t conform
Mouthy college kids, minorities & queer folk. Scary shit.
It’s pretty standard politicalese. To assume it means she thinks it will be interpreted as murdering her political opponents, when it’s pretty clear she is trying to paint herself as some practical farmer making the hard logical choices one has to in that life, strikes me as ridiculously presumptuous.