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Article snippet: Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) deleted an Instagram photo with a constituent Monday after receiving backlash on social media. The photo, posted Monday to Brat's Instagram account, shows the GOP lawmaker with a man holding a sign that reads "told a local Richmond NBC affiliate that the post wasn't meant as a call to violence against Hillary Clinton. "No, that's — that's laughable, right?" Brat told NBC12. "I thought the guy was just getting at the Benghazi injustice that everybody knows is a tragedy. It had to do with all these tapes and stuff." "If this can be interpreted in any way as negative in that way — I apologize for that," he added. In the interview with NBC12, Brat said that the standard for rhetoric must be set by lawmakers. "The tone does start at the top, it's my responsibility to get it right," Brat said Monday. "So, we're doing the best we can to have a rational, civil discourse. You saw me at all my town halls, I got yelled at for an hour-and-a-half and smiled and took every question ... that's the way I behave." The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. Link to the full article to read more