Quote: This is obviously a death threat. It is disingenuous to say otherwise.
No. It is disingenuous to take an article that says a person was talking about impeachment of a judge and claim it a sentence made in that context is "obviously a death threat."
If you want to argue it is open to interpretation, fine. That's your right. And at the very least Viera was foolish and/or ignorant to use a partial quote that ended the way it did.
But to argue it's "obvious" does nothing but betray a bias of mind in the person making the argument.