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How ‘fascist’ ended up on Kirk assassin’s bullet
The Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | Susan Ferrechio

Posted on 09/18/2025 10:53:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

It came as no surprise to many conservatives when the “fascist” label frequently used by the left to describe President Trump and his MAGA movement made its way onto bullets found alongside the weapon used to kill rising conservative star Charlie Kirk.

For the better part of a decade, Democrats, including top party leaders, have been wielding the fascist label as a weapon against Mr. Trump and his followers, including Mr. Kirk. Democrats have aligned conservative policies with Nazism and likened the president to Adolf Hitler.

Democrats and Trump critics ramped up use of the label after Mr. Trump won the White House in November. They haven’t backed down, even in the wake of Mr. Kirk’s brutal assassination by, prosecutors say, a man who told his family and romantic partner that he hated Mr. Kirk’s viewpoints and carved anti-fascist messaging onto the bullet casings.

Just days after Mr. Kirk’s assassination, American Federation of Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten released a book titled “Why Fascists Fear Teachers.” It accuses “the far right” of attacking and endangering public education.

The union represents 1.8 million public school educators and paraprofessionals.

Hillary Clinton is publicly promoting the book.

“From banning books to controlling curriculum, authoritarians go after public education because it’s a cornerstone of democracy,” she posted on X. “Randi’s new book is a critical read for this moment.”

An excerpt, published Tuesday in Rolling Stone magazine, was framed by a half-page photo of Mr. Trump under the headline “Why fascists hate critical thinking.”

Ms. Weingarten’s views echo years of messaging by the left that claim the policies of Mr. Trump and other conservatives are fascist, a term used to describe far-right authoritarianism that rejects democracy.

Former President Joseph R. Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, her 2024 running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and other prominent...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; charliekirk; crime; kirk; utah

1 posted on 09/18/2025 10:53:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
" authoritarians go after public education because it’s a cornerstone of democracy indoctrinating the children into hating the country.
2 posted on 09/18/2025 11:00:29 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I just wish they would understand what the word means, and not simply assign it because….HITLER. For God’s sake, Hitler would say he wasn’t a racist…he was a National Socialist.

I am not suggesting that Fascism is a good thing. But its origins go back to the turn of the century in Italy. And its name is derrived from a bundle of sticks…which has its own delicious irony attached to it.


3 posted on 09/18/2025 11:03:31 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I write “Hitler wasn’t a fascist.” My keyboard changed that to “racist.” I think we can all agree he went down that hole, deep.


4 posted on 09/18/2025 11:04:54 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You know who killed their political opponents?

Fascists.

5 posted on 09/18/2025 11:09:00 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Check out the facis on the rostrum!

The Senate is chock-full of facists/statists.

Matthew 20:24-26

24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant...

6 posted on 09/18/2025 11:14:45 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s pretty frightening that Leftists can get away with slandering conservatives with the Nazi label. Claiming that conservative policies are those of a Socialist Workers Party — any Socialist Workers Party — should be impossible. But it shows that nothing is too ridiculous for (1) the Left to use it, (2) the mainstream sycophant media to let it go unchallenged, and (3) substantial numbers of the population to buy into it.


7 posted on 09/18/2025 11:23:03 AM PDT by csn vinnie
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Amen!!


8 posted on 09/18/2025 11:24:03 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: csn vinnie

Which is why the Soviets never referred to the Germans as “Nazis”, but always used “Fascists”, although Mussolini was the one who was officially “Fascist.”


9 posted on 09/18/2025 11:27:53 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They were sent pre-engraved by Comey’s old FIB team?


10 posted on 09/18/2025 12:04:59 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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