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Posted on 09/19/2025 2:52:25 PM PDT by lightman
The mask continues to slip in Pennsylvania, where Democrat officials have openly mocked, justified, and even celebrated the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk—a reaction that reveals just how deeply entrenched political hatred has become on the American left.
Bernville Mayor Shawn Raup-Konsavage ignited national outrage after declaring he was “glad” Kirk is dead, posting the comment publicly alongside a video of the late conservative leader. “This is what MAGA represents,” he wrote, attacking those mourning Kirk’s death and doubling down by saying, “If this represents you, then I don’t want to hear that you are offended that I’m glad he is gone.”
This isn’t Raup-Konsavage’s first brush with glorifying violence. After the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, which left a supporter dead and Trump injured, the same mayor posted “Try harder”—a grotesque suggestion that the assassin should have succeeded.
These aren’t anonymous internet trolls. These are elected officials—people entrusted to represent their communities—openly calling for or applauding political bloodshed.
Even other Democrats have tried to distance themselves. Bernville Council Vice President Wayne Lesher condemned the remarks but hid behind the tired “freedom of speech” excuse. Free speech is not the issue—moral decency is.
Unfortunately, Raup-Konsavage isn’t alone.
In Delaware County, Folcroft Borough Councilman Stephen Ropski made light of Kirk’s murder by writing, “BREAKING NEWS: Charlie Kirk loses gun debate.” The flippant comment was met with outrage by Republicans and residents alike, who are tired of the selective outrage and moral inconsistency.
Meanwhile, the official Democratic Party page in Haverford Township shared an article blaming Kirk for his own assassination, claiming that mourning his death “whitewashes the truth.” The article remained live long enough to generate serious backlash before the party quietly deleted it—though not before residents and the local GOP demanded answers.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just about tasteless social media posts. This is about a political culture on the left that increasingly treats violence against conservatives as justified, or at least excusable. The same people who fly “Love Trumps Hate” banners in their front yards cheer when their political enemies are shot dead. That’s not just hypocrisy—it’s dangerous.
When Democrat leaders can’t bring themselves to condemn political violence without qualifiers or caveats, they signal to their base that extremism is acceptable—as long as it targets the right people.
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So what was the video?
A dying leftist surely wouldn’t want Charlie’s organs or any Republican donors. What a sad lost lot. Praying for them to wake up.
I cheered the death of JFK, but I was in 4th grade. And my parents, who were Nixon fans, set me straight. It made a huge difference to me. I realized I was the bad guy.
Modern leftists don’t seem to be raised up very well.
Good for your parents!
I was about that age when MLK was assassinated and I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. “White privilege”, I suppose.
For once, I would like to hear a Democrat say out loud what the hate about Charlie’s message? Do they hate Christianity? The traditional family? The constitution? Capitalism? What? Stop hiding behind the tired terms like racism, transphobia, etc. It would be refreshing if one Democrats admitted that they hate Charlie because he attracted the youth vote for Trump. At least that would be honest hate.
Like I said, satan owns the democrat party.
It explains everything.
Remember the SOTU?
Remember Obama’s rage at the democrats losing?
It’s not hard to figure it out.
They jeer and trample Charlie Kirk’s remembrance displays?
And they all knew he was a Christian……to them, he was extremely dangerous, especially if he ran for President.
You can thanks Libs of Tik Tok and Scott Pressler for making sure everyone knew what they posted from what I understand the backlash has been severe
Bkmk
The Dems have run off so many of their old idiot voters they have to manufacture new ones.
Their illegal aliens have been stopped and being deported.
They created this tranny nonesense out of thin air. It’s been what, 10 years? 15? All of a sudden they are everywhere.
And as usual, they get violent when they don’t get their way.
Now, if the worthless republicans won’t cave again they can be regulated to the ash heap of dead ideologies.
“Pennsylvania Democrats Cheer Political Violence, Expose the Rot in Their Own Ranks”
Pennsylvania DEMONCRATS Cheer Political Violence, Expose the Rot in Their Own Ranks
There, fixed it
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