Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is the result of a decade of anti-Trump rhetoric from the left
The New York Post ^ | September 13, 2025 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 09/13/2025 7:46:04 PM PDT by TBP

A predictable reaction to the horrible murder of Charlie Kirk among legacy media outlets has been to condemn the ugly tenor of America’s political debate and call for a timeout.

On its face, the plea sounds reasonable enough, but it rests on the false idea of both-sidesism, as if left and right are equally to blame for the frightening rise of political violence.

Count that as another Big Media lie and a repugnant effort to obscure the actual source and motivation of the assassination scourge.

There are not two sides contributing to the horror and equally responsible for it. The single truth is that we are witnessing the inevitable result of a decade of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Kirk’s death is another piece of poisoned fruit growing out of the far left’s hysteria and its fetish-like obsession about killing the president.

The cancer declaring that Trump was fair game appeared in 2015, soon after he entered the presidential sweepstakes. And it has never stopped spreading, even during the four years when he was out of office.

Now it has clearly metastasized to where Trump is not the only target and words are not the only weapons.

The accused killer of Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charliekirk; democrats; incitement; liberals; media; msm; murder; trump; violence; words
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-45 next last
They regularly call the President (and by extension, all of us) Nazi, fascist, and existential threat, knowing full well that there are vulnerable people like Tyler Robinson out there -- then they pretend to be upset at the inevitable result of their words.
1 posted on 09/13/2025 7:46:04 PM PDT by TBP
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: TBP

Well, they were quick to blame Gabby Gifford’s shooting on Sarah Palin’s campaign advertisements.


2 posted on 09/13/2025 7:47:48 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Exactly!


3 posted on 09/13/2025 7:48:05 PM PDT by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

🔨


4 posted on 09/13/2025 7:48:15 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Every conservative speaker should be surrounded by bullet proof glass.
Let’s not be fools like lambs surrounded by a pack of wolves.
Even my cat can figure this om out. Are we really this stupid?


5 posted on 09/13/2025 7:50:22 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

It isn’t just Trump. Remember when Bush was president, how the left reacted. It was pretty much the same. Ditto Reagan. The left is consumed by hate and power.


6 posted on 09/13/2025 7:54:22 PM PDT by alternatives?
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

To a great extent, yes.

They created a “climate.”

Those not to bright or cynical about what our media says (they are full of $!@# quite often) get stirred up.

People are herd animals and emotional. Emotions win over reason most of the time.

Most people are reasonable as individuals, but collectively, people get stupid.


7 posted on 09/13/2025 7:56:41 PM PDT by Red6
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

It goes back further than that. They said the same things about Bush and everyone who supported him then. Heck they did it with Nixon too.

The Party of Slavery has been a blight on this country for a long time.


8 posted on 09/13/2025 7:57:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (Terrorism has been institutionalized by the left. It is a national security threat.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

TPUSA was formed years before Trump even ran for President the first time.

It’s the principles that TPUSA and Kirk endorsed that the left hated. The advent of Trump may have amplified their hatred, but it would have been there if Trump had never come along.


9 posted on 09/13/2025 7:58:11 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

What gets me is the slack jawed American people are really stupid and also ignorant (watch Jesse Watters Primetime where Johnny asks “Who did the colonists in the American Revolution fight against?” Germany. Russia. China. “What king was in charge when the colonists fought his soldiers?” King Charles. King Tut.

BUT when it’s propaganda against Trump or about climate change they memorize every word and spout it back. “Democracy” “Existential threat.” “He’s the new Hitler.”


10 posted on 09/13/2025 7:58:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: frank ballenger

I’m sure they spotlight the most stupid responses in those street or beach segments.


11 posted on 09/13/2025 8:01:59 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: frank ballenger

When Democrats call him “an existential threat” or “literally Hitler,” they know exactly what they’re doing. They know what the result will be. So they do it more.


12 posted on 09/13/2025 8:08:37 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Jamestown1630

On the contrary, I think they are the smartest ones found. (kidding)

Mr. Kroger, 2 C’s 2 D’s and an F. That’s a 1.2 grade average. Congratulations, Kroger, you’re at the top of the Delta pledge class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMuVFz3MOQ


13 posted on 09/13/2025 8:13:13 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Exactly. They think “wow, I’m really admirable. I’m going to kill a fascist. I feel so proud.”

Like the real armed forces of the US and Britain in WWII.

Norman Mailer was asked if he killed someone in WWII. In one of the battles he said a group of us were firing toward the Japanese soldiers in bushes ahead of us who were firing at us. After the cleanup we found several of the Japanese soldiers were dead. I have no way of knowing if my shots or the other guys’ killed them.


14 posted on 09/13/2025 8:18:10 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Anybody associated with President Trump has a target on their back.


15 posted on 09/13/2025 8:20:53 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP
There are not two sides contributing to the horror and equally responsible for it. The single truth is that we are witnessing the inevitable result of a decade of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Kirk’s death is another piece of poisoned fruit growing out of the far left’s hysteria and its fetish-like obsession about killing the president.

Our MSM has blood on their hands and hate in their hearts. This piece is correct - and we can watch the Sunday Elite "News" shows push this 'it's all equal' crap tomorrow...

16 posted on 09/13/2025 8:22:16 PM PDT by GOPJ (Charlie Kirk never let photos of his kids faces show. We know why. <P> <I> <B><big><center> )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TBP

Bkmk


17 posted on 09/13/2025 8:25:28 PM PDT by sauropod
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: frank ballenger

Funny movie,


18 posted on 09/13/2025 8:28:01 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: mass55th

There are apparently posters all over Bluesky threatening President Trump, Elon Musk, and Ben Shapiro. I wondered who The Party of Decency and Tolerance target next.


19 posted on 09/13/2025 8:30:45 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: TBP
"There are apparently posters all over Bluesky threatening President Trump, Elon Musk, and Ben Shapiro. I wondered who The Party of Decency and Tolerance target next."

That doesn't surprise me. They hate everyone, including themselves.

20 posted on 09/13/2025 8:38:34 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-45 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson