Trump vows to punish critics after slaying of Charlie Kirk
Source: Washington Post
President Donald Trump, following the death of GOP activist and close friend Charlie Kirk, vowed to unleash the weight of his administration onto those he said contributed to an environment of radical left political violence.
How that might translate into policy has remained unclear, as the president and his aides have spent part of the last two days grieving while strategizing their next steps.
Trump invoked Kirks memory to urge supporters to refrain from retaliatory violence. But he also indicated a desire to not just punish the killer, but also to tackle what the president and his staff described as a movement bent on the destruction of the American way of life.
The radicals on the left are the problem, and theyre vicious and theyre horrible and theyre politically savvy, Trump said Friday morning on Fox News.
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ImNotGod
(1,067 posts)SSJVegeta
(1,433 posts)Brainfodder
(7,776 posts)Joking of course, but that could get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files (for a cycle?)!
Irish_Dem
(74,298 posts)Chasstev365
(6,196 posts)We still don't even have a motive yet, but again blame the left when its their hateful rhetoric that is what fuels the violence.
littlemissmartypants
(29,614 posts)His own head against the wall then?
Solly Mack
(95,642 posts)johnnyfins
(2,832 posts)Since the 1970s. He has to keep his base outraged and scared. It's actually disgusting how divisive he is. Then again, Epstein.
orangecrush
(26,642 posts)So I assume he will go after them with equal fervor, right?
Random Person
(33 posts)Aristus
(70,819 posts)He is the most self-absorbed person since Nero, who, after requiring assistance in killing himself, sobbed "What an artist the world is losing!"
ananda
(33,060 posts)Grrr
lastlib
(26,670 posts)The street runs both ways, Mr. Felon. Expect to reap what you sow, as somebody said. I abhor violence by anybody, but if it's forced on me, I will give it back in kind.
republianmushroom
(21,304 posts)When one preaches hate one needs to be careful not to upset his following. They are already coxed and prime with hate and it can be rechanneled to anybody.
republianmushroom
(21,304 posts)Bayard
(26,919 posts)Show me an example of vicious, radical Democrats. Show me that this sniper kid was one.
Proof. We have that on vicious, radically normalized, rethuglicans. Sounds like Kirk was one, and he's being made into some kind of martyr.
Torchlight
(5,606 posts)Worldwide consequences of it are tempting Mr trump to use anything as a target of distraction. He'll be off his meds for a few days.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,225 posts)So he 's going to punish us all?
SarcasticSatyr
(1,350 posts)So they're sending ICE to Utah to arrest and deport fresh-faced, white, Mormon boys?
twodogsbarking
(15,624 posts)
Bengus81
(9,327 posts)Don't think so slurry..........
Cha
(314,213 posts)that Killed him? Fucking Traitor.