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Zorro

(17,865 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:10 AM 16 hrs ago

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 Kirk’s 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 they’re vicious and they’re horrible and they’re politically savvy,” Trump said Friday morning on Fox News.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4n0sDeV

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Trump vows to punish critics after slaying of Charlie Kirk (Original Post) Zorro 16 hrs ago OP
Bring it on fatboy, I'm ready. nt ImNotGod 16 hrs ago #1
Careful. I heard zombies are contagious with their bite. SSJVegeta 16 hrs ago #9
PUNISH ALL THOSE REPUBLICANS DONNIE and ANNOUNCE YOU ARE BACK to DEMOCRAT! Brainfodder 16 hrs ago #2
Trump gets more evil every day. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #3
Would someone please tell him to his hypothetical face to FUCK OFF!!! Chasstev365 16 hrs ago #4
So he'll be beating ... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #5
... Solly Mack 16 hrs ago #6
He knows that there hasn't been a "radical left" johnnyfins 16 hrs ago #7
The killer was alt right orangecrush 16 hrs ago #8
Epstein? Random Person 16 hrs ago #10
I can't imagine Trump grieving anyone, at all, for any reason. Aristus 16 hrs ago #11
Every false allegation about the left is a confession. ananda 16 hrs ago #12
Carte blanche for radical right political violence, AnusMouth? lastlib 16 hrs ago #13
Was it a lefty that shot him or a disgruntled MAGArat ? republianmushroom 16 hrs ago #14
'punish critics', Oh , yes, land of the free. chuckle chuckle republianmushroom 15 hrs ago #15
Once again, Bayard 15 hrs ago #16
Epstein is really getting under his scabs Torchlight 15 hrs ago #17
Then there MILLIONS of us who are critics of the TACO. ProudMNDemocrat 15 hrs ago #18
(sarcasm alert) SarcasticSatyr 15 hrs ago #19
Well at least he can't talk out of both sides of his mouth now. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #20
Umm..the radical left that has a picture of them wearing a red Trump MAGA shirt? Bengus81 11 hrs ago #21
How about fucking "punishing" the Culture that Cha 10 hrs ago #22

Brainfodder

(7,776 posts)
2. PUNISH ALL THOSE REPUBLICANS DONNIE and ANNOUNCE YOU ARE BACK to DEMOCRAT!
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:14 AM
16 hrs ago

Joking of course, but that could get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files (for a cycle?)!

Chasstev365

(6,196 posts)
4. Would someone please tell him to his hypothetical face to FUCK OFF!!!
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:15 AM
16 hrs ago

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.

johnnyfins

(2,832 posts)
7. He knows that there hasn't been a "radical left"
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:24 AM
16 hrs ago

Since the 1970s. He has to keep his base outraged and scared. It's actually disgusting how divisive he is. Then again, Epstein.

Aristus

(70,819 posts)
11. I can't imagine Trump grieving anyone, at all, for any reason.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:56 AM
16 hrs ago

He is the most self-absorbed person since Nero, who, after requiring assistance in killing himself, sobbed "What an artist the world is losing!"

lastlib

(26,670 posts)
13. Carte blanche for radical right political violence, AnusMouth?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:58 AM
16 hrs ago

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)
14. Was it a lefty that shot him or a disgruntled MAGArat ?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:03 PM
16 hrs ago

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.

Bayard

(26,919 posts)
16. Once again,
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
15 hrs ago

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)
17. Epstein is really getting under his scabs
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:16 PM
15 hrs ago

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.

SarcasticSatyr

(1,350 posts)
19. (sarcasm alert)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:47 PM
15 hrs ago

So they're sending ICE to Utah to arrest and deport fresh-faced, white, Mormon boys?

Bengus81

(9,327 posts)
21. Umm..the radical left that has a picture of them wearing a red Trump MAGA shirt?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:30 PM
11 hrs ago

Don't think so slurry..........

Cha

(314,213 posts)
22. How about fucking "punishing" the Culture that
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:26 PM
10 hrs ago

that Killed him? Fucking Traitor.

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