Charlie Kirk warns that “assassination culture” “spread” on the left

Months before Wednesday’s tragic assassination Charlie Kirk At Utah Valley University, the 31-year-old conservative activist warned his followers on social media that “the culture of assassination is spreading to the left.”

Kirk Share the post A Fox News digital article was cited on X.com on April 7, which introduced a nationally representative study by the Cyber ​​Infectious Diseases Institute (NCRI), which found that 38% of respondents said at least there was at least a reason for the murder of the president “somewhat makes sense” Donald Trump, 31% said the same thing to Elon Musk. But when only left-leaning survey respondents were counted, Trump’s figure was even higher, while Musk’s figure was 55%, while Musk’s figure was 48%.

“Assassination culture is on the left. Forty-eight liberals say there is at least a reason to murder Elon Musk. The same is true of the claims of Donald Trump,” Kirk wrote in a NCRI report on X. “The left is rushing into a violent craze. Any setback, whether it is a loss of elections or a loss of court cases, proves the reaction to the maximum violence.”

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Kirk called the momentum of violence “a natural product of left-wing protest culture.” He accused the culture of tolerance of “violence and chaos” while also blasting the “coward” of local prosecutors and school officials for promoting a trend in violent attitudes.

Kirk wrote in his post: “The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials turned the left into a ticking time bomb.”

In Kirk’s post, he also pointed to the fact that California voters are effectively praising the praises United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murderer Luigi Mangione named his national voting measures. It is known as the Luigi Mangione Access Health Care Act, which attempts to make it harder for health insurance companies to reject claims for treatment or medication.

The horrific assassination of Kirk on Wednesday, who founded the grassroots conservative advocacy group Turning Point in 2012, is just the latest incident of violence by conservative figures and institutions. Fox News digital commentary found that fatal shootings have occurred in records of violence encountered by conservatives and Republicans over the past four years, including two assassinations of Trump in about two months in 2024.

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A person of interest pursued by the FBI after Charlie Kirk assassinated on the right. (FBI Salt Lake City; Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Earlier this year, the headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico Facing arson attack This destroyed the entrance to its Albuquerque headquarters, while the graffiti read “Ice = KKK”. The suspect in the case also allegedly attacked Tesla Albuquerque’s showroom and was charged with federal attacks.

Earlier this year, a series of violence against Tesla car owners, dealerships, charging stations and Republicans forced some Republican lawmakers to cancel public events. Republican Wyoming Rep. Hagman is one of those members. Her decision came after the incident, when one of her town hall participants left with Hageman and physically fought with staff, eventually asking police to intervene.

This year, a handful of biological activists have also been physically attacked, including a mid-term biological reporter for the interviewee.

TPUSA chapters across the country are also facing other violence this year, including a group of suffering students The U.S. turns headed Fox News previously reported that masked individuals from the University of California, Davis were reported. Conservative groups held a frequently held “Prove Me Wrong” event on campus, when protesters destroyed camera gear, tents and signs at the event. The group said after the incident that they also flipped the table and beat TPUSA staff.

A photo shows a fire attack at the Republican headquarters in New Mexico in Albuquerque earlier this year. (Republican of New Mexico)

Back in 2023, former NCAA swimmer and conservative political activist Riley Gaines She was attacked and blocked by protesters in a room at San Francisco State University when she went to campus to talk to students about biological men who banned the women’s movements. The event is part of the American Turning Points and Leadership Academy Forum held on the U.S. campus.

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Meanwhile, the church and Biological group Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Case in Supreme Court, which dates back to dozens of attacks, facing dozens of attacks in 2022. The decision effectively ended the recognition of abortion as a constitutional right.

The attacks included the “bomb” pro-life center in Buffalo, New York in 2022, destroying the Catholic church targeted by arson, while pro-choice protesters interrupted faith services. The attack occurred in an open letter in a left-right left-wing pro-select group that announced it was an “open season” for loved ones.

It is worth noting that in 2017, then-majority whip Steve Scalise, who was nearly dead but eventually recovered, is still in office and is currently the Republican House Majority Leader.

Jasmine Baehr and Emma Colton of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.