President Trump announced on Friday that a suspect was in custody for the killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. Although the motive has not yet been established, Trump has escalated his attacks on the political left, saying, “We just have to beat the hell out of them.” Democracy Now! speaks with Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo, who says that the right is using Kirk’s killing to smear the left.
“There’s a real rewriting of history going on. It’s what far-right regimes do after tragedies like this: They try and weaponize them to go after their enemies,” says Hasan. “None of us should celebrate political violence, because it’s a threat to all of us,” he adds.
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Fun fact: If you didn’t vote in '22 or '24, and were able, you’re not a liberal or progressive. Full fucking stop.
Yet another MAGA bred Christian gunman.
MAGA is only mad that Kirk was the victim of his own Stochastic Terrorism instead of more school children.
Mehdi is a real god damned American hero.
we’ve seen them lie about alt right shooters to still somehow make it about the left. the truth doesn’t matter to fascists.
He was going to weaponize anything he could. This is an easy excuse, but there would have been others as he needed.
