"Following Charlie Kirk's assassination, the Trump administration lost no time in shaping a martyr narrative: Kirk, the story goes, was a saintly figure; his murder-which, let me be clear, was a cowardly, monstrous, and unjustifiable act-was a consequence of a vast left-wing conspiracy of nonprofits, philanthropists, think tanks, and independent media outlets such as The Nation aimed at undermining the American Dream;"
"Any mention of the fact that Kirk was someone who used his public platform to dismiss the violence meted out against others, such as George Floyd, and to denigrate women, gays, Blacks, and others has been declared illegitimate. We are witnessing the creation of a narrative not dissimilar to the one generated by the Nazis around the death, in 1930, of Horst Wessel, the Hitlerian foot soldier murdered by two Communists and subsequently used as a convenient propaganda symbol."
The Trump administration immediately framed Charlie Kirk's assassination as evidence of a vast left-wing conspiracy, portraying Kirk as a saintly martyr and insisting his murder justified harsh reprisal. Officials claimed nonprofits, philanthropies, think tanks, and independent media were undermining the American Dream and must be identified and destroyed. Critics of Kirk's record — including his dismissal of violence against George Floyd and denigration of women, LGBTQ people, and Black people — were declared illegitimate. Stephen Miller pledged DOJ and Homeland Security would "identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy" these networks and pursue RICO and terrorism charges. Vice President JD Vance echoed these claims and vowed state action against major foundations.
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