Dems Could Not Resist Invoking January 6 Riot In Response To Assassination Of Charlie Kirk

Congressional Democrats invoked the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot on Wednesday in response to the tragic assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Kirk died after being shot in the neck during a Q & A session at Utah Valley University after a bullet was fired from 200 yards away. Some high-profile Democrats could not help but bring up the Capitol riot while condemning political violence.

Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker blamed Trump for a surge in political violence across the U.S., particularly the Capitol riot, and condemned him for pardoning the prisoners.

“But I will say that political violence unfortunately has been ratcheting up in this country,” Pritzker said. “We saw the shootings, the killings in Minnesota. We’ve seen other political violence occur in other states. And I would just say it’s got to stop. And I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country,” Pritzker said. “I think the president’s rhetoric often foments it. We’ve seen the January 6 rioters who clearly have tripped a new era of political violence. And the president? What did he do? Pardoned them. I mean what kind of signal does that send to people who want to perpetrate political violence. Not a good one.”

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Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff made a similar remark and could not refrain from pointing to the Capitol riot as an example of political violence becoming far too prevalent.

“Today we saw another act of horrible political violence with the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk. This follows innumerable other recent acts of violence. The assassination attempts against the president, the attack on the Capitol on January 6th. It follows the murder of state legislators in Minnesota. It follows the attack on Paul Pelosi in his home,” Schiff said in a video posted to X.