CLAY SHOEMAKER: After Charlie, No Unity With The Violent Left
On what would’ve been Charlie Kirk’s 32nd birthday today, there’s no greater honor President Trump could have bestowed on him than keeping his promise to Erika Kirk and awarding Charlie the Medal of Freedom…
On what would’ve been Charlie Kirk’s 32nd birthday today, there’s no greater honor President Trump could have bestowed on him than keeping his promise to Erika Kirk and awarding Charlie the Medal of Freedom posthumously. He more than deserved this. His legacy speaks for itself.
But he also deserved to be here, to celebrate this with his wife, kids, and all who loved him. This moment, and many future ones, were stolen from all of them. The Left may never fully grasp why today means so much to many. But after what we saw this past month, and well before that, we wouldn’t expect them to.
During the initial shock of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, by a radical leftist who hated him for his politics, one of the more hypocritical reactions from Democrats was the rush to tone down the rhetoric and demand “unity.”
They couldn’t even wait a day. While Americans were still processing the first viral political assassination, and likely not the last, given the Left’s continued rhetoric, Democrats pounded the airwaves with a dual message of “let’s heal” coupled with “the real threat is still you.”
Sure, their side just killed one of the most influential conservative voices in decades, but the actual problem was your response to it. In their eyes, your outrage is more dangerous than their murder.
But why was this tone-deaf response their first gut reaction? Everyone knew they’d resort to the typical blame game at some point. But that quickly, and forcefully?
One media yelling match that stands out in the aftermath helps illuminate why. When conservative commentator Dave Rubin challenged leftist Cenk Uygur on Piers Morgan Uncensored about the Left’s history of dangerous rhetoric against us, Cenk was less than thrilled. While denying this was true, all Dave Rubin had to do was point out Cenk’s own words over the years, labeling us “fascists” too. Rather than try to win the argument, Cenk’s response was to scream at Dave to stop reading his words on air, supposedly concerned for his safety. Funny how that works.