Johnson Responds To Rhetoric

Well, apparently, we’re supposed to just shrug and move on.

Charlie Kirk is assassinated. Ilhan Omar gets on a podcast and essentially blames him for his own murder. And Speaker Mike Johnson? He gives a nice little soundbite on Fox News and then retreats behind the same old “let’s turn down the rhetoric” routine.

Are you kidding?

Let’s back up. Charlie Kirk, a conservative voice with a massive reach, is gunned down in broad daylight. Tragic? Absolutely. But for Ilhan Omar, it’s not a moment to grieve, reflect, or show some basic human decency. No, she jumps on the Mehdi Hasan podcast and immediately shifts into attack mode. Not against the shooter. Against Charlie.

She says people claiming Kirk just wanted civil debate are “full of sh-t.” She accuses him of spewing dangerous rhetoric. Hasan chimes in, agreeing enthusiastically — because of course he does — and together they paint the picture: Charlie Kirk basically had it coming.

And then Omar goes further.

She accuses Trump — surprise, surprise — of inciting violence. She claims that Republicans are happy to see people like Kamala Harris killed. That’s right. She went there. She said — on the record — that conservatives don’t mind if Vice President Harris is assassinated.

Read that again.

But Johnson’s big response? “That’s not helpful language.”

Really, Mike? That’s the best you’ve got? Omar goes on national platforms and implies the conservative movement is responsible for Kirk’s death — and you’re worried about tone?

It’s more than tone. It’s incitement.

Let’s flip the script. Imagine a Republican congressman said a left-wing activist deserved to die because of “stochastic terrorism” or was “full of sh-t” for defending their beliefs. You think MSNBC would be hand-wringing about “rhetoric”? No. They’d be calling for resignations, criminal investigations, social media bans, and 24/7 coverage.