Vice President J.D. Vance derided the growing percentage of those on the far-left who are celebrating political violence on Monday and endangering the lives of conservatives in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
The vice president stated in a fiery speech on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that the political left disproportionately defends and celebrates the deaths of political opponents and has uttered rhetoric that endangers the lives of political figures. He told Americans unity is impossible with those across the U.S. who are celebrating the political assassination of someone they disagree with.
“This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and more malignant problem and that is the truth we must be told. That problem has terrible consequences. The leader of our party, Donald J. Trump, escaped an assassin’s bullet by less than an inch. Our House majority leader Steven Scalise came within seconds of death by an assassin himself. And now the most influential conservative activist in generations, our friend Charlie, has been murdered. It doesn’t come from nowhere,” Vance said.
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Vance said the celebration of Kirk’s death just because someone did not like his views are “creating an environment” where more people will be motivated to commit political assassinations. The vice president gave an example that happened in his own family where one middle aged woman in Southern California who told his five-year-old child to “disown” their father.
“There is no unity with people who scream at children over their parents’ politics. There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder,” the vice president continued. “There is no unity with someone who harasses an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend. There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination. And there is no unity with the people who fund these articles, who pay the salaries of these terrorist sympathizers who argue that Charlie Kirk, a loving husband and father, deserved a shot to the neck because he spoke words in which they disagree.”
Several people, especially educators, have been fired for openly celebrating Kirk’s death and for making false claims about what he had said and stood for. The Washington Post fired columnist Karen Attiah for falsely stating that Kirk made an offensive remark about black women and then lamented how America allows white men to continue committing gun violence, while former MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd got fired for claiming that Kirk brought his own assassination upon himself.
Vance deliberately called out The Nation, which is funded by George Soro’s Open Society Foundation, for making explicitly false accusations about Kirk stating that black women “do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously” in the piece, “Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning.” Kirk never made those words, but criticized affirmative action and Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The vice president then urged those to call the employers of any individuals who are celebrating Kirk’s death for the sake of “civility.” He said that while not all conservatives can guarantee that they will avoid Kirk’s fate, they must fight tirelessly for truth in Kirk’s memory.
“There is no civility in the celebration of political assassination. Get involved, get involved, get involved. It’s the best way to honor Charlie’s legacy. Start a new chapter of TPUSA or get involved in the one that already exists. If you’re older, volunteer for your local party, write an op-ed in your local paper. Run for office. I can’t promise you this is gonna be easy, I can’t promise you that all of us will avoid Charlie’s fate. I can’t promise you that I will avoid Charlie’s fate. But the way to honor him is to shine the light of truth like a torch in the very darkest places,” the vice president stated.
Kirk stated during a June 29 appearance on “The Iced Coffee Hour” podcast that he wanted to be remembered for “courage for [his] faith.” He devoutly spoke of Jesus Christ, encouraged young people to read Scripture and to get involved in politics and openly speak up even if their views are unpopular.
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