Vice President JD Vance on Monday jumped onto the conservative movement demanding consequences for those who have cheered Charlie Kirk’s killing, calling on the public to turn in anyone who says distasteful things about the assassination of his friend and political ally.
“When you see someone celebrating Charlie’s murder, call them out,” Vance urged listeners on the slain activist’s podcast Monday. “And hell, call their employer.”
Vance’s call also included a vow to target some of the biggest funders of liberal causes as conservatives stepped up their targeting of private individuals for their comments about the killing. It marked an escalation in a campaign that some warned invoked some of the darkest chapters of American history.
“The government involvement in this does inch this closer to looking like McCarthyism,” said Adam Goldstein of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, referring to the 1950s campaign to root out communists that led to false allegations and ruined careers. “It was not a shining moment for free expression.”
To be fair, I’m pretty mad at what you said, too. Specifically, I’m upset that you weren’t explicit and emphatic enough in expressing contempt for Kirk and satisfaction at his demise.
Your brother and your dad both deserve to be berated incessantly for their hatefulness. You’re worried about retaliation from them? They ought to be worried about retaliation from you!
Sorry I hate my dad, but sadly I love my brother even though he is misguided. Again he is easily manipulatied. If I could get him alone for week and have his Tik Tok algorithm turned to the left, I could turn him into a socialist in no time.
But unfortunately he spends more time around our father and watch Faux news and I seen his Tik Tok feed its bad.