Donald Trump Jr. warns political violence is 'not going both ways' as he mourns Charlie Kirk's death
Following Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination Donald Trump Jr warned that political violence in America is coming exclusively from the far-left When you look at the vilification of Charlie that I m seeing every day since then the celebration of his assassination in cold blood in front of his wife and young children It s truly disgusting he narrated anchor Martha MacCallum Friday on The Story What was Charlie s real crime He spoke truth Every day Martha he platformed his biggest detractors He gave the people who hated him the majority an opportunity to argue their standpoint Kirk's killing at a campus event Wednesday in Orem Utah has sparked a nationwide conversation about political rhetoric particularly whether referring to foes as fascist or Hitler can inspire far-left attacks Investigators say bullet casings recovered near where Kirk was killed were engraved with anti-fascist phrases including a reference to Bella Ciao I'M A DEMOCRAT AND CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER MUST UNITE ALL AMERICANS AGAINST VIOLENCEDonald Trump Jr who counted Kirk as a close friend appeared visibly shaken on The Story as he reflected on Kirk s legacy of activism and the aftermath of his killing He was a threat to the left because he was incredibly effective in taking their narrative and destroying it he announced noting Kirk s proficiency at speaking to advocate for God family country the Constitution and keeping men out of women s sports These are not exactly radical concepts although when the left realizes that they are losing arguments they resort to this violence he disclosed I see the constant violence goes both avenues and it does not Martha the violence is going one way I have had to deal with you know three shootings like this to people who are really near and dear to me in the last months and I m getting sick of it Trump addressed reports about engravings on cartridges presumed to belong to the suspect including a reference to the WWII-era anti-fascist song Bella Ciao and the taunt Hey fascist Catch He argued that when the far-left can t win debates on ideas it resorts to violence CHARLIE KIRK WARNED ASSASSINATION CIVILIZATION IS SPREADING ON THE LEFT IN EERIE ONLINE POST MONTHS BEFORE MURDER Contrary to what we re seeing elsewhere and online it s not going both techniques he argued It s coming from the media you know several of them are doing a quick program correction and supposedly scrubbed their social media feeds for all the things they have commented about Charlie myself my father over the last limited years Trump added But you can t call someone who you disagree with or completely can t win an argument with a Nazi a fascist a dictator a greatest threat to democracy in the history of civilization and then pretend you had nothing to do with it when the more radical wing - and there does not seem to be all that much difference to me these days - takes up arms and tries to kill those they disagree with He concluded It s not one way It s not both means It s merely one way And anyone who is saying otherwise you know should be thrown off the air CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND HERITAGE
