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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am deeply concerned by the growing normalization of division, hostility, and political tribalism in our public discourse. A healthy democracy depends on citizens being able to disagree without viewing one another as enemies. Yet too often, political rhetoric is driven by outrage, fear, and resentment rather than by facts, reason, and a commitment to the common good.

Leaders have a responsibility to reduce tensions and strengthen civic trust. When they instead benefit from amplifying conflict and encouraging citizens to distrust one another, our institutions, communities, and democracy suffer.

America is strongest when its leaders seek to unite rather than divide, to persuade rather than inflame, and to elevate public discourse rather than exploit our differences. I believe we are falling short of that standard, and the examples below illustrate why these concerns deserve serious attention.

Below are examples of which events highlight these concerns. Some of the points are there for historical context.

Chronology.

1982-01-01 The Federalist Society was founded by Yale, Harvard, and University of Chicago law students to challenge liberal legal ideas. Many Trump allies have been members or supporters.

1992-08-17 Pat Buchanan declared a cultural and religious war as part of his “Make America First Again” campaign.

1999-08-16 David Horowitz published an article in Salon, writing, “Guns don’t kill black people, other blacks do… The NAACP’s ludicrous idea to sue gun manufacturers is yet another attempt by the left to avoid personal responsibility for some individuals’ bad behavior…If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn’t there a black exodus? Why do all those black Haitians want to come here? To be oppressed?”.

2008-08-24 Three white supremacists attempted to assassinate Obama. The alleged motive was a belief that an African American should not be elected President.

2008-10-27 Two white supremacists were arrested after plotting to murder Obama and then carry out a racially motivated killing spree.

2010-03-01 SarahPAC published a map placing crosshairs over Democratic congressional districts with the slogan “Reload”.

2010-06-01 James O’Keefe founded far-right group Project Veritas, which is notorious for fabricating “gotcha” material against political opposition.

2011-01-08 Representative Gabby Giffords and 18 others were shot at a “Congress On Your Corner” event in Tucson.

2011-01-11 Sarah Palin rejected claims that her political rhetoric contributed to the Giffords shooting, calling the accusations “blood libel.”

2011-11-11 Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired a semi-automatic rifle at the White House in effort to assassinate Obama.

2014-12-14 Alex Jones claimed on air that Sandy Hook was a false flag plot by Democrats over the Second Amendment. He didn’t concede until 2022 the shooting was real.

2015-01-01 By this year, Obama had been through at least eleven (11) attempted assassinations or plots.

2016-08-09 During a campaign rally in Wilmington NC, Trump remarked “maybe the Second Amendment supporters should ‘do’ something about Hillary Clinton”.

2016-08-22 During a speech Trump said, “You could go to war zones in countries we’re fighting and it’s safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats”.

2017-01-20 In his inaugural address, Trump said the political establishment protected itself rather than ordinary citizens.

2017-06-14 A gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia, targeting Republican lawmakers.

2017-08-11 During a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville a white supremacist drove into counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

2017-08-15 Trump called Unite the Right activists “very fine people”. David Duke submitted a social media post thanking Trump for his kind words about the protesters at the Unite the Right rally. Duke wrote, “Thank you President Trump for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa”.

2018-02-05 During a speech Trump accused Democrats of treason.

2018-10-01 Bill Clinton survived at least 5 assassination attempts.

2019-03-01 Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted and harassed Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg and promoted claims that he was funded by George Soros

2019-09-10 Trump publicly criticized former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

2020-06-01 Law enforcement used excessive force to remove racial justice protestors from Lafayette Square. Trump asked if he could order law enforcement to “just shoot” the protestors.

2020-06-28 Mark and Patricia McCloskey pointed firearms at protesters outside their Missouri home.

2020-07-07 Julie Kelly published “Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried—and Failed—to Take Down the President”.

2020-08-25 Kyle Rittenhouse shot three protesters during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was acquitted on all charges including first-degree intentional homicide and later received support from many conservatives. Reports later stated Kash Patel assisted in efforts to pursue lawsuits on Rittenhouse’s behalf.

2020-12-15 After Biden won Trump posted, “This Fake election can no longer stand. Get moving Republicans”.

2020-12-19 Trump posted, “Big protest in D.C on january 6th Be there, will be wild!”

2021-01-04 Nick Fuentes said on his podcast, “What can you and I do to a State legislator – besides kill them? We should not do that. I’m not advising that, but I mean, what else can you do, right?”. This comment was made while talking about officials who refused to overturn 2020 election results.

2021-01-06 After January 6, Republican figures and right-wing influencers falsely blamed Antifa, amplifying “false flag” and “Ray Epps” theories.

2021-01-06 Tucker Carlson allegedly texted a producer about J6, “A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington,” Carlson texted a producer. “A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living s**t out of him. It was three against one, at least. Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it”.

2021-06-24 An OAN host repeated election-fraud claims and suggested “traitors” who stole the election should be executed

2022-01-01 Julie Kelly published “January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right”.

2022-03-29 Kash Patel published a politically biased children’s book The Plot Against the King, featuring King Donald, Hillary’s horrible plot, and Komey’s spying slugs.

2022-05-24 George W. Bush survived at least 2 assassination attempts.

2022-05-25 Beto O’Rourke was physically removed from Governor Greg Abbott’s Uvalde shooting press conference after criticizing state gun policies.

2022-06-08 Nicholas Roske was arrested for attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and later pleaded guilty.

2022-06-23 After NYSRPA v. Bruen, the Federalist Society – a Project 2025 supporter – expanded public-carry rights.

2022-10-01 Following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter researchers reported increases in impersonation, misinformation, and hate speech. Elon Musk also allowed users to pay their way for their blue check verification.

2022-10-22 Oath Keepers members testified about a cache of weapons stashed at a hotel for potential Jan 6 violence.

2022-10-28 Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer in his home. Charlie Kirk responded to the Pelosi attack on his podcast, “…why is the Conservative movement to blame for gay schizophrenic nudists that are hemp jewelry makers breaking into somebody’s home…” and then urged a “brave patriot” to post bail for the suspect.

2022-12-08 Charlie Kirk said, “If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?”

2023-02-08 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders framed politics as a choice between “normal or crazy”, accused Democrats of promoting “woke fantasies.” and asserted that Republicans “are under attack in a left-wing culture war”.

2023-04-05 Charlie Kirk said, “I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”

2023-05-19 Charlie Kirk said, “Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.”

2023-07-13 Charlie Kirk said, “If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us … You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.”

2023-09-29 Trump mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi during a California GOP event.

2023-09-29 Representative Paul Gosar criticized foreign intervention and spending that conflicted with “America First” agendas.

2023-11-02 Ken Buck broke with Trump-aligned Republicans on fiscal conservatism and rule-of-law issues.

2024-01-04 After the Perry, Iowa school shooting, Trump told the community they would “have to get over it.”

2024-01-23 Charlie Kirk said, “If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?”

2024-01-23 Charlie Kirk said, “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified”.

2024-02-23 At CPAC, Kash Patel called for building an “army” to help Trump fight the media, the deep state, education systems, and border policies

2024-03-16 Trump said during a campaign rally in Vandalia Ohio, “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars”.

2024-03-28 Trump shared an image of a truck mural depicting President Biden bound and gagged. In a statement, Michael Tyler said, “Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it’s time people take him seriously”.

2024-04-01 Charlie Kirk said, “We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.”

2024-07-13 This was the first assassination attempt on Trump in Butler PA. Ryan Routh, the convicted assailant who attempted to assassinate Trump, later attempted to stab himself in the neck after being found guilty September 23, 2025. One of the MAGA followers constructed a statue of Trump out of nails.

2024-07-15 AR-15s were allowed at the Milwaukee RNC. Water bottles were not.

2024-07-15 JD Vance criticized elements of Trump-aligned messaging about Ukraine and foreign policy.

2024-07-26 A news article quoted JD Vance, ”…the rejection of the American family…is perhaps the most pernicious and evil thing the left has done…”.

2024-08-03 Jack Posobiec’s book “Unhumans” argued that left-wing movements undermine civilization and promoted themes associated with anti-communist political activism. This person also promoted the Pizzagate.

2024-08-07 During a Shelby Police Department memorial service JD Vance politicized an officer’s death and blamed Kamala Harris policies for it.

2024-09-08 Charlie Kirk answered a question if his ten-year-old daughter were pregnant from a rape if he would force pregnancy, “The answer is yes, the baby would be delivered.”

2024-10-07 Pro Israel groups including Canary Mission peddled conspiracies on social media that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil helped plan Hamas attacks. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also alleged Khalil distributed fliers with a Hamas logo. On March 8 2025 the Trump administration arrested him and shipped him to Louisiana.

2024-10-31 During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Trump called Liz Cheney a radical war hawk and stated, “let’s put her with the rifles standing there with nine barrels shooting at her” and “let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face”.

2024-11-03 During a rally, Trump encouraged deadly violence, “to get me someone would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much”.

2024-11-06 Mike Davis wrote on Twitter “I want to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them, and throw them off the wall”.

2025-01-10 Lucy Harrison was shot in the chest with a semi-automatic handgun by her father in Prosper Texas after an argument about Trump. The father was never charged, stating the gun went off accidentally.

2025-01-20 The administration eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, repealed the ATF’s zero-tolerance dealer policy, reduced community-violence funding, and removed $1 billion for school mental-health programs.

2025-02-09 Following large federal workforce firings from DOGE a Tesla was set on fire at an Albuquerque showroom

2025-03-04 Representative Chip Roy criticized federal spending agreements and insufficient budget cuts

2025-03-10 Elon Musk and Steve Bannon publicly feuded after Musk’s split with parts of the MAGA movement

2025-03-07 Trump revised student loan forgiveness to exclude anyone they (the Trump administration) deem “anti-American” or “activists”.

2025-03-18 Arsonists set fire to a Tesla showroom in Las Vegas

2025-04-04 Even right-wing hack Ben Shapiro criticized Trump’s tariff policies.

2025-04-13 Arsons set fire to Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s home.

2025-04-30 Charlie Kirk said, “America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.”

2025-05-26 Violent rhetoric from posts made by Trump emboldened activists to threaten judges after courts ruled ending the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and tariffs illegal. Judges received death threats, bomb threats, malicious swat calls, doxxing, and they were posted on a wanted poster at the White House entitled “Known Get-Trump Judicial Activists”. See Trump posts May 26, 2025 at 7:22AM (search “SCUM”) and March 18, 2025 at 9:05AM (search “LUNATIC”).

2025-06-08 Stephen Miller claimed protests in Los Angeles were “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States”.

2025-06-14 Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a politically motivated attack. Investigators found a manifesto targeting other public officials. Senator Mike Lee mocked the murder in a post two days later.

2025-06-14 Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were shot in a politically motivated attack by a suspect posing as a police officer

2025-06-16 Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee mocked the murder of Melissa and Mark Hortman in a social media post on X. The post was captioned with “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way” and a second post “Nightmare on Waltz Street”. The posts have since been taken down.

2025-06-17 After the politically motivated assassinations Trump refused to contact Tim Walz, saying, “I think the governor is so whacked out, why would I call him”, “the guy doesn’t have a clue, he’s a mess”, and “why waste time”.

2025-06-17 Thomas Massie opposed military escalation and emergency powers and introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to prohibit “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran”.

2025-06-18 Steve Bannon warned against regime change in Iran, opposing Trump’s more aggressive posture.

2025-06-24 Charlie Kirk said, “We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.”

2025-06-28 Trump posted on social media, “Republicans must remember that they are fighting against a very evil, corrupt and, in many ways, incompetent (Policywise!) group of people, who would rather see our Country “go down in flames” than do the right thing”.

2025-07-17 The administration proposed restoring a federal process allowing some people with prior convictions to seek restoration of firearm rights

2025-07-20 Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting Barack Obama being arrested.

2025-08-22 After the killing of Iryna Zarutska, several right-wing commentators used the case to argue for National Guard deployment in Charlotte

2025-08-25 During an interview with Sean Hannity, Stephen Miller claimed that Democrats are a domestic extremist group.

2025-08-26 Charlie Kirk said about Taylor Swift, “Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.”

2025-08-27 After a Catholic-school shooting in Minneapolis Jen Psaki cited that addressing school shootings required action – not just prayer. Karoline Leavitt and Fox commentators characterized Psaki’s remarks as an attack on prayer\

2025-08-28 During a White House briefing, right-wing influencer Brandon Tatum claimed school shootings were a mental-health issue and “not a gun thing”.

2025-08-28 RFK Jr. blamed antidepressants for school shootings. RFK told Fox SSRI drugs may contribute to violence.

2025-08-31 Pope Leo called school shootings in America a “pandemic of arms”.

2025-09-03 Trump supporters ousted Representative Thomas Massie after he pushed for release of the Epstein files.

2025-09-05 The DOJ considered banning guns specifically from anyone transgender.

2025-09-08 Charlie Kirk posted, “Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.”

2025-09-09 Newsmax host Rob Schmidt villainized, “For the last several years the Democrats have destabilized this country by installing agents of chaos…” and suggested Democrats are trying to “intentionally sabotage the country” and “shred faith in the system”.

2025-09-10 Charlie Kirk was shot during his speech at a Utah school

2025-09-10 During a speech from the Oval office Trump repeatedly and viciously blamed “radical left rhetoric” for the Kirk shooting and threatened to “find each and every one” he believed contributed.

2025-09-10 Elon posted on X the left is the “party of murder”

2025-9-10 Elon Musk posted on X “If they won’t leave us in peace, then our choice is fight or die”

2025-09-10 Laura Loomer posted a message on X calling the Left terrorists and asserted “they” sent a trained sniper to assassinate Kirk.

2025-09-10 Katie Miller posted “It’s a real treat to see all these Liberals condemn political violence now. You called us Hitler. You called us Nazis. You called us Racists. You have blood on your hands”.

2025-09-10 Anti-abortion group president Kristan Hawkins described the Kirk shooting as a “new civil war”

2025-09-10 Brian Eastwood posted, “Charlie Kirk getting shot is the shot heard around the country. I’m ready for civil war. You want a fight and you’re going to get it” followed by a second post “We out gun them”

2025-09-10 During an interview with Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt, Carl Higbie threatened violence, “I caution them. The last thing I want is violence…but if these people keep pushing they are going to radicalize a huge portion of America they don’t want…I’m not threatening that, I’m warning that…I want debate…not gunfire, because I’ll win”.

2025-09-10 Nancy Mace declared that Democrats needed to own what happened to Charlie Kirk. A reporter asked her if the same rationale could be applied to the murder of the Minnesota senators.

2025-09-10 When representative Anna Paulina Luna posted on X requesting Charlie Kirk videos be removed, several MAGA readers responded to keep the videos “as a reminder” that Democrats are “terrorists” and “savages” who only want to see them “bleed out and die”.

2025-09-10 Congressman Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin posted, “…The press needs to get their heads out of their collective asses and the @dccx and @DNC better knock off this violent political rhetoric. Now. The gloves are off”.

2025-09-10 Kash Patel prematurely announced a suspect was in custody after the Charlie Kirk shooting.

2025-09-10 Libs of TikTok posted “THIS IS WAR” and circulated a “war board” featuring calls to action from prominent conservative influencers

2025-09-10 Auron MacIntyre wrote, “They shot the voice of reason through the throat so now it’s time to become unreasonable”.

2025-09-10 Jason Chaffetz publicly speculated the Charlie Kirk shooter was transgender.

2025-09-10 During a Fox News interview, Greg Gutfield stated “…if they can do this they can do anything - I think that was the message”, claimed it is hard to radicalize Republicans, and that Democrats “better watch out” because they “woke them the f-ck up”.

2025-09-10 Fox host Jesse Watters proclaimed the Democrats were “at war” while he simultaneously attacked transgender people.

2025-09-10 In a social media post Netanyahu called Charlie Kirk the “lion hearted friend of Israel”.

2025-09-10 Matt Forney referred to the Kirk shooting as the political right’s “Reichstag Fire” moment

2025-09-10 MSNBC was forced to fire Matthew Dowd for accurately pointing out that Charlie Kirk historically pushed hate rhetoric.

2025-09-10 A school shooting occurred at Evergreen High School in Colorado on the same day Charlie Kirk was shot, but it received comparatively little media attention

2025-09-11 During a media press conference Kash Patel offered, “Rest now brother, we have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla”.

2025-09-11 Data shared by news outlets showed a sharp spike in Republicans using the phrase “civil war” on social media after the shooting

2025-09-11 Derrick Van Orden posted on social media, “Yesterday is the reason I will be at war for the next 20. I will not allow these leftist scumbags to take my country”. In this post he added side-by-side photos of 9-11 and Charlie Kirk.

2025-09-11 Fox commentator Laura Ingraham claimed the left had a lot to “answer to…we have warned for years that their left will lead to violence”.

2025-09-11 Eric Trump falsely claimed on both Fox News and The Benny Show that “bullets are only flying one way”.

2025-09-11 The Daily Wire posted accusations on X that the left killed Charlie Kirk and told its readers this is a fight between good and evil. They included a Matt Walsh Blog.

2025-09-11 Christopher Landau posted a targeted threat on X about foreigners who weren’t sufficiently mourning Charlie Kirk or saying anything negatively about Kirk. He directed his readers to “feel free to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention so the @StateDept can protect the American people”.

2025-09-11 Influencers like Nick Fuentes became increasingly vocal after the Kirk shooting and made references to a “groyper war”.

2025-09-11 White supremacists targeted Black college campuses after Kirk was shot, and seven schools had to go on lockdown: Alabama State University, Southern University in Louisiana, Clark Atlanta University, Spellman College in Georgia, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, and Bethune Cookman in Florida.

2025-09-11 The Democratic National Committee Headquarters had to go on lockdown after receiving a bomb threat in response to the Kirk shooting.

2025-09-11 A US Naval Academy went under lockdown after receiving online threats after the Kirk shooting. Amidst the chaos a midshipman was accidentally shot.

2025-09-11 The two individuals previously detained and questioned in the Kirk shooting reported receiving death threats from Conservatives and had been outwardly doxed

2025-09-11 Pete Hegseth launched a witch hunt against military members who didn’t sufficiently mourn, “We are tracking all these very closely – and will address, immediately. Completely unacceptable”. General Mike Flynn responded to “Fire every one of these from their respective services immediately…” while Gunther Eagleman wrote, “…thoroughly root out the radical leftists festering in our DoW”.

2025-09-11 Trump posthumously awarded Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, forced the nation to lower their flags, and provided a large motorcade escort.

2025-09-11 The dean of Tennessee University was fired over a ‘zero sympathy’ post about Charlie Kirk.

2025-09-11 During a conference in Strasbourg France, the EU refused to provide a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk and were heckled and booed for it.

2025-09-11 The study “What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism” vanished from the DOJ website and was archived. The study opened with “Since 1990, far right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far left…including 227 events that took more than 520 lives”.

2025-09-12 Authorities detained the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect

2025-09-12 Conservatives speculated over bullet engravings from the shooting and baselessly connected them to transgender people, anti-fascism, furry role play, video games, and trolling.

2025-09-12 In an interview with Fox, Trump said “radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want crime” but that “radicals on the left are the problem”.

2025-09-12 Nancy Mace shifted her judgement from calling for the death penalty to praying “he finds Jesus Christ” when she learned the Charlie Kirk shooter was from a MAGA household.

2025-09-12 Conservatives rolled out a website called “Charlie’s Murderers” where they encourage users to dox anyone who didn’t sufficiently sympathize with the Kirk shooting.

2025-09-12 Conspiracy theories circulated alleging Benjamin Netanyahu orchestrated the assassination

2025-09-12 Three Democratic Oregon state senators received bomb threats following the Kirk shooting: Rob Wagner, Kayse Jama, and James Manning.

2025-09-13 Nancy Mace wrote on social media, “I repeat: DEMOCRATS OWN THIS…hold the line”, and claimed that the left made extremism and violence mainstream.

2025-09-13 Laura Loomer posted, “How much you want to bet we are going to find out there is a Trans terror cell that groomed Tyler Robinson and possibly even provided him with the gun to kill Charlie? It seems like this was very pre-meditated”. On the same day in a separate post, Loomer responded to News Wire “It’s time to designate the transgender movement as a terrorist movement.” The next day the Scoop sent out a Poll “Should we ban transgenders from purchasing firearms?”

2025-09-13 Far-right commentator and white nationalist Nick Fuentes warned listeners to not “take the bait” of conservatives inciting violence.

2025-09-13 American Airlines pilots were fired for talking negatively about the Charlie Kirk shooting.

2025-09-14 Katie Miller was publicly frazzled about chalk drawings on her sidewalk and claimed it was an act of intimidation. Derrick Van Orden replied on X, “We are 100% behind you. These people are domestic terrorists”. Then Van Orden posted “the @dccc / @DNC and the complicit media are driving America to a second civil war. No one ever said: ‘Not all Confederates are bad’ during the first one. Until they collectively renounce members of their own party, I’m done with them”.

2025-09-14 Trump requested an additional $58M in taxpayer funds for security.

2025-09-14 On his podcast, Glenn Beck told his listeners that what Charlie Kirk was doing wasn’t politics, it was an attempt to stand up for people’s civil rights. OPINION: What he failed to mention was Charlie Kirk’s 503(c) Turning Point is as a right-wing megadonor, Kirk frequently bashed principles Martin Luther King fought for, called George Floyd a scumbag, abhorred the idea of women choosing careers over having babies, weaponized the bible with Gish-galloping and fallacy tactics, fanned the flames of civil unrest on his podcast, and frequently spewed hate rhetoric about the LGBTQ+ community.

2025-09-14 During a prayer vigil for Kirk, Kari Lake claimed the suspect was “brainwashed” by woke and then warned not to send their children to universities, which she labeled “indoctrination camps”. Kari Lake also stirred controversy in 2022 when she demanded ballots be counted by hand.

2025-09-14 Mike Lee called to restore legislation designed to silence the media, “In the coming days, I’ll be filing my previously drafted legislation to restore Smith-Mundt, and renaming it the Charlie Kirk Act. Domestic, political, government-funded propaganda must end now”. Glenn Beck responded, “100% on board. Obama made US Govt propaganda legal again. IT MUST BE BANNED. Join mike, call your senators and ask them to back the Charlie Kirk Act”.

2025-09-15 NBC reported criticism from MAGA supporters over Bondi’s efforts to police online hate speech.

2025-09-15 JD Vance urged listeners of the Charlie Kirk podcast to call out people celebrating or minimizing Kirk’s death and added, “Call their employers”, encouraging viewers to outwardly doxx people and put their safety and well-being at risk.

2025-09-15 Representative Derrick Van Orden amplified a post identifying a U.S. Navy servicemember who had expressed no sorrow over Charlie Kirk’s death, prompting viewers to outwardly dox servicemembers. He wrote, ““This person may be in my @USNavy, but he is no Sailor”. Military Support wrote, “This is —- of the US Navy he is stationed on the USS —- he thinks Charlie Kirk deserved to be M*rderLd for expressing his views. Dishonorable discharge would be fitting, he can’t be trusted to serve…”.

2025-09-15 Multiple people were fired for insufficiently mourning Charlie Kirk’s death, while Republicans openly celebrated the Pelosi assault, mocked the death of Minnesota senators, celebrated the killing of George Floyd, suggested euthanizing homeless people, and made sexual assault jokes about Kamala Harris. And then kept their jobs.

2025-09-15 In a press conference, State Representative Justin J. Pearson of Tennessee District 86 addressed poverty, militarization, and pointed out that Republicans don’t care about crime because they don’t enforce gun laws.

2025-09-16 HuffPost reported that several Republican figures publicly promoted unity on ONE platform while simultaneously posting messages escalating political tensions on ANOTHER

2025-09-16 Laura Loomer posted, “There seems to be an obvious trend in a lot of the videos I’m seeing of students mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Most of them are black and appear to be social rejects…our colleges have become welfare centers….this is the product of race-based enrollment”.

2025-09-16 Marco Rubio announced they would monitor foreign social media for any offensive comments made about Charlie Kirk and deny visas accordingly.

2025-09-16 During a hearing in Capitol Hill Kash Patel asserted that the suspect subscribed to leftist ideology.

2025-09-19 The Republican-controlled House and Senate designated October 14th as a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.

2025-09-21 At Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Trump said, “I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them.”

2025-09-23 Karoline Leavitt announced plans to designate “Antifa” a domestic terrorist organization, citing a White House report linking various incidents of violence to left-wing activism. The September 22 2025 press release begins “President Donald J. Trump is right: the violence problem is on the Left”.

2025-09-24 JD Vance blamed Democrats for political violence during a speech in Concord, North Carolina.

2025-09-25 An Austin Peay State University professor was fired over a post about Charlie Kirk the school deemed too insensitive.

2025-09-25 Florida State residents can now “open-carry” guns after the state appealed a 40-year ban.

2025-09-25 Political commentator Adam Mockler argued that inflammatory rhetoric from figures such as Elon Musk contributes to the radicalization of young white males.

2025-09-25 Trump signed NSPM-7, which included anti-Christian beliefs among terrorism indicators.

2025-09-27 Trump alleged Portland ICE facilities were under siege by Antifa, posting on social media that Portland was “war ravaged” and that he planned to authorize “full force”.

2025-09-28 Trump reposted TPUSA propaganda calling for action to incorporate Turning Point USA content into school curricula.

2025-09-29 Fox News used viral riot footage from 2020 to report on current protests in Portland.

2025-10-01 The White House posted partisan anti-Democrat shutdown messaging across federal websites (research the Hatch Act and violating it). Messages included “Democrats Have Shut Down the Government” and “The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people”.

2025-10-08 Florida Representative Kevin Steele introduced legislation threatening state funding for colleges and universities that did not name roads after Charlie Kirk.

2025-10-08 Trump claimed protesters were paid organizers, “…when you see the signs and they’re all made out of beautiful paper…with beautiful wood handles…these are not people that write out their signs…these are paid anarchists”.

2025-10-08 Senator Roger Marshall claimed the upcoming No Kings protest would be organized by paid agitators and suggested National Guard deployment might be necessary. Speaker Mike Johnson called it a “Hate America Rally.”

2025-10-09 The administration announced plans for a divisive Turning Point USA–affiliated “All American Halftime Show” in response to Bad Bunny set to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.

2025-10-10 Mike Johnson again criticized the No Kings protest, calling it a “Hate America rally”.

2025-10-13 Glenn Beck posted on X that the FBI showed up to his house to discuss the so-called “Antifa” network and its funding.

2025-10-13 A report shows that other countries which suffered mass shootings have reformed their gun laws.

2025-10-25 Portland resident Chandler Patey was labeled “Antifa” and his home an “Antifa safe house” after helping protesters affected by pepper spray.

2025-10-29 Senator Susan Collins broke with Trump on a vote involving tariff-related emergency powers.

2025-11-07 Tucker Carlson labeled pro-war Republicans “Israel First” instead of America First, directly rebuking Trump’s framing.

2025-11-10 Tensions emerged between MAGA supporters and Tucker Carlson after Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes.

2025-11-24 Senator Ron Johnson criticized deficit spending and tariff policies, arguing they threatened long-term fiscal stability.

2025-11-27 Trump claimed Somali refugees were taking over Minnesota and called Minnesota a money-laundering hub. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar said, “This is what he does, and he tries to stoke division and make people hate each other”.

2025-12-04 The Justice Department issued a broad domestic-terrorism directive focused on alleged Antifa-related activity. Remember: this administration accused Alexi Pretti of terrorism, and they shot him in the back 10 times.

2025-12-16 Candace Owens and Tim Pool publicly disputed claims related to Charlie Kirk’s death.

2025-12-17 Candace Owens and Erika Kirk publicly disagreed over matters involving Turning Point USA.

2025-12-19 Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro clashed at a TPUSA event over Israel and foreign policy.

2025-12-22 Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro publicly disagreed during AmericaFest.

2026-01-09 Laura Ingraham peddled claims that anti-ICE protesters were being paid rather than acting independently.

2026-01-12 Leavitt defended ICE after the Renee Nicole Good murder, “This administration will continue to stand wholeheartedly by the brave men and women of ICE, including that officer in Minneapolis who was absolutely justified in using self-defense against a lunatic who was part of a group – an organized group – to interject and to impede on law enforcement operations.

2026-01-17 Mitch McConnell opposed Trump’s tariff-emergency declaration and was subsequently criticized by Trump.

2026-01-24 Stephen Miller was implicated of encouraging DHS tactics that contributed to confrontations preceding the death of Alex Pretti.

2026-01-27 Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked by a far-right activist during a town hall. Trump later claimed the incident had been staged.

2026-01-28 After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, Trump drew criticism from the NRA and Gun Owners of America when he doubled down on Pretti’s murder, saying he should not have carried a firearm at the protest.

2026-01-30 Florida Republican James Fishback said that Don Lemon was “lucky that he’s not getting executed in the public square”.

2026-02-02 Former Army Ranger Ian Austin was arrested at a protest and charged with terrorism-related offenses.

2026-02-08 Multiple far-right commentators complained that the Superbowl halftime show was divisive, sexualized, and too Spanish.

2026-03-03 Nick Fuentes criticized Trump’s pro-Israel and anti-Iran policies as inconsistent with nationalist principles.

2026-03-05 Andy Biggs questioned Trump’s military policies and federal overreach.

2026-03-06 Nick Fuentes and Mark Levin publicly feuded over the Iran conflict.

2026-03-08 On Newsmax, Michael Savage attacked Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, accusing them of promoting extremist ideas, “I’m sick of the racialist vermin who follow Tucker Carlson and that psychotic Candy – whatever her name is. You’re basically crypto-Nazis, no matter what you say….Carlson and Candace espouse Nazi bloodline testing…”

2026-03-11 Joe Rogan criticized Trump’s handling of the Iran war.

2026-03-12 A synagogue in Michigan was attacked.

2026-03-12 One person was killed and two more were wounded at ROTC Old Dominion University after a gunman with a history of political violence opened fire.

2026-03-12 Candace Owens broke with Trump over Israel and Iran policy.

2026-03-12 Trump accused South Africa of white genocide and invited white South Afrikaners to migrate to the US. By March many of the white South Afrikaners returned to South Africa, citing better cost of living, less racism, and less violence. One South Afrikaner stated, “People are being shot in broad daylight. American citizens are being shot and killed. I don’t want to live in a place like this”.

2026-03-13 Laura Loomer and Tucker Carlson exchanged personal attacks during a dispute involving allegations of antisemitism.

2026-03-16 Megyn Kelly criticized Trump’s interventionist foreign-policy direction.

2026-03-17 Pastor Brooks Potteiger prayed for James Talarico’s death during a podcast. 2026-03-25 James Talarico responded to pastor Brooks Potteiger’s death wish. On March 25th Talarico wrote, “Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me”.

2026-03-17 Joe Kent criticized interventionist policies and the Iran conflict.

2026-03-22 Trump posted on social media, “Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat Party! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.

2026-03-26 Hegseth delivered a Pentagon sermon invoking God’s role in war, prayed for eternal damnation and overwhelming violence in the name of God and claimed the United States was righteous.

2026-03-26 Benny Johnson told CPAC attendees to “out-breed” liberals, “Having children and starting a family is the culture war right there”, and “Because the left, we’re gonna just outbreed them! Can I get a witness? Can I get an amen? We’re just going to outbreed the left. You ever met a lib?”.

2026-03-27 Idaho lawmakers Glenneda Zuiderveld and Stephanie Mickelson reported pressure and retaliation over their immigration-policy positions.

2026-04-02 Trump fired Pam Bondi and moved her to the private sector. Trump had not been pleased with Bondi ever since she failed to prosecute Leticia James and James Comey.

2026-04-02 Paula White drew criticism from MAGA supporters after comparing Trump to Jesus.

2026-04-02 Rand Paul opposed Trump’s tariffs and use of emergency powers, prompting Trump to label him disloyal

2026-04-02 Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, drawing criticism from several Republican senators

2026-04-04 Tucker Carlson criticized Trump’s support for military action against Iran and alignment with Israel, arguing it violated “America First” principles.

2026-04-06 Rick Scott and Thomas Massie publicly clashed about spending priorities.

2026-04-07 Alex Jones distanced himself from Trump amid Iran war escalations.

2026-04-07 Lisa Murkowski called Trump’s threat to “destroy Iran” an affront to American ideals.

2026-04-07 Ro Khanna and Martha MacCallum argued over Trump’s threat to exterminate the Iranian civilization.

2026-04-07 Roger Stone and Laura Loomer publicly feuded over the Iran war.

2026-04-08 RFK received backlash for being “another podcaster” after launching a podcast to “expose” alleged “lies” about health.

2026-04-08 The House Freedom Caucus posted “We cannot leave ICE and CBP hanging with nothing but hopes and prayers that reconciliation 2.0 comes together. That’s why we must use reconciliation to fully fund all of the Department of Homeland Security. We can tightly control this process with strict instructions to the various committees involved so no one can sneak in unrelated garbage and distract us from our mission”.

2026-04-14 The same DOJ that wants to fire people for speaking out about Charlie Kirk or deport people for protesting genocide MOVED TO VACATE the most serious J6 convictions by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, making it as though these most severe crimes never even happened.

2026-04-16 Tennessee enacted House Bill 1476 “Charlie Kirk Act,” restricting campus walkouts and certain protest activities.

2026-04-22 Theo Von broke with Trump over the Iran conflict.

2026-04-25 Another assassination attempt targeting Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This time people speculated it was staged, and the Trump administration used it as a reason for continuing the ballroom project.

2026-04-27 Elon Musk sued Sam Altman over OpenAI.

2026-04-29 Trump posted an AI image of himself holding an assault rifle.

2026-05-01 During a speech in Florida, Trump accused political opponents of treason for saying the United States was not winning in Iran.

2026-05-01 MAHA leaders opposed Trump’s Surgeon General nominee switch from Casey Means to Nicole Saphier.

2026-05-03 The anti-abortion movement turned on Trump, with its president Marjorie Dannenfelser saying, “Trump is the problem. The president is the problem”. Meanwhile abortion rates soared after overturning Roe v Wade.

2026-05-12 FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned.

2026-05-18 A shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

2026-05-20 Army veteran Kerry Sheron was assaulted outside his Trump-themed home and later died from his injuries.

2026-05-21 Senate Majority Leader John Thune responded to Trump’s J-6 Insurrectionist slush fund, “I think it’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in the political atmosphere around us”.

2026-05-22 Secret Service shot and killed an armed man outside the White House.

2026-05-23 Trump proposed a budget to entirely cut housing and community development funds. Appropriations committee Tom Cole responded to Trump’s proposed housing and community development cuts, “Remember, the power of the Appropriation Committee is here, and we will make those decisions”.

2026-05-23 GOP Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky responded to Trump’s proposed $1.8B slush fund for J6 insurrectionists, “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops. Utterly stupid, morally wrong. Take your pick”.

2026-05-24 GOP Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina responded to Trump’s proposed $1.8B slush fund for J6 insurrectionists, calling it, “stupid on stilts”.

2026-05-27 South Carolina Senate rejected the GOP attempt to eliminate the last-standing Democratic district after 12 Republicans joined Democrats to vote against it. Representative Jim Clyburn stated, “The people who drew that map – some of them may not have ever set foot in South Carolina – this White House says to hell with the process – to hell with the Constitution”.

2026-05-29 House GOP members rejected Trump’s National Defense Authorization Act demands.

2026-06-12 Mike Bost accused the VFW of promoting political violence in their Honor the Contract campaign to oppose reducing disability compensation for veterans by $57B.

2026-06-22 A suspect was detained at a California library for attempting a “Columbine” style massacre.

2026-06-26 Former national security advisor John Bolton plead guilty in a classified documents case for sharing sensitive information with two relatives for possible use in a memoir.

2026-06-26 Pete Buttigieg and his family were targeted in a politically motivated hoax when someone called Child Protective Services to separate him from his children.

2026-06-24 Eight protesters received decades-long sentences and declared terrorists for demonstrating outside detention centers, with former Marine reserivst Benjaimin Song receiving a 100-year sentence for participating.

2026-07-01 During a bible school session for Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington Kentucky students watched as the pastors put on an “Antifa execution” skit in front of little kids and mocked an execution.

2026-07-02 Seven more people were arrested and given harsh sentences and convicted of terrorism for protesting the year prior. One person received a 50 year sentence.

2026-07-04 The Trump administration changed the name of the Vietnam Veterans Boulevard in Sumner County to the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway.

2026-07-06 The DOJ rolled back more regulations on gun restrictions including a rule intended to close a gun-show loop hole, reducing regulations on short barrel and bump stocks (used in a mass shooting in 2017), and allowing some with mental illness to purchase firearms.

2026-07-08 Salem Media Partners released a taxpayer-funded movie By Dawn’s Early Light that chastises non-Trump supporters and claims systemic bias against Christians during the Biden administration. Salem Media Partners also promoted election fraud claims in their other movie 2000 Mules.

2026-07-14 When asked why ICE agents weren’t wearing body cams, Tom Homam claimed the Democrats were to blame for blocking funding for them.

2026-07-16 Stephen Miller told a Washington DC conference that leftists were driven by “envy and hatred” and accused the left of partisan political violence. Marco Rubio claimed at the conference left-wing violence has been ignored. During the international summit Miller and Rubio “formally” recognized “left-wing violence” and referenced the NSPM-7 directive to label leftists as terrorists.

2026-07-17 A Colorado prison guard shot a protester.

2026-07-19 Steve Bannon blasted Fox for not covering Trump’s election-fraud speech.

2026-07-20 A suspect was arrested after lighting fireworks near a NYC federal building.

2026-07-20 Tom Homan told reporters, “I’m afraid that we’re going to bury an ICE agent”.

2026-07-22 Mike Johnson made a statement about passing the NDAA, spending bills, insider training laws, and the SAVE Act. He stated, “Republicans support our troops, our farmers, and election security. We’re the only team in Washington that does”.

2026-07-23 Charlie Kirk signs were removed from Vietnam Veterans Boulevard after pushback from veterans.

2026-07-23 The man who killed Melissa and Mark Hortman was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. The suspect left behind 3 assault rifles, a handgun, and a hit list containing the names of dozens of people including prominent Democrats and abortion providers and advocates.

2026-07-24 A firearm safety training group for Jewish Americans and their allies, Lox and Loaded, were interviewed about firearm use amidst rising antisemitism.