{"id":37670,"date":"2025-09-11T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37670"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:46:04","slug":"charlie-kirks-assassination-is-latest-evidence-that-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37670","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination is latest evidence that US is suffering an epidemic of leftist violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are suffering through an epidemic of leftist violence.<\/p>\n<p>The ruthless assassination of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-assassination-person-of-interest-released-gunman-still-at-large-fbi\/\">conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk, 31,<\/a>\u00a0at a crowded campus event in Utah on Wednesday is the latest manifestation of the hateful rhetoric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/trump-reacts-after-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-at-uvu-event\/\">aimed at President Trump<\/a>\u00a0and his MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sad irony that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-valley-university-live-updates\/\">Kirk\u2019s shockingly public murder<\/a>\u00a0happened the day before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/ryan-routh-repping-himself-in-attempted-trump-assassination-trial-files-bonkers-witness-list\/\">trial begins of Ryan Routh,<\/a>\u00a0one of the alleged assassins who tried to rub out Trump during the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/opinion\/charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-example-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence-miranda-devine\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMvv7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLSUJMTEptQUhZNlNjMWVaAR7lUDIxOUomb3fPADt60vDWtP5Fplryz4I_54O62-fTo6_5T3lXarrPw2uJGA_aem_IanhWioAfPii3hwwZ-Blvg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"1\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37080486\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2196w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=300,168&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=768,431&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=1024,574&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=1536,861&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=2048,1148&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=878,492&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 878w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=130,73&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 130w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=71,40&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 71w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=125,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 125w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=96,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 96w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=200,112&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=231,129&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=322,181&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=664,372&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=143,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 143w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=87,49&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=234,131&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=50,28&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/minutes-charlie-kirk-shot-unknown-111102776.jpg?resize=150,84&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk throws hats into the crowd at his appearance at the Utah Valley University moments before his assassination on Sept. 10, 2025. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Charlie Kirk throws hats into the crowd at his appearance at the Utah Valley University moments before his assassination on Sept. 10, 2025.<span class=\"credit\">X\/@charliekirk11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prescient as always, Kirk understood the consequences of the escalating violent rhetoric of the left, as he and Trump kept winning the hearts and minds of a new generation, especially young men, with logic and common sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssassination culture is spreading on the left,\u201d he tweeted two months ago. \u201cForty-eight percent of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<p>In California,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/30\/us-news\/california-healthcare-proposal-named-after-alleged-unitedhealthcare-assassin-luigi-mangione\/\">\u00a0activists are naming ballot measures<\/a>\u00a0after alleged CEO-killer Luigi Mangione.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe left is being whipped into a violent frenzy. Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the narrative pushed by left-wing media and fanned by President Joe Biden and his administration, the political violence is almost exclusively from the left.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dem encouragement<\/h2>\n<p>Setting the scene were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us-news\/worse-than-antifa-inside-the-new-breed-of-extreme-activists\/\">the deadly BLM-Antifa riots<\/a>\u00a0that engulfed the country in the summer of 2020, which were tacitly encouraged by Democrats like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/07\/opinion\/trump-keeps-scoring-wins-while-the-left-lacking-an-agenda-can-only-attack-him\/\">Kamala Harris and Tim Walz<\/a>\u00a0as a way to destabilize then-President Trump and then project their own culpability and motivations onto the J6 Capitol riot by Trump supporters one afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Then, of course, Trump was the target of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us-news\/trump-assassination-suspect-ryan-routh-barred-from-asking-jurors-bizarre-questions\/\">two assassination attempts last year,<\/a>\u00a0including almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/13\/us-news\/trump-rushed-offstage-after-sounds-of-gunfire-erupt-at-rally\/\">having his head blown off,\u00a0<\/a>but miraculously tilting it at the right moment for the bullet to nick his ear instead.<\/p>\n<p>There was also the arson and vandalism against Tesla dealerships to intimidate Elon Musk and punish him for his support for Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/opinion\/charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-example-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence-miranda-devine\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMvv7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLSUJMTEptQUhZNlNjMWVaAR7lUDIxOUomb3fPADt60vDWtP5Fplryz4I_54O62-fTo6_5T3lXarrPw2uJGA_aem_IanhWioAfPii3hwwZ-Blvg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"2\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37080487\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2500w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=60,40&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 60w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=105,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 105w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=81,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 81w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=200,133&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=231,154&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=322,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=600,400&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=661,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 661w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2024-gunman-shot-then-republican-108102222.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Then former-President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents after surviving an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Penn. on July 13, 2024. \" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents after surviving an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.<span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-robert-111105066_a75f03.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-robert-111105066_a75f03.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"President Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Turning Point USA event.\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>President Trump, Charlie Kirk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Turning Point USA event.<span class=\"credit\">Charlie Kirk \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few months ago,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/22\/us-news\/israeli-embassy-staffers-yaron-lischinsky-and-sarah-milgrim-idd-as-couple-fatally-shot-by-gunman-who-yelled-free-free-palestine-near-dcs-capital-jewish-museum\/\">\u00a0Israeli Embassy staffers<\/a>\u00a0Yaron Lischinsky and fianc\u00e9e Sarah Lynn Milgrim were assassinated, allegedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/21\/us-news\/2-people-with-israeli-embassy-ties-shot-near-dcs-capital-jewish-museum-sources\/\">by a Palestinian activist<\/a>, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>UnitedHealthcare\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/04\/us-news\/ceo-of-unitedhealthcare-fatally-shot-outside-of-hilton-hotel-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources\/\">CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated<\/a>\u00a0in December 2024, allegedly by a wealthy leftist spouting left-wing critiques of corporate greed and health care inequities.<\/p>\n<p>There was the assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home by a deranged abortion activist, and of course the leftist who shot up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/29\/us-news\/rep-steve-scalise-survivor-of-politically-motivated-shooting-tears-into-unfit-harris-for-violence-inciting-rhetoric-against-trump\/\">Republicans at a congressional baseball practice<\/a>\u00a0in Virginia in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Even the arson attack on the home of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/14\/opinion\/josh-shapiro-survives-fire-assassination-attemptthe-left-must-own-the-culture-of-political-violence-it-created\/\">Pennsylvania\u2019s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro,<\/a>\u00a0which pundits like Jake Tapper try to cite as an example of bipartisan targets, was perpetrated by a left-wing, pro-Hamas, anti-Israel activist.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Kirk\u2019s answer was civil discourse. Contrary to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/us-news\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-over-charlie-kirk-comments-after-assassination\/\">the lies spread by MSNBC\u00a0<\/a>and CNN on the day of his death, he was not \u201ca divisive figure\u201d and he did not engage in \u201chate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reached across the aisle and engaged young people respectfully in dialogue. He was never personal or nasty. He was courteous and civilized. He was kind and patient.<\/p>\n<p>He would tour universities under the banner \u201cProve Me Wrong,\u201d encouraging students to challenge him with any question. 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/surveillance-footage-outside-midtown-hilton-94742490_df1b2c.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/surveillance-footage-outside-midtown-hilton-94742490_df1b2c.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/surveillance-footage-outside-midtown-hilton-94742490_df1b2c.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/surveillance-footage-outside-midtown-hilton-94742490_df1b2c.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"A gunman shoots UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets on Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>A gunman shoots UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.<span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/opinion\/charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-example-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence-miranda-devine\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMvv7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLSUJMTEptQUhZNlNjMWVaAR7lUDIxOUomb3fPADt60vDWtP5Fplryz4I_54O62-fTo6_5T3lXarrPw2uJGA_aem_IanhWioAfPii3hwwZ-Blvg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/1921257686798110800-photo-2-two-israeli-105081493.jpg?resize=57,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 57w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/1921257686798110800-photo-2-two-israeli-105081493.jpg?resize=154,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 154w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/1921257686798110800-photo-2-two-israeli-105081493.jpg?resize=50,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/1921257686798110800-photo-2-two-israeli-105081493.jpg?resize=96,96&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 96w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/1921257686798110800-photo-2-two-israeli-105081493.jpg?resize=150,152&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky (right) with his fiance Sarah Milgrim were gunned down by a pro-Palestinian activists outside the Capitol Jewish Museum on May 21, 2025.\" width=\"582\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky (right) and fiancee Sarah Milgrim were gunned down, allegedly by a pro-Palestinian activist, outside the Capitol Jewish Museum on May 21, 2025.<span class=\"credit\">@yaron_li\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s why he won hearts and minds on campuses and galvanized a generation. It\u2019s what made him such a potent political force, helping Trump win in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why his political opponents had to lie that he was hateful and divisive. It\u2019s precisely because he was neither of those things that young people listened to him.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plainspoken truth<\/h2>\n<p>He was not afraid to be plainspoken. He didn\u2019t sugarcoat uncomfortable facts. He told the ugly truths that America tries to bury.<\/p>\n<p>A protective father and husband, he was particularly exercised by the random stabbing murder of 23- year-old Ukrainian refugee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us-news\/iryna-zarutska-murder-suspect-was-free-on-cashless-bail-despite-rap-sheet\/\">Iryna Zarutska on a light rail car<\/a>\u00a0in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/opinion\/charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-example-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence-miranda-devine\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMvv7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLSUJMTEptQUhZNlNjMWVaAR7lUDIxOUomb3fPADt60vDWtP5Fplryz4I_54O62-fTo6_5T3lXarrPw2uJGA_aem_IanhWioAfPii3hwwZ-Blvg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"6\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37080484\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2602w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=300,168&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=768,431&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=1024,574&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=1536,861&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=2048,1148&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=878,492&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=744,417&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 744w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=576,323&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 576w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=125,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 125w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=96,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 96w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=200,112&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=231,130&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=322,181&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=664,372&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=143,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 143w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=87,49&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=234,131&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=50,28&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-brown-jr-35-allegedly-110911268_96e386.jpg?resize=150,84&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Surveillance video alleged captures Decarlos Brown Jr. fatally stab Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail car on Aug. 22, 2025.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Surveillance video allegedly captures Decarlos Brown Jr. fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail car on Aug. 22, 2025.<span class=\"credit\">CATS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In one of his last tweets, he wrote: \u201cIf we want things to change, it\u2019s 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was one of the \u2026 coldest, most senseless murders I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cThis whole criminal justice reform stuff has been a complete failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He knew that the lies the Democrats and the media told about George Floyd\u2019s death in 2020<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/decarlos-brown-jr-stabbed-ukrainian-refugee-iryna-zarutska-because-he-believed-she-was-reading-his-mind-sister\/\">\u00a0are what got Zarutska killed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lies are what drove disastrous criminal justice reforms, like cashless bail and emptying prisons, that were predicated on systemic racism, a nonexistent problem designed to drive a wedge between black and white Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk called out that rancid, divisive lie for what it is. He held up a mirror to Democrats and made them see themselves as they are: the party of projection, accusing others of what\u2019s in their own hearts.<\/p>\n<p>When Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/speaker-johnson-announces-moment-of-silence-for-kirk-political-violence-has-become-all-too-common\/\">Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) proposed a prayer for Kirk<\/a>\u00a0on the House floor Wednesday afternoon, a dozen Democrats reportedly protested.<\/p>\n<p>You could hear them shout \u201cNo!\u201d and \u201cPass some gun laws!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica will never be the same,\u201d Kirk wrote Tuesday night in his final tweet about Zarutska.<\/p>\n<p>It was accompanied by a photo of the young woman, just after she was stabbed, wide-eyed, terrified, in shock as she looked around at her killer, hand to her mouth, knees pulled up in the fetal position, before she slumped to the floor and bled out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/11\/opinion\/charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-example-us-is-suffering-an-epidemic-of-leftist-violence-miranda-devine\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMvv7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLSUJMTEptQUhZNlNjMWVaAR7lUDIxOUomb3fPADt60vDWtP5Fplryz4I_54O62-fTo6_5T3lXarrPw2uJGA_aem_IanhWioAfPii3hwwZ-Blvg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 7 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"7\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37080485\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/crowd-reacts-charlie-kirk-ceo-111105503_bfb1eb.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/crowd-reacts-charlie-kirk-ceo-111105503_bfb1eb.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/crowd-reacts-charlie-kirk-ceo-111105503_bfb1eb.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"People run for cover after Charlie Kirk was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>People run for cover after Charlie Kirk was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah.<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kirk wasn\u2019t to know that 12 hours and 35 minutes after he wrote those words, he would join her in death.<\/p>\n<p>No, America will never be the same.<\/p>\n<p>But Kirk\u2019s death, like his life\u2019s work, is a turning point.<\/p>\n<p>Look at what he accomplished in 31 years.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine what he might have gone on to do. In his short life, he formed a future generation of leaders who see the world as he did, clearly, logically, with reason tempered by compassion, and with faith in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>In death, he may yet accomplish more than he already has. His mode was to be strong, brave and resolute. Live your values. Get married, have children, make the world a better place, with courage and grace for your fellow man.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s his legacy, and it\u2019s up to all Americans of goodwill to take up his mission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We are suffering through an epidemic of leftist violence. 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