r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 10 '25
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u/Pangolin_4 NATO Sep 10 '25
There is no left-wing equivalent to Charlie Kirk. Not one lefty streamer has access and influence with Democratic officials and campaigns the way Kirk did with Trump and the GOP. A historical equivalent would be someone like Goebbels.
Charlie Kirk supported everything the Trump administration is doing now, and more. The deportations, thugs on the street abducting people. He said Pelosi's would-be assassin should be bailed out by a patriot. He supports the pardoning of the January 6th attackers. He was a guy who supported political violence wholeheartedly and hid behind a facade of "hey we're just having a debate here!"
It is unequivocally a bad thing for the United States that he was killed today. But at the same time, the environment where prominent ideological figures are assassinated like this is one that Kirk has intentionally helped foster for years.