The Left’s Dangerous New Obsession: Assassination Culture | Episode 72

If we have learned anything in the last three weeks, it is that we have an alarming assassination culture in our society.

And yes, sorry, mainstream media, it is coming from one side.

Because part of the country doesn't just hate us and hates our values, but they are actively wishing death upon us.

And no, this is not some fringe ideology.

This is even coming from Democrat politicians whose cries for murder and violence upon their political opponents is being ignored or actively excused by their own political party.

And I'm sure you can guess who they are actively blaming for this type of rhetoric.

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Now, getting into this story, I want to bring it back to Charlie Kirk.

Charlie was assassinated on September 10th.

But what you might not know is that back in April, Charlie posted this tweet.

He said, assassination culture is spreading on the left.

48% of liberals say that it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk.

55% said the same thing about Donald Trump.

In California, activists are naming ballot measures after Luigi Mangioni.

Now, you should also know that just a couple of weeks ago, Luigi Mangioni's charges were dropped from a first degree to a second degree murder charge.

And yes, people were celebrating and cheering in the streets.

People were on camera talking about how they are in love with AI versions of Luigi.

And again, this is a man that shot shot a healthcare CEO, a husband, and a father in broad daylight.

And they are celebrating this.

Like these are the types of people that Charlie is talking about here.

The left is being whipped into a violent frenzy.

Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response.

This is the natural outgrowth of left-wing protest culture tolerating violence in mayhem for years on end.

The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials have turned the left into a ticking time bomb.

Now, this tweet went viral quickly after Charlie's assassination for a really important reason, because reading this genuinely gives me chills because Charlie was talking about the thing that would inevitably...

take his life.

And this is just so heartbreaking to go back and read because the ticking time bomb that he was talking about went off on September 10th and it has not stopped because the last three weeks have been an incredibly disgusting, horrifying display of violence and this exact assassination culture that Charlie was tweeting about.

Because within days of his assassination, a bomb was lit, but failed to go off under a Fox News van in Utah that was covering Charlie's assassination.

And you can see that right here.

Two men have now been arrested for this.

Then, just a couple of days later, there was a bomb threat.

at RFK Jr.'s home.

Just days later, a 23-year-old man opened fire at a New Hampshire country club while screaming free Palestine.

And of course, they're still saying that there is no political motive.

They have no idea why he would have done this.

I'm sorry.

The political motive is right there.

Eyewitnesses have given you that motive.

Now, just a couple days later, after that, again, we just have bing, bang, boom, right after each other, a man shot into a local ABC news building, allegedly in protest of Kimmel being taken off the air.

And he left a note warning that Trump officials would be next.

This is all within 10 days.

of Charlie's assassination.

Then just two days after that, another man shot into an ICE facility in Dallas, killing two detainees, although officials have said that he was probably aiming at ICE officials, considering that the bullets he left left on the scene after killing himself were engraved with anti-ICE.

Just take a listen to this video.

Early evidence that we've seen

from

rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature.

And then here are the bullets in question.

This was posted by Cash Patel quickly after the event took place.

Now, that was not the only attack on ICE officials because just this weekend, DHS agents patrolling in Chicago were ambushed and boxed in by 10 different cars with one of the attackers holding up a semi-automatic weapon.

Now, the agents obviously opened fire because they were being ambushed.

They were about to be attacked.

And one of the drivers who was ambushing them was shot.

And of course, this is how the mainstream media is covering it.

If you Google this story, it says border patrol agents shoot armed woman.

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood.

Protester shot in Chicago.

So that's the story that you're running with.

The DHS agents are just open firing into crowds of people.

No, they were being ambushed.

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And you might be thinking, okay, well, what is, you know, what is causing all of this violence?

It is the rhetoric.

from activists and politicians on the left.

It is people saying that we are fascists.

It's people calling us Nazis.

It's saying that we need to be eradicated because of our beliefs.

So after years and years of that kind of dialogue, of that kind of violent name-calling, no wonder this is happening.

Like genuinely.

Like it is not surprising.

But what is possibly even more alarming is that this type of violence, this rhetoric, this behavior, is again, like I said, not just coming from fringe protesters or angry basement dwellers who post on blue sky about hating right wingers.

No, it is coming from mainstream Democratic politicians, people who are propped up and supported by the Democrat Party.

And that is what we saw take place this weekend in Virginia.

The Democrat candidate for Attorney General in Virginia, whose name is Jay Jones, has been exposed as of this weekend for texts where he wished death upon the former Virginia GOP House Speaker, Todd Gilbert, and his family.

Now, all of this took place back in 2022, but because of the events of the last three weeks, I think that these texts are incredibly relevant.

And obviously the media thought so as well, because this is what Jay Jones was saying about his opponent.

He was texting a colleague of his who was also a Republican, and he said, if those guys die before me, he's talking about conservatives, I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves.

Send them out a wash in something.

And his friend responds and says, Jay Jones.

And he said, three people, two bullets, Gilbert.

Hitler, and Pol Pot.

Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.

Spoiler, put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know, and he receives both bullets every time.

Now, his friend responds and says, Jay, please stop.

And he goes, LOL.

Okay, okay.

His friend responds and says, it really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death upon them.

Now, allegedly, as the story goes, this friend then called Jay to talk about this conversation.

And on that phone call, Jay dug his heels in even more.

He was not joking about any of this.

He then said on the phone that he wished Todd's wife, Jennifer, would watch their children die in her arms so that Todd would change his opinion on policy.

When they got off the phone, when he was pushed on this via text again, this is how he responded.

His friend said, you weren't simply asking questions and you know it.

And he said, I genuinely was.

I wasn't attacking you.

I was trying to understand your logic.

He said, you weren't trying to understand.

You were talking about hoping Jennifer Gilbert's children would die.

And he said, yes, I've told you this before.

Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.

So he is saying this man's children, his family, deserves to die because that is the only way that he will change his opinions to mirror mine.

And at the end of the day, me, Jay Jones, that is all I care about.

But he doesn't stop there.

The texts continue.

And he said, I asked you point blank more than three times and you dug in that you meant it.

I am honestly questioning a lot today.

And Jay responds and says, I mean, do I think that Todd and Jennifer are evil and that they're breeding little fascists?

Yes.

So because Jay Jones disagrees with his political opponent, the former GOP House Speaker of Virginia, this man's innocent children, children who are under the age of 10 or were under the age of 10 at the time, they deserve to die to send a message to a father that Jay Jones disagrees with.

Now, obviously, everything that we just read is disgusting enough as it is.

That is horrifying.

But also, I say that it's horrifying, and yet we live in a world where I see this type of rhetoric every single day online, as I am sure that you do.

And that's disgusting.

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Now, Jay Jones, to his credit, he did apologize.

He apparently called the Gilberts and took accountability for these horrifying texts that he sent in 2022.

But immediately after his quote-unquote apology, he blame shifted and started talking about Trump and the Trump-controlled media and his Republican opponent who is currently running against him for Virginia AG.

And in his statement after his quote-unquote apology, he said, like all people, I've sent text messages that I regret.

Okay, well, no, I actually don't think that all of us have sent texts wishing death upon people we disagree with.

I think that that actually might be something that is unique to you, Jay Jones.

But he goes on and says, I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics.

I mean, I'm laughing because that is so insane based on what we just read.

Obviously, you don't believe that, Jay Jones.

Obviously, so why are you even pretending?

But it gets better.

He said, Let's be clear about what is happening in the attorney general race right now.

Jason Maiaris, who is the incumbent who is running against Jay Jones, is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign.

He's dropping smears.

I'm sorry, I would think that smears are lies and slander using your own words against you.

you.

Sorry, I think that's just honest.

I think that's fair game at this point.

You acknowledge that you sent those texts, releasing those to the public, allowing the public to understand who they could possibly be voting for.

It's not smears.

That's just good journalism.

That's just putting everything out for people to assess their options, to assess their choices, Jay.

He goes on and he says: this is a strategy that ensures that Jason will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia.

This race is about whether Trump can control Virginia or Virginians control Virginia.

How did you even get to this point?

Do you think that Donald Trump is calling up Jason saying, you need to come up with some texts?

You need to find some dirt?

I don't think that Trump knew about these texts.

You did this all on your own, buddy.

By wishing death against your political opponent, you put yourself in the situation.

This is not Trump's fault.

Trump cannot be the scapegoat to every single one of your issues.

Trump cannot be the scapegoat to every single problem that our society is facing, the spiritual, the moral problems that our society is facing.

And you're saying, you know, what this race in Virginia is actually about.

I actually agree that it's not just about Attorney General.

I actually think that this race in Virginia is now about good versus evil, especially when your party, the Democrats, are still fully behind you.

This is the statement that the Virginia Beach Democrats put out.

in support of Jay Jones after these texts came out.

They said, we reaffirm our full support of Jay Jones for Attorney General.

We are lined up, 10 toes down, ready to organize, mobilize, and deliver votes for Jay in our entire Democratic ticket.

Recent press may have spotlighted, past mistakes, may, possibly.

We say, let those without sin cast the first stone.

Okay, so now you care about God.

Now you care about Christ and what the Bible says.

Great.

Thank you, Democrats.

Jay Jones has taken responsibility, apologized, and shown that he is committed to serving with integrity and accountability that his public record already shows.

Virginians Virginians deserve a leader who learns, grows, and stands for everyday people, and Jay is that leader.

Now, what is even more hysterical about this entire situation is that Jay Jones was arrested a few years ago for reckless driving.

And instead of being put in prison, instead of going to jail for this reckless driving, he was given, I believe it was 500 or plus, 500 plus hours of community service.

And he did over half.

of those hours working at his own PAC for his own campaign.

And this is a man that is running for attorney general, the highest law enforcement individual in the state.

It's laughable.

Like

every single part of the situation is so disgustingly laughable.

And then goes on and says, Jay Jones is a stark contrast to Jason Miares in every way.

In his tenure, Jason has failed to stand up for Virginia families, concerns, or values.

He has not defended women's reproductive rights, workers' rights, or protected the hundreds of thousands of Virginians who are on the verge of losing access to their healthcare benefits and service providers.

Well, you know what?

Jason also didn't wish death upon his political opponent.

So I think he has that above Jay Jones.

Guys, this is the vile and soulless behavior that is making up the modern Democratic Party.

And at this point, turning a blind eye is unfortunately expected from the party whose voters have cheered and supported such violence, who went on TikTok and X and Blue Sky and Instagram and Facebook and cheered in celebration at the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a good man who who truly just wanted to unite America, who truly, in every single one of his debates, sought to understand his opponent, sought to find a place where they would agree, who wanted the best for every single person that he interacted with, even

if he knew that you hated him, even if you vehemently disagreed with every single one of his values.

He wanted the best for you.

And they cheered for this man's murder.

So no, I'm not surprised that Virginia's Democratic Party is turning a blind blind eye.

Now, I also wanna say that I don't think this kind of rhetoric or violence is accidental right now.

I'm not saying that everything that we've seen over the last three weeks is completely coordinated, but I do think that there is an intentional attempt to breed chaos and division under the Trump administration and that the Democrats are using this to go against Trump so that they can turn around and say, actually, kind of like Jay Jones did, actually, this is all Trump's fault.

This is why Trump needs to be out of office.

This is why conservatives are so awful because this is happening under the Trump administration, which is already being said by people like Destiny.

And you guys know how I feel about the streamer Destiny.

But let's just listen to what he said on a recent appearance on Pierce Morgan's show.

I think that the only way this country moves forward into a better world is when conservatives can finally realize that they need to turn the temperature down on their side.

We are 10 years into whatever this Trump madness is, and there is not a single mainstream conservative that will call for a lowering of the temperature on their side.

I think that liberals need to wake up and finally realize realize that if they're not willing to do it, it will never come down.

If you wanted Charlie Kirk to be alive, Donald Trump shouldn't have been president for the second term.

Every time he's in office, this happens.

People joked about when Biden came in, it was so boring, nothing was going on.

Seven out of 10 of the largest protests in American history have happened under Donald Trump.

So it's all Trump's fault.

Every part of this is Trump's fault.

But of course, it's not the actions of conservatives.

Conservatives are not the ones that are shooting ICE officials.

Conservatives are not the ones who are wishing death upon our political opponents.

Conservatives are not the ones that are shooting up country clubs that are setting governors' homes on fire while their children are inside.

We're not doing that.

That is the left.

You cannot blame that on Donald Trump.

I mean, Destiny truly, like, I didn't believe that you could stoop any lower, and yet you did.

Like, Trump is not responsible for the mental illness and the rhetoric of extremists in your political party.

Trump is not responsible for your inability to have civil disagreements, to understand that you live in a country where sometimes people are not gonna agree with every single one of your values, and that sometimes a different political party is going to be in power, and you have to learn how to cope with that.

Like, that is not Trump's fault.

That is on the left, and I'm sorry, but we will never be like you.