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\u201cYou could be next,\u201d influencer and unofficial Trump adviser Laura Loomer posted on X. \u201cThe Left are terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist who popularized the demonization of critical race theory, suggested in a post on X that the \u201cradical left\u201d was responsible for the shooting, and urged the US government \u201cto infiltrate, disrupt, arrest, and incarcerate all of those who are responsible for this chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Republican representative Derrick Van Orden from Wisconsin also blamed the shooting on \u201cleftwing political violence\u201d and warned on X that \u201cwhoever does not condemn this is part of the problem. The gloves are off.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the floor of the House, after Democrats and Republicans observed a \u201cmoment of prayer,\u201d led by House speaker Mike Johnson, for Charlie Kirk and his family, representative Lauren Boebert called for a spoken prayer. Some Democrats said no, and referenced the school shooting in Colorado that also occurred Wednesday. Shouting broke out, and Republican representative Anna Paulina Luna yelled across the aisle, \u201cY\u2019all caused this.\u201d One Democrat, according to The New York Times, responded, \u201cPass some gun laws!\u201d<\/p>\n
On X, Luna continued to blame the left: \u201cEVERY DAMN ONE OF YOU WHO CALLED US FASCISTS DID THIS. You were too busy doping up kids, cutting off their genitals, inciting racial violence by supporting orgs that exploit minorities, protecting criminals, and stirring hate. YOU ARE THE HATE you claim to fight. Your words caused this. Your hate caused this.\u201d Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene also posted about Kirk\u2019s death, calling on people to \u201crise up and end this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake Masters, a twice-failed US congressional candidate once backed by Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel and endorsed by Trump, called for RICO investigations into nongovernmental organizations as a result of the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeft-wing violence is out of control, and it\u2019s not random,\u201d Masters posted on X. \u201cEither we destroy the NGO\/donor patronage network that enables and foments it, or it will destroy us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Masters was quoting a post from right-wing podcaster and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich, who blamed the shooting on the left. \u201cCongressional hearings now,\u201d Cernovich posted on X. \u201cEvery billionaire funding far left wing extremism. Soros, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman. Massive RICO investigations now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaya Raichik, who operates the anti-LGBTQ account Libs of TikTok, simply wrote: \u201cTHIS IS WAR.\u201d<\/p>\n
On fringe platforms like Trump\u2019s own Truth Social and The Donald, the rabidly pro-Trump message board that was responsible for some of the planning of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, numerous users echoed Jones\u2019 comments about war.<\/p>\n
\u201cWar is coming,\u201d one user of The Donald wrote on a thread dedicated to Kirk\u2019s shooting. \u201cWar is here,\u201d another responded.<\/p>\n
Another user of The Donald wrote in the same thread: \u201cCivil War is coming \u2026 this will give the left the blowback they\u2019ve been begging white people for so they can play the victim and justify white genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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