President Trump announced on Friday that a suspect was in custody for the killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. Although the motive has not yet been established, Trump has escalated his attacks on the political left, saying, “We just have to beat the hell out of them.” Democracy Now! speaks with Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo, who says that the right is using Kirk’s killing to smear the left. “There’s a real rewriting of history going on. It’s what far-right regimes do after tragedies like this: They try and weaponize them to go after their enemies,” says Hasan. “None of us should celebrate political violence, because it’s a threat to all of us,” he adds.
  • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    17 days ago

    My wife and I were debating when we first heard about this if this was a false flag by maga to attack the left indiscriminately

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      16 days ago

      seemed to be because, charlie was constantly pining epstein files to be released, and it rather suspicious trump announced his death even before the media did.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      And it turns out it’s one of their own. Yet they still going blame the left. The shooter was a far right neo nazi part of a group that was waring against Kirk. It was a literal gang hit. Can’t make this shit up it’s crazy.