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Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left (zeteo.com)
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  • The man who targeted and killed Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their home in Minnesota in June was a Trump supporter.

  • The man charged with the attempted assassination of Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, in April was a Trump supporter.

  • The man convicted of orchestrating a series of shootings at the homes of four Democratic elected officials in New Mexico in 2022 was a Trump supporter.

  • The man who tried to kidnap then Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her husband, Paul, in 2022 was a Trump supporter.

  • The men who wanted to hang Mike Pence on Jan 6, 2021, were Trump supporters.

  • The man who killed the son of Obama-appointed District Judge Esther Salas in 2020 was a Trump supporter.

  • The men who were convicted of trying to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, in 2020 were Trump supporters.

  • The man who sent pipe bombs to the homes of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and other top Democrats in 2018 was a Trump supporter.

  • The man who killed left-wing activist Heather Heyer after driving his car into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville in 2017 was a Trump supporter.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

My man died with "Counting or not counting gang violence?" on his lips. Of course his supporters are going to come out swinging with slurs and hoaxes and slanders.

I can't imagine any better way to remember Charlie than with a bloody smear of reactionary propaganda.