In the immediate aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder on Sept. 10, Republican politicians and influencers jumped to lay blame on the political left with a blanket insinuation: “They did it.”
“They assassinated our nice guy who actually talked to them peacefully debating ideas,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wrote on X alongside a call for a “peaceful national divorce.”
“They couldn’t silence him so they killed him,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told the Albany Times-Union.
“They’re killing us in our churches. They tried to kill our president. They killed Charlie, one of our greatest advocates,” conservative podcaster Matt Walsh said on X.
“If they won’t leave us in peace, then our choice is fight or die,” billionaire Elon Musk wrote on X.
