Trump vows to punish critics after slaying of Charlie Kirk

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

President Donald Trump, following the death of GOP activist and close friend Charlie Kirk, vowed to unleash the weight of his administration onto those he said contributed to an environment of “radical left political violence.”

How that might translate into policy has remained unclear, as the president and his aides have spent part of the last two days grieving while strategizing their next steps.

Trump invoked Kirk’s memory to urge supporters to refrain from retaliatory violence. But he also indicated a desire to not just punish the killer, but also to tackle what the president and his staff described as a movement bent on the destruction of the American way of life.

“The radicals on the left are the problem, and they’re vicious and they’re horrible and they’re politically savvy,” Trump said Friday morning on Fox News.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4n0sDeV

[ImNotGod]

1. Bring it on fatboy, I'm ready. nt

[SSJVegeta]

9. Careful. I heard zombies are contagious with their bite.

[Brainfodder]

2. PUNISH ALL THOSE REPUBLICANS DONNIE and ANNOUNCE YOU ARE BACK to DEMOCRAT!

Joking of course, but that could get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files (for a cycle?)!

[Irish_Dem]

3. Trump gets more evil every day.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. So he'll be beating ...

His own head against the wall then?

[Solly Mack]

6. ...

[johnnyfins]

7. He knows that there hasn't been a "radical left"

Since the 1970s. He has to keep his base outraged and scared. It's actually disgusting how divisive he is. Then again, Epstein.

[orangecrush]

8. The killer was alt right

So I assume he will go after them with equal fervor, right?

[Aristus]

11. I can't imagine Trump grieving anyone, at all, for any reason.

He is the most self-absorbed person since Nero, who, after requiring assistance in killing himself, sobbed "What an artist the world is losing!"

[ananda]

12. Every false allegation about the left is a confession.

Grrr

[lastlib]

13. Carte blanche for radical right political violence, AnusMouth?

The street runs both ways, Mr. Felon. Expect to reap what you sow, as somebody said. I abhor violence by anybody, but if it's forced on me, I will give it back in kind.

[republianmushroom]

14. Was it a lefty that shot him or a disgruntled MAGArat ?

When one preaches hate one needs to be careful not to upset his following. They are already coxed and prime with hate and it can be rechanneled to anybody.

[republianmushroom]

15. 'punish critics', Oh , yes, land of the free. chuckle chuckle

[Bayard]

16. Once again,

Show me an example of vicious, radical Democrats. Show me that this sniper kid was one.

Proof. We have that on vicious, radically normalized, rethuglicans. Sounds like Kirk was one, and he's being made into some kind of martyr.

[Torchlight]

17. Epstein is really getting under his scabs

Worldwide consequences of it are tempting Mr trump to use anything as a target of distraction. He'll be off his meds for a few days.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

18. Then there MILLIONS of us who are critics of the TACO.

So he 's going to punish us all?

[SarcasticSatyr]

19. (sarcasm alert)

So they're sending ICE to Utah to arrest and deport fresh-faced, white, Mormon boys?

[twodogsbarking]

20. Well at least he can't talk out of both sides of his mouth now.

[Bengus81]

21. Umm..the radical left that has a picture of them wearing a red Trump MAGA shirt?

Don't think so slurry..........

[Cha]

22. How about fucking "punishing" the Culture that

that Killed him? Fucking Traitor.