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sop

(16,013 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:46 AM Sunday

'Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting'

"White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller vowed Friday that he and President Donald Trump would use this week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk to 'dismantle' the organized left using state power."

"In a rant on Fox News, Miller—the architect of Trump’s mass roundups and deportations of immigrants—shouted that the best way to honor Kirk’s memory was to carry out a political purge against the left, which he called a 'domestic terrorism movement in this country.' "

"Miller provided few details on what specific left-wing figures or groups he believed were stoking this violence. He claimed the left was waging 'doxxing campaigns' against right-wing figures, though he cited no specific examples."

"He did, however, cite many examples of harsh, but nevertheless First Amendment-protected, speech that he considered an incitement to violence, including that 'the left calls people enemies of the republic, calls them fascists, says they’re Nazis, says they’re evil,' and claimed that many people online were 'celebrating' Kirk’s assassination."

“ 'The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven,' Miller said, was, 'that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence, and we are going to do that.' "

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-dismantle-the-left

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markodochartaigh

(4,003 posts)
3. This sounds like they are trying to make Kirk into a prophet.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:54 AM
Sunday

'''The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven,' Miller said."

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sop

(16,013 posts)
13. Apparently, we lefties made him do it.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:09 AM
Sunday

We're an extremely persuasive bunch, what with our subversive First Amendment rights and all.

underpants

(192,961 posts)
8. Katy Tur asked what Trump would use this as a justification to do
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:05 AM
Sunday

I know there aren’t a lot of fans of hers here but I thought this was spot on at the time. Now we see.


“I mentioned the aftereffects because, as we were just talking about a moment ago with Alan, after one of the DOGE employees was allegedly attacked in Washington, D.C., that’s what Donald Trump used as justification to send in federal troops into Washington, D.C., to get things under control—the carjacking situation. He used that,” Tur replied, adding:

And I know it’s hard to predict the future, Mark, but you can imagine the administration using this as a justification for something.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msnbcs-katy-tur-asks-if-trump-will-use-charlie-kirk-shooting-as-a-justification-for-something-bad/

bucolic_frolic

(52,386 posts)
9. Who has used these words over these many months?
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:13 AM
Sunday

"enemies of the republic, calls them fascists, says they’re Nazis, says they’re evil"

CanonRay

(15,610 posts)
12. Secession. That's where this is going.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:56 AM
Sunday

You can't live in a country that puts a target on your back.

BWdem4life

(2,731 posts)
18. After which
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 04:16 PM
Sunday

We would have to expel RW nutjobs from our new country if they threaten violence.

FakeNoose

(38,622 posts)
14. There are no "radical left" organizations in this country
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:28 AM
Sunday

WTF is he talking about? The only "radicals," especially the ones who are running around with gunz, are supporting Chump in one way or another. Here's a thought - you can dismantle the "radical right" groups, take away their gunz - and you'd be amazed at how civil this country becomes overnight.

sop

(16,013 posts)
15. I've been searching for the official Antifa website for a while now, to check out their local meetings. No luck.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:39 AM
Sunday

I did find a slickly-produced TPUSA website with over 800 local chapters.

area51

(12,435 posts)
16. Miller: "... before he [Kirk] joined his creator in heaven...."
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sunday

Wrong direction, Miller, he's not heaven-bound.

mwmisses4289

(2,205 posts)
17. Didn't many of them start walking this back as soon as it came out the killer was one of them?
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:40 AM
Sunday

Miller made his remarks Friday; by Saturday, there were reports that the rwnjs were frantically scrubbing all their social media accounts of that bs.

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