Trump ally, Charlie Kirk has been assassinated at Utah Valley University event today
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Trump ally, Charlie Kirk has been assassinated at Utah Valley University event today.
Details are unclear, but if this was politically targeted killing its likely to be used by the Trump administration to further shift US politics towards a security state.
There will be some that will see Trump's hand behind this as a way to increase his chances of declaring military law (at some point)....
but however it plays out yet one more young man has been killed by US gun culture.
#politics
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Trump ally, Charlie Kirk has been assassinated at Utah Valley University event today.
Details are unclear, but if this was politically targeted killing its likely to be used by the Trump administration to further shift US politics towards a security state.
There will be some that will see Trump's hand behind this as a way to increase his chances of declaring military law (at some point)....
but however it plays out yet one more young man has been killed by US gun culture.
#politics
h/t FT@ChrisMayLA6 Hard to imagine it was anything but a politically motivated killing but is is highly likely Trump will use the incident to ramp up his attempts to subject the US to authoritarianism. One suspects Trump was hoping for something like this - after all, he’s been pouring fuel onto the fire for years.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Hard to imagine it was anything but a politically motivated killing but is is highly likely Trump will use the incident to ramp up his attempts to subject the US to authoritarianism. One suspects Trump was hoping for something like this - after all, he’s been pouring fuel onto the fire for years.
@alex_p_roe @ChrisMayLA6 they don’t need an excuse. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Hard to imagine it was anything but a politically motivated killing but is is highly likely Trump will use the incident to ramp up his attempts to subject the US to authoritarianism. One suspects Trump was hoping for something like this - after all, he’s been pouring fuel onto the fire for years.
@alex_p_roe @ChrisMayLA6 Someone else mentioned the Reichstag Fire - this has better not be history rhyming...
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@alex_p_roe @ChrisMayLA6 they don’t need an excuse. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
@Colman @ChrisMayLA6 Don’t think Kirk expected he’d be one those who die by the sword. Will keep an eye out for comments from his wife.
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@Colman @ChrisMayLA6 Don’t think Kirk expected he’d be one those who die by the sword. Will keep an eye out for comments from his wife.
@alex_p_roe @ChrisMayLA6 sure, but fuck him. How many deaths from stochastic terrorism do you think he’s complicit in?
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@alex_p_roe @ChrisMayLA6 sure, but fuck him. How many deaths from stochastic terrorism do you think he’s complicit in?
@Colman @ChrisMayLA6 Lots but Trump does not care - he most probably gets perverse pleasure from the fact the people are fighting over and for him. Trump is a clear and present danger to US national security.