Posting a powerful memorial message for Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA Founder and key Trump ally who was murdered in Utah on Wednesday, September 10, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard went nuclear on the far-left media for its horrible response to the murder of Charlie Kirk, calling out MSNBC in particular.
For reference, in the wake of Mr. Kirk’s horrible death, a slew of leftist media personalities chimed in to comment on the matter and either mock Mr. Kirk, try to justify his death, or otherwise behave abominably. TMZ, for example, had staffers laughing and cheering when his death was announced. Similarly, an MSNBC personality, Matthew Dowd, insisted that Mr. Kirk brought his death upon himself, saying, “You can’t stop with these awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place.”
So, in her message memorializing his passing, Tulsi Gabbard chimed in and commented on that, along with the general situation. She began by commenting on the courage exhibited by Mr. Kirk, saying, “Charlie Kirk was truly one of a kind. A kind, loving, and courageous soul who lived what he preached. His view that our political, social, and spiritual differences should be debated freely and respectfully was something he put into practice every day — a living embodiment of the vision our founders had for our country.”
Continuing, Tulsi insisted that what happened in Utah was clearly terrorism and should be treated as such, saying, “The person who shot Charlie Kirk sought to silence him, using violence to take away his freedom of speech by ending his life and to terrorize those who think like Charlie into silence. This evil act is the very definition of terrorism: an unlawful use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political or ‘religious’ aims.”
Then, connecting the radical left’s behavior to behavior like that exhibited by al-Qaeda, she said, “Today, on the anniversary of 9/11, we recognize that whether it’s Islamists like al-Qaeda, or the fanatics who try to stop Charlie Kirk and others from speaking the truth by banning them from campuses and ultimately by assassination, the one thing they have in common is that they are so afraid that their arguments, views, and policies will not stand when challenged in free and open debate, that they resort to violence — not only to silence the people they want to shut up but to terrorize everyone else into silence.”
Returning to the matter of what happened to Mr. Kirk, Tulsi then said, “Charlie Kirk stood up to such fanatics who hate freedom and want to silence any who dare to challenge the so-called ‘liberal’ establishment. This assassin killed him to prevent his voice from being heard, prevent him from inspiring others, as he did every day, and to terrorize and intimidate the American people into silence.”
That’s when she started going nuclear on the woke media, noting that MSNBC was absolutely deranged. Beginning that part of the message, Tulsi said, “I was sickened, but not surprised, when I saw the propaganda media like MSNBC react by encouraging and justifying this evil. Within minutes of the shooting, they said, Charlie ‘brought it upon himself.’ They said the very same thing about President Donald Trump after both assassination attempts on his life.”
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Connecting the behavior of mainstream Democrats to what the al-Qaeda terrorists did after 9/11, she said, “And the Islamists who attacked us on 9/11 also make the same argument—i.e. that ‘the American people deserved the attack.’ What they’re really telling us is: shut up, be quiet, or face the consequences.”
Then, commenting on what Charlie fought for, Tulsi said, “We cannot allow their darkness and evil to perpetuate. Charlie truly loved our country and dedicated his life to protecting our God-given rights. We must honor his life’s work, and the promise of America, by continuing to lift our own voices and defend our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution.”
Concluding, she explained, “I’m devastated that Erika lost her husband today, their children lost their father, and so many of us lost a dear friend. Our nation lost one of our greatest champions of freedom. I pray Charlie is now able to rest in the warm embrace of God’s love. He will be dearly missed.”