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Why blaming ‘the left’ is easier than deterring violence after Charlie Kirk’s murder
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President Donald Trump is rejecting suggestions that right-wing extremism is a problem.
«Well, the problem is on the left,» Trump told reporters outside Air Force One.
«The problem is on the left if you look at the problem — it’s not on the right like some people like to say, on the right. The problem we have is on the left. When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place, that’s the left, that’s not the right.»
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One reporter asked whether he planned to investigate.
«They’re already under investigation. They’re already under major investigation. A lot of the people that you would traditionally say are on the left.»
No matter how the question is framed, Trump sticks to his partisan analysis, as he did on «Fox & Friends»: «Radicals on the left are the problem. and they are vicious and horrible and politically savvy. They want men in women’s sports, they want transgender for everyone, open borders.»
The contrast with Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, could not be starker.
People hold candles and sing during a memorial and prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Cox, who made the Sunday show rounds, says the country has to find an off-ramp from the current surge in political violence in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. There has to be a way to lower the temperature, he said.
Democrats from Barack Obama on down, to their credit, are denouncing the assassination as unacceptable, even if they disagreed with some or all of what Kirk stood for.
What’s striking is the ripple effect on everyone else.
Newsday had to apologize for an abominable cartoon.
The sketch showed an empty chair, with blood behind it, and the repeated phrase «Prove Me Wrong» — a frequent Kirk saying — with an arrow pointing to Turning Point USA.
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The Long Island paper called the cartoon «insensitive and offensive…We deeply regret this mistake and sincerely apologize to the family of Charlie Kirk and to all,» saying it’s been deleted online. But how does something that bad get approved?
Fox News, citing 10 sources, said the White House and Pam Bondi have lost confidence in Kash Patel. The FBI director stumbled in announcing that a suspect was in custody, only to see that person released as the wrong man. Patel says his tweet that the «subject» of the shooting was «in custody,» could have «been worded a little better.»
There were warning signs when Missouri’s attorney general was brought in with the same rank as Patel’s deputy, Dan Bongino, and Fox says he made clear he would not have left that job to serve as Patel’s number two.
Kari Lake, who runs the U.S. Agency for Global Media, said at a vigil for Kirk that the college that the accused shooter attended for one semester had «brainwashed» him.
«I am making a plea to mothers,» said Lake, who twice failed in bids for office in Arizona. «Do not send your children into these indoctrination camps.»
A memorial for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk is seen at Utah Valley University, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Lake added that her daughter didn’t go to college, instead working for Kirk.
Four years ago, the suspect went to Utah State University as a pre-engineering major.
And he was sufficiently, uh, brainwashed in 2021 that he decided to kill Kirk last week?
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Look, finger-pointing politics has been going on for a very long time. When President Clinton blamed Rush Limbaugh for the Oklahoma City bombing, I wrote the front-page story. When the New York Times blamed Sarah Palin for the wounding of Gabby Giffords (and the death of six others) – because of a political map with crosshairs that the killer never saw – a top editor told me I was wrong but later admitted I’d been right.
And when the guy who badly wounded Steve Scalise at a Republican baseball practice was revealed to be a regular Rachel Maddow watcher, liberals jumped on that one.
The booking photos for Tyler Robinson, 22, the suspect in the Utah assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. (Utah Gov. Spencer Cox)
So it is with the 22-year-old Kirk murder suspect and the pointless search for motive.
Is it relevant that the alleged shooter is living with a transgender man who is becoming a woman? Sure. But anyone who would plot to kill Charlie Kirk for political reasons is by definition insane, as are all these nutjob school shooters.
It’s also true, by the way, that the constant attacks on the president — the survivor of two assassination attempts — as Hitler and worse foster an atmosphere in which another attack is more likely.
But wait, there’s a final guilt-by-association maneuver going on.
We see it when Elon Musk immediately tweets «the left is the party of murder.» We see it when Spencer Cox calls social media a «cancer.»
The social media point may well be true, but we can’t put that genie back in the lamp.
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By blaming «the left,» the X owner and others are depicting everyone who has liberal viewpoints as culpable, even if they never heard of Charlie Kirk, even if they are shocked and appalled by his murder.
And that’s just, well, crazy.
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Hochul orders NY landmarks, including One World Trade Center, lit green for Muslim American Heritage Month
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday issued a proclamation declaring January Muslim American Heritage Month across the state and directed 16 state landmarks, including NYC’s One World Trade Center, to be illuminated green Friday night in «celebration of the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans.»
«Home to the largest Muslim American population in the nation, New York is proud to join in this month-long celebration, recognizing the values, faith and traditions of our Muslim American communities,» Hochul said in a statement.
«New York remains committed to being a beacon of hope, tolerance, and inclusivity that celebrates the diversity of its Muslim American population and protects them from Islamophobia, hate, bias, and harm.»
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One World Trade Center stands on the site of 6 World Trade Center, which was heavily damaged by debris during the collapse of the North Tower in the 9/11 attacks.
Though the individuals who carried out the 9/11 attacks identified themselves as Muslims, they were members of al Qaeda, a violent extremist group.
The Tribute in Light is illuminated above the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center behind the Statue of Liberty ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City Sept. 10, 2025. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
The move came just one day after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in with the Quran as the first Muslim mayor of the city.
«While I was proud to be sworn in as our city’s first Muslim mayor [Thursday], Muslims have been part of New York for centuries,» Mamdani said in a statement. «We have built small businesses, raised our families, pursued every profession, enriched our culture and cuisine, and been a part of what makes our city what it is today.
«I am grateful for Governor Hochul’s leadership in recognizing these many contributions and ensuring that every January, Muslim New Yorkers can see ourselves reflected and recognized in a city and state that is also our home.»
Other Muslim politicians, including New York State Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Charles Fall, state Sen. Robert Jackson, New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif and New York City Councilmember Yusef Salaam applauded the designation, thanking Hochul for honoring the community and promoting inclusivity.
Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor on a pair of family Qurans Thursday. (Amir Hamja/Pool via Reuters)
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Council of Peoples Organization CEO Mohammad Razvi noted the Muslim community has «demonstrated resilience in the years following 9/11 while continuing to strengthen New York through immigrant contributions, civic leadership and service. This recognition affirms our place in the social, cultural and civic life of our state. … This moment reflects New York’s continued commitment to civil rights, religious freedom, unity and interfaith solidarity and to ensuring that people of all backgrounds are seen, valued and included.»
While anti-Muslim hate crime increased after the 9/11 attacks, Jews were targeted more frequently than all other groups combined in New York City in 2024, with anti-Jewish incidents accounting for 54% of all hate crimes, according to a report from The Times of Israel.
One World Trade Center will be one of 16 landmarks illuminated in honor of Muslim American Heritage Month. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding reported the Muslim community in New York City makes up 12.5% of pharmacists, 40% of taxi drivers and more than 57% of street food vendors.
Fox News Digital has reached out to organizations supporting 9/11 victims, survivors and their families for comment.
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Swiss nightclub promoted flaming bottle stunts before deadly inferno in packed New Year’s Eve venue
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The luxury Swiss Alps nightclub where at least 40 people were killed and nearly 120 others were injured in a New Year’s Eve inferno, had previously released a promotional video advertising flaming champagne bottles, which authorities deemed the cause of the tragedy.
Le Constellation, a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, posted the video on YouTube showing waitresses in helmets moving through the dark, crowded club carrying bottles topped with sparkling candles.
In the footage, the bottles appear to be held high, at times nearly touching the ceiling.
Authorities surround the area around the bar Le Constellation, after a fire ripped through the venue during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana. (Maxime Schmid / AFP via Getty Images)
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The video surfaced following a deadly blaze that tore through the basement nightclub at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
At least 40 people were killed, and 119 others were injured, many seriously, when flames and smoke spread rapidly through the packed venue.
According to two witnesses, a bartender was carrying a female staff member on his shoulders while she held a champagne bottle fitted with a lit sparkler or flare near the wooden ceiling above the bar area.
Moments later, fire erupted overhead.
Emergency crews and medical aircraft are seen at a regional airport in Switzerland as victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire in the Alpine resort town of Crans-Montana were transported for treatment. (Reuters/Lisa Leutner)
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Valais Attorney General Beatrice Pilloudsaid confirmed on Friday the boozy fireworks were likely the cause, with the flames triggering a violent ignition of combustible gases known as a flashover, causing the flames to spread suddenly.
«The whole ceiling was in flames, and the fire spread really fast. It happened in seconds,» two survivors later told the French broadcaster BFMTV.
Axel Clavier, 16, of Paris, said he felt as though he was suffocating as smoke filled the club.
Clavier told The Associated Press he escaped by using a table to force a plexiglass pane out of its frame amid what he described as «total chaos.»
He also said he saw waitresses arrive with champagne bottles and sparklers.
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Police officers and first responders stand next to a vehicle on the site of a fire that ripped through the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. (Maxime Schmid/AFP via Getty Images)
As of Friday afternoon, no arrests have been confirmed.
Pilloud said investigators will work to determine if anyone bears criminal liability for fire by negligence, homicide by negligence, or injuries by negligence.
Since the tragedy, hundreds of people have gathered outside the burned-out venue in Crans-Montana, laying flowers and candles as families waited for news of missing loved ones.
Italian authorities said the death toll could be as high as 47, Reuters reported, citing information provided by Swiss officials, who continue working to identify bodies.
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Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the disaster as «one of the worst tragedies our country has ever known,» noting that many of the victims were young people celebrating the New Year.
While the majority of those hurt were Swiss, four Serbians were injured, along with others from Bosnia, Belgium and Portugal.
Italy and France confirmed some of their nationals remain missing.
Le Constellation did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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