The Murder of Charlie Kirk Was Not a George Floyd Moment

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Why is the left fabricating the circumstances surrounding and following Kirk’s murder? In its

signature projective style, the left is terrified that the right might follow its own example—by manipulating facts, ginning up street violence, and issuing non-negotiable demands to achieve its agenda. The left is terrified that the right might follow its own example. The post-Kirk agenda eschewed violence because it was both morally wrong and politically counterproductive—since most Americans naturally favored most of what Kirk championed.