'We gotta turn the volume down': Charlie Kirk killing changed the 'mood' in Congress

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

September 10, 2025 10:31PM ET


Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Wednesday that the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk changed the mood on Capitol Hill.

Kirk was shot in the neck while giving a speech at the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday afternoon. He was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization with chapters nationwide.

Johnson joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" to discuss the aftermath of Kirk's killing.

"I think there is a recognition, some are saying more quietly, others more loudly, that the level of vitriol that is there now, the level of hatred that is fomented, there's a time that we gotta turn the volume down." "There's a lot of people who find pleasure in stoking that fire, and it's dangerous," he continued. "There are derranged people in society, and if they are encouraged along this way, they will do dangerous things."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2673982174/

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Projection and self-reflection.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. He can go fuck himself

[gab13by13]

2. In other words,

it was OK when Democrats were murdered but now since it's happened to one of us, it's time to turn the volume down. They fucking made fun of Nancy Pelosi's husband assault.

[mnhtnbb]

26. They are all worried now that any of their hate mongering group could be a target.

[CanonRay]

31. Exactly!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Democrats are NOT cheering Charlie Kirk's death.

If at all, Conservative pundits are pointing fingers, along with POTUS, "blaming the radical left-wing", meaning Democrats.

Many of the condolences coming from Democratic Party leaders have been somber and expressing horror that gun violence is NEVER the answer. Jumping to conclusions and speculating on the psyche of the assassin is never a good idea.

[underpants]

16. They've lost their minds on X and Fox News. Apparently it's not "too soon"

I can’t or won’t go through all the crap I’m seeing. I watched Fox News a bit last night and they were off the charts. The same basic message. Dems caused this with their words. Complete projection.

[Blues Heron]

4. Fuck your mood, mike, putz

[Ponietz]

5. Pukes declared war on Democrats after Watergate -- this is 50 years in the making

A hard rain’s gonna fall on them.

[travelingthrulife]

27. Yup. My whole life they have been doing this. They don't even know why they hate

liberals or Democrats.

[comradebillyboy]

6. Moses desperately needs Democratic votes

to avoid a government shutdown. Calling Democrats murderers is a poor strategy for gaining their support.

But hey, Chuck and Hakeem you have a good hand to play; no deals without real major concessions from the pukes.

[Ponietz]

13. No funding bill without the release of the Epstein files

Hakeem and Chuck: “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
Make your stand right here.

[UpInArms]

7. Is he talking about himself?

There are derranged people in society, and if they are encouraged along this way, they will do dangerous things.

[Captain Zero]

32. Even as a lapdog, Johnson is his most dangerous

self.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Tell your boss that, nimrod.

[underpants]

15. Exactly

[Torchlight]

9. Mr. johnson... you turned the volume up to eleven.

This is the very landscape you and your people willfully created. Mission accomplished, idiot.

[C_U_L8R]

10. When your whole ethos is about punching people less fortunate than you

You shouldn't be surprised when you get punched back.

The GOP has a lot to account for. Let me know when they've atoned.

[Johonny]

11. Did he tell Trump that?

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Tell that to your cult leader.

[Brainfodder]

14. You are right MIKEY, EPSTEIN FILES will distract from this one citizen death? Hurrah for EPSTEIN FILES!

ALL HEIL THE GREAT EPSTEIN FILES!

[ananda]

17. Gawd almighty these Republicans are dense!

The volume is all they've got.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

18. Hey Mikey, screw the volume control, just put a muzzle on the piece of shit occupying the White House.

[3825-87867]

19. Substitute "Republican" or Magat or Conservative or Entitled Business Person

for the word "people" in Johnson's comment and it's now accurate.

Oh, and add "Media" to that...especially Right Wing Drek.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Charlie Kirk should have thought of that.

But he didn't.

[vercetti2021]

21. Fuck you Mike

You and your party is the root of this shit, so you tone it the fuck down first.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Turning the volume down seems disrespectful of Kirk's last wishes

Charlie Kirk posted his final message on X just hours before he was fatally shot in Utah.
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Kirk wrote: "If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her."

He shared a video, where he describes her death as "one of the coldest, most senseless murders I have ever seen".

"I don't like politicising situations, but it just necessitates it."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3A27caf614-1686-4f38-884d-b9dda4d9e610#post

[Blue Dotty]

23. Talk to the man in the mirror, Mikey n/t

[Hotler]

24. Talk to the MAGA voters first, they started it.

Trump shares video of supporter saying "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat"
(snip) Mr. Trump at midnight retweeted a video from Cowboys For Trump featuring the group's founder, Couy Griffin, who is also the Otero County commissioner. The clip shows Griffin speaking to a crowd of supporters.
"I've come to a place where I've come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat," Griffin says in the first seconds of the clip, drawing cheers and applause.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-shares-video-of-supporter-saying-the-only-good-democrat-is-a-dead-democrat/

[eringer]

25. speakers Wish Came True

Volume of hate speech was reduced exponentially yesterday. Cut down by a trans gang member in the middle of his banter of vitriol.

[Marthe48]

28. Seen on Facebook

The crowd that gleefully mused about feeding immigrants to crocodiles would like you to stop taking pleasure at the idea of somebody else's death.

Also, kirk asked listeners to bail out the person who attacked Paul Pelosi. kirk tried linking Gov. Walz to the murder of Melissa and Mark Hortmann and their dog.

And so on.

kirk made his choice and he died.

With uncontrolled guns, no one is safe, no matter how you feel about uncontrolled guns. Also, even if you are up traitor felon's butt, you are expendable. I mean, not safe.

[poozwah]

29. not

the mood will not remain changed. as elections draw closer and the nra opens its wallet, the wrongful right will revert to their hate speech and continued support of the gun lobby. if we do not change, we will die. america is no longer a shining light on a hill. it is now a sniper’s nest on a high spot.

[azureblue]

30. "you reap what you sow"

This is the perfect example. Lyin' Mike should have thought of that long time ago.

[mcar]

33. He and his ilk in Congress openly mocked

Paul Pelosi after the vicious attack on him. Some Rs in Congress laughed and jeered at the assassination of Melissa Hortman in MN.

They openly call for liberals to be taken out.

Speaker Moses needs to tend to his own garden.

[WA-03 Democrat]

34. Charlie would have want the exact opposite

to turn the volume up and show no empathy. Seriously that is what he said and did. He paid a price for his beliefs. Free Bird!

[PortTack]

37. He died doing what he loved to do...foment hate and division. He will be remembered by his words

Which the last two words he uttered were gang violence

[totodeinhere]

35. I am sorry for his children who of course are innocent.

But this is exactly what the right wants. They will use this as an excuse for using more and more violence against us. Many of their leaders are already calling for "revenge" against the left. It is a familiar tactic used by fascists.

[Deminpenn]

42. I'm sure his kids have been indoctrinated

in the same hateful views their father spewed and their mother likely believes, too.

[totodeinhere]

43. Two and three year olds?

I don't know but if so that is not their fault. I am still sorry for them.

[Deminpenn]

45. Yes, kids learn behavior early

Their mother will have plenty of money to raise them unlike many other kids left with one or no parents due to gun or other violence or just run-of-the-mill crime that sends one or both parents to prison.

[PortTack]

36. What a typical idiotic statement..but typical of Johnson. You're the f..king leader!!! You want the rhetoric

To calm down? Then do something about it.

[Woodwizard]

38. Too bad all the children murdered in school shootings do not get the same attention.

Charlie Kirk is all over the top of the headlines but the Colorado shooting is hardly to be found.

Same for the medical insurance CEO. Front page news for a week

[Clouds Passing]

39. Are you talking about yourself mikey?

[Deminpenn]

40. Wasn't Dowd fired for saying

essentially the same thing?

[Mz Pip]

41. Good luck with that

They all follow the same footsteps of their feckless leader.

[DrFunkenstein]

44. Pretty Sure They Said This On January 7th

How did that pan out?