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sop

(17,190 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:46 AM Sep 2025

'Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting'

"White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller vowed Friday that he and President Donald Trump would use this week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk to 'dismantle' the organized left using state power."

"In a rant on Fox News, Miller—the architect of Trump’s mass roundups and deportations of immigrants—shouted that the best way to honor Kirk’s memory was to carry out a political purge against the left, which he called a 'domestic terrorism movement in this country.' "

"Miller provided few details on what specific left-wing figures or groups he believed were stoking this violence. He claimed the left was waging 'doxxing campaigns' against right-wing figures, though he cited no specific examples."

"He did, however, cite many examples of harsh, but nevertheless First Amendment-protected, speech that he considered an incitement to violence, including that 'the left calls people enemies of the republic, calls them fascists, says they’re Nazis, says they’re evil,' and claimed that many people online were 'celebrating' Kirk’s assassination."

“ 'The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven,' Miller said, was, 'that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence, and we are going to do that.' "

Continued at link:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-dismantle-the-left

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'Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to 'Dismantle' the Left After Kirk Shooting' (Original Post) sop Sep 2025 OP
Look in the mirror... Lovie777 Sep 2025 #1
Almost sounds like miller planned the murder to justify destroying his opponents. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2
"Take advantage of every tragedy" - Naomi Klein, 'Disaster Capitalism' sop Sep 2025 #5
This sounds like they are trying to make Kirk into a prophet. markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #3
In heaven????????? Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #10
"Stop calling me names!" 58Sunliner Sep 2025 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Sep 2025 #6
A right-winger kills another right-winger. So they threaten the left. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #7
Apparently, we lefties made him do it. sop Sep 2025 #13
Katy Tur asked what Trump would use this as a justification to do underpants Sep 2025 #8
Who has used these words over these many months? bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #9
You mean Nazi, like this? UpInArms Sep 2025 #11
Secession. That's where this is going. CanonRay Sep 2025 #12
After which BWdem4life Sep 2025 #18
There are no "radical left" organizations in this country FakeNoose Sep 2025 #14
I've been searching for the official Antifa website for a while now, to check out their local meetings. No luck. sop Sep 2025 #15
Miller: "... before he [Kirk] joined his creator in heaven...." area51 Sep 2025 #16
Didn't many of them start walking this back as soon as it came out the killer was one of them? mwmisses4289 Sep 2025 #17
STFU Peewee Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 #19

markodochartaigh

(4,825 posts)
3. This sounds like they are trying to make Kirk into a prophet.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:54 AM
Sep 2025

'''The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven,' Miller said."

Response to sop (Original post)

sop

(17,190 posts)
13. Apparently, we lefties made him do it.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:09 AM
Sep 2025

We're an extremely persuasive bunch, what with our subversive First Amendment rights and all.

underpants

(194,393 posts)
8. Katy Tur asked what Trump would use this as a justification to do
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:05 AM
Sep 2025

I know there aren’t a lot of fans of hers here but I thought this was spot on at the time. Now we see.


“I mentioned the aftereffects because, as we were just talking about a moment ago with Alan, after one of the DOGE employees was allegedly attacked in Washington, D.C., that’s what Donald Trump used as justification to send in federal troops into Washington, D.C., to get things under control—the carjacking situation. He used that,” Tur replied, adding:

And I know it’s hard to predict the future, Mark, but you can imagine the administration using this as a justification for something.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msnbcs-katy-tur-asks-if-trump-will-use-charlie-kirk-shooting-as-a-justification-for-something-bad/

bucolic_frolic

(53,659 posts)
9. Who has used these words over these many months?
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:13 AM
Sep 2025

"enemies of the republic, calls them fascists, says they’re Nazis, says they’re evil"

CanonRay

(15,881 posts)
12. Secession. That's where this is going.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:56 AM
Sep 2025

You can't live in a country that puts a target on your back.

BWdem4life

(2,916 posts)
18. After which
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 03:16 PM
Sep 2025

We would have to expel RW nutjobs from our new country if they threaten violence.

FakeNoose

(39,856 posts)
14. There are no "radical left" organizations in this country
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:28 AM
Sep 2025

WTF is he talking about? The only "radicals," especially the ones who are running around with gunz, are supporting Chump in one way or another. Here's a thought - you can dismantle the "radical right" groups, take away their gunz - and you'd be amazed at how civil this country becomes overnight.

sop

(17,190 posts)
15. I've been searching for the official Antifa website for a while now, to check out their local meetings. No luck.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:39 AM
Sep 2025

I did find a slickly-produced TPUSA website with over 800 local chapters.

area51

(12,546 posts)
16. Miller: "... before he [Kirk] joined his creator in heaven...."
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 09:45 AM
Sep 2025

Wrong direction, Miller, he's not heaven-bound.

mwmisses4289

(2,998 posts)
17. Didn't many of them start walking this back as soon as it came out the killer was one of them?
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:40 AM
Sep 2025

Miller made his remarks Friday; by Saturday, there were reports that the rwnjs were frantically scrubbing all their social media accounts of that bs.

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