“This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth we must be told.”
Vice President JD Vance slammed leftist media on Monday for their lies about his dear friend, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. He laid out a clear and direct argument showing that leftist media outlets and the billionaires who fund them have been peddling lie after lie about Kirk since he was brutally assassinated on Sept. 10.
Vance cited an article from The Nation that called Kirk "an unrepetant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct."
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The examples cited were fraudulent, Vance pointed out, saying "The very evidence she provides, this hack of a writer shows that she lied about a dead man and yet she wrote it, an esteemed magazine published it. It made it through the editors, and of course, liberal billionaires rewarded that attack. Now, of course, even if Charlie had uttered those words, it wouldn't mean that he deserved his fate. But consider the level of propaganda at work."
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"Charlie was gunned down in broad daylight," Vance said, "and well-funded institutions of the left lied about what he said so as to justify his murder. This is soulless and evil, but I was struck not just by the dishonesty of the smear, but by the glee over a young husband's and young father's death quote, she says he was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe and misogynist The Nation wrote, 'who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct.' 'He had children as do many vile people.' That's what they said. 'He had children as do many vile people.'"
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"I really do believe that we can come together in this country," Vance said. "I believe we must. But unity, real unity, can be found only after climbing the mountain of truth. And there are difficult truths we must confront in our country.
"One truth, is that 24% of self described, 'very liberals' believe it is acceptable to be happy about the death of a political opponent, while only 3% of self described 'very conservatives' agree 3% is too many, of course. Another truth is that 26% of young liberals believe political violence is sometimes justified, and only 7% of young conservatives say the same, again, too high a number.
"In a country of three 30 million people, you could, of course, find one person of a given political persuasion justifying this or that, or almost anything. But the data is clear, people on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth we must be told."
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"That problem has terrible consequences," Vance said. He detailed how President Trump, while running for office in 2024, was nearly a casualty of an assassin's bullet. He was grazed in the ear having turned his head slightly just before the bullet got close.
Vance brought up a recent trip he and his family took to Disneyland in California, where not only he but his wife and children were cursed at by protesters in the park. White House staffers have seen their homes and neighborhoods targeted, as well.
He said that these on the "lunatic fringe" cannot be part of a unified America. Vance said that "something has gone very wrong with a lunatic fringe, a minority, but a growing and powerful minority on the far left, there is no unity with people who scream at children over their parents politics. There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder."
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"There is no unity with someone who harasses an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend," he continued. "There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination, and there is no unity with the people who fund these articles, who pay the salaries of these terrorist sympathizers, who argue that Charlie Kirk, a loving husband and father, deserved a shot to the neck because he spoke words with which they disagree."
He called on people to take responsibility for civility in America, to get involved, to call out lies and to take a stand for truth, honesty, and the country.
Democratic Socialist and president of The Nation magazine said they were not funded by George Soros, but did not address the additional claims.
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