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ElwoodBlues · M
Ironically, Charlie Kirk didn't want empathy from or for his supporters.
"I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that – it does a lot of damage."
— Charlie Kirk on 'The Charlie Kirk Show', Oct. 12 2022
BTW, I that know you, @Therealsteve have taken a strong stand against violent rhetoric. Will you stand against this rhetoric that follows??
“Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”
November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before
“I’d like to punch him in the face.”
February 22, 2016, about a protester who disrupted a Las Vegas rally
“You also had people that were very fine people on both sides.”
August 15, 2017, speaking at a press conference about the white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
“Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my guy!”
October 18, 2018, referring to then-Representative Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for physically assaulting a reporter
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
May 29, 2020, posted on Twitter during the protests and riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd was murdered
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”
June 2020, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s memoir, which described Trump having said this about protesters outside the White House
“Stand back and stand by.”
September 29, 2020, addressing the Proud Boys during a presidential debate
“I don’t f%cking care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me.”
January 6, 2021, just minutes before addressing the crowd at the Ellipse, Trump shouted this to his advance team, according to testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson
“Get smart Republicans. FIGHT!”
January 6, 2021, in a tweet before the election certification took place
“This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.”
September 22, 2023, on Truth Social, suggesting that General Mark Milley, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be executed
“Very simply, if you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store. Shot.”
September 29, 2023, speaking at the California Republican Party convention
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
December 16, 2023, referring to illegal immigrants during a New Hampshire rally
“If I don’t get elected … it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
March 16, 2024, during a speech about the U.S. auto-manufacturing industry in Ohio
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour—and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.”
September 29, 2024, proposing a violent crackdown by police to deal with crime, during a rally in Pennsylvania
"I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that – it does a lot of damage."
— Charlie Kirk on 'The Charlie Kirk Show', Oct. 12 2022
BTW, I that know you, @Therealsteve have taken a strong stand against violent rhetoric. Will you stand against this rhetoric that follows??
“Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”
November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before
“I’d like to punch him in the face.”
February 22, 2016, about a protester who disrupted a Las Vegas rally
“You also had people that were very fine people on both sides.”
August 15, 2017, speaking at a press conference about the white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
“Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my guy!”
October 18, 2018, referring to then-Representative Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for physically assaulting a reporter
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
May 29, 2020, posted on Twitter during the protests and riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd was murdered
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”
June 2020, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s memoir, which described Trump having said this about protesters outside the White House
“Stand back and stand by.”
September 29, 2020, addressing the Proud Boys during a presidential debate
“I don’t f%cking care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me.”
January 6, 2021, just minutes before addressing the crowd at the Ellipse, Trump shouted this to his advance team, according to testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson
“Get smart Republicans. FIGHT!”
January 6, 2021, in a tweet before the election certification took place
“This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.”
September 22, 2023, on Truth Social, suggesting that General Mark Milley, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be executed
“Very simply, if you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store. Shot.”
September 29, 2023, speaking at the California Republican Party convention
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
December 16, 2023, referring to illegal immigrants during a New Hampshire rally
“If I don’t get elected … it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
March 16, 2024, during a speech about the U.S. auto-manufacturing industry in Ohio
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour—and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.”
September 29, 2024, proposing a violent crackdown by police to deal with crime, during a rally in Pennsylvania
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@ElwoodBlues If you keep spinning like that you are going to end up on Uranis
ElwoodBlues · M
@sunsporter1649 says
LOL!!! You didn't notice who I was quoting!!!

If you keep spinning like that you are going to end up
LOL!!! You didn't notice who I was quoting!!!

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@ElwoodBlues LOL, you want to start the cherry-picking and out of context statements?