Pardoned Insurrectionists Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Call for Civil War
“Charlie Kirk’s assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.” Mother Jones; Mark Reinstein/Zuma; Luis M. Alvarez/AP In the aftermath of Wednesday’s assassination of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk , in the midst of more sober calls for mourning and moderation, many far-right influencers quickly began to call for revenge against the left —whom they blamed for Kirk’s death. They did so even though the shooter still has not been identified, nor their motivations...