Democrat Blasts ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ Less Than 24 Hours After Charlie Kirk Assassination

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) used the assassination of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk as an opportunity to complain about “right-wing extremists” and blame them for political violence in the United States.

Moulton made an appearance on CNN to discuss Kirk’s assassination — which had occurred not even 24 hours earlier at a college campus event in Orem, Utah — and he immediately attempted to make the conversation about violence coming from the political Right.

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Less than 24 hours after Charlie Kirk was gunned down, Dem Rep Seth Moulton attacks “right wing extremists” as the cause of the vast majority of political violence in the country.

“We need to be honest as a nation, about where this violence is coming from.”

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Moulton claimed that the bipartisan sentiment in Congress was an agreement that “we all need to turn down the rhetoric,” but then he pivoted. “But let’s be serious about where the violence is coming from. Of extremist violent attacks in America, extremist violent murders, 76% are from right-wing extremists, four percent are from left-wing extremists.”

“I condemn that four percent,” he assured host Kate Bolduan, adding, “But we also need to be honest about — as a nation — about where this violence is coming from.”

He concluded by once again attacking conservatives and claiming that they were responding to recent shootings by calling for more guns in the streets.

“And oh, by the way, it’s probably an appropriate time to talk about guns, too,” he said. “You hear a lot of conservatives saying, hey, the only thing we need to do here is get more guns on the street. That’s not going to solve this problem. That’s just going to make it worse.”

Moulton did not give any evidence that conservatives were actually calling for “more guns on the street,” nor did he offer even a hint at who might have said such a thing.