Knowles: The Left Owns Political Violence

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles blasted the Left on Monday night, arguing that “political violence is a Left-wing phenomenon.”

Knowles spoke at the Young America’s Foundation event at Washington and Lee University in Virginia and addressed the violence against conservatives on college campuses and against Republicans in the political arena.

“These campus lectures are prime examples of Left-wing political violence. When students invite a conservative public figure to speak on campus, university officials regularly disinvite us citing vague ‘safety concerns,'” Knowles said. “And who is threatening anyone’s safety? It isn’t the conservative speakers. It isn’t the conservative students. It is the leftists.”

Knowles acknowledged that the administrators who cite “safety concerns” when they cancel a conservative’s speech have a good argument “because the leftists on campus are frequently violent.” He mentioned recent examples of violence breaking out on campuses when conservatives such as Charles Murray, Riley Gaines, and himself are invited to speak.

“Just last year, leftists at the University of Pittsburgh lit a street on fire, burned me in effigy, and threw an explosive at a building as I walked on stage,” Knowles said.

“Political violence is a left-wing phenomenon in America. It is encouraged and carried out by leftists, some of whom have been bailed out of jail by Kamala Harris, whose despicable rhetoric continues to justify violence against President Trump and other conservatives.”

“Political violence is a left-wing phenomenon… It is encouraged and carried out by leftists, some of whom have been bailed out of jail by Kamala Harris, whose despicable rhetoric continues to justify violence against President Trump and other conservatives.”@michaeljknowles… pic.twitter.com/UyxQmILhxf

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The Daily Wire host also discussed the second assassination attempt on Trump after a Democrat donor was arrested for allegedly hiding in wait for Trump with an AK-47-style rifle near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.

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“We know for a fact that the alleged assassin heard Biden and Harris’ calumnious talking points because he quoted them directly on social media,” Knowles added. “He posted ‘Democracy is on the ballot.’ And if democracy is on the ballot then anything goes.”

“Kamala and Biden deserve much of the blame for the attempted assassinations on President Trump,” he continued. “But they don’t deserve all of the blame. Many prominent liberals have encouraged political violence against conservatives for years now.”