Imagine if he said "we need a patriot to bail out the guy who killed charlie kirk" like Charlie kirk said about the guy who tried to murder Paul Pelosi and was at Nancy Pelosi's house to torture her.

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selectodude 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sometimes I feel like I live in an alternative reality because I very clearly remember thousands of people saying shit like that.

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ceejayoz 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you sure they weren’t ironically referencing the Pelosi case to make a point about the double standard?

	▲	selectodude 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They very well could be. If so, great. Poe’s law and all.

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strictnein 29 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Imagine you added this context to that statement which was a broader statement about bail and not about how he supported the attacker? I don't agree with Kirk, but your "quote" of him is purposefully misleading.

“I’m not qualifying it. I think it’s awful. It’s not right,” Kirk said about the attack on Pelosi, who suffered a skull fracture after being hit in the head with a hammer. “But why is it that in Chicago you’re able to commit murder and be out the next day? Why is it that you’re able to trespass, second-degree murder, arson, threaten a public official, cashless bail. This happens all over San Francisco. But if you go after the Pelosis, oh, you’re [not] let out immediately. Got it.”

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/viral-claims-about-charlie...

Here's the actual video, which I think makes it clear that he's joking and he follows it up with the point he made above.

https://x.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1587127536122732544

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adrr 13 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thanks for pointing out how he equated random street violence to premeditated attempted murder and torture.

	▲	strictnein 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'm really not sure how you got that from what was said? Murder is worse, in fact, than attempted murder, regardless of if it was "random street violence" or not.