Overview
- Cygnal’s October poll, highlighted by conservative outlets, reports 60% of young liberals and 41% of liberals say breaking the law can be acceptable if they disagree with the government, compared with 14% of conservatives.
- The poll also finds 57% expect political conflict and violence to escalate and that Democrats are more likely than other groups to believe it will continue.
- Republicans amplify the findings to argue Democrats tolerate extremist discourse, citing a claim that 118 House Democrats refused to condemn Charlie Kirk’s killing and pointing to Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones’s violent texts; Democrats dispute the framing and note many did condemn the murder.
- President Donald Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and reporting says the administration is weighing domestic security responses tied to political violence.
- Fresh scrutiny includes a Fox News report on Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow fundraising with commentator Rebecca Schoenkopf, who mocked Kirk online, as well as campus flyers linked to a John Brown Gun Club chapter echoing a phrase reportedly found on a shell casing in the case.