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Trump Escalates Attacks on ‘Radical Left’ After Kirk Killing as GOP Targets Online Celebrants

Legal experts say government efforts to force platform bans over such speech would violate the First Amendment.

Overview

  • Police are holding 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the alleged gunman while investigators review bullet casings inscribed with messages, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
  • President Trump said he wants the country to heal but blamed the radical left for rhetoric he claims fuels political violence.
  • Rep. Clay Higgins vowed to push lifetime social-media bans for those who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death, a proposal First Amendment advocates called unconstitutional.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is closely tracking service members who celebrated the killing, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said American Airlines grounded pilots accused of doing so.
  • Conservative activists and elected officials are publicizing posts that made light of the attack, including a website claiming nearly 20,000 submissions and reports of dozens of resulting firings.