Years of liberals demonizing Trump led to the killing of Charlie Kirk – The Militant

Years of liberals demonizing Trump led to the killing of Charlie Kirk – The Militant

“Whoever the target today, it is working people who will be targeted tomorrow.”

[….] For the last decade, Democrats, the liberal media and the middle-class left have fomented hatred and intolerance toward Trump and his supporters. From the Russia-gate frame-up of 2016, through two impeachment efforts, and a mountain of court cases, their campaign against him has trampled on constitutional protections crucial for the working class.

The shooting of Kirk, and a growing number of violent attacks on political opponents — Democrats, Republicans and others — is a reflection of the deepening political crisis of the U.S. capitalist rulers and their parties. They have no answers to the pressures their system is bringing down on workers today. They fear deepening class struggle is coming.

This is behind the growing intolerance toward opposing views that has become common, especially on campus. Days before the killing, some 900 students had signed a petition demanding college authorities ban Kirk from speaking at Utah Valley University.

In addition, in recent years Jewish students and other opponents of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, deadly pogrom have faced attacks on campuses across the country....