The left simply can’t seem to comprehend that their own side may have played a significant role in the ongoing political violence epidemic. During the unfolding aftermath of Wednesday’s deadly shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus, The Don Lemon Show went live and hosted several guests to discuss the shooting and political violence in America.
Host Don Lemon, briefly acknowledged the existence of politically charged violence on his own side of the aisle, but was quick to shift a majority of the blame back onto the political right, citing President Trump as a motivator, to which retired policeman Michael Fanone concurred:
LEMON: And look, again, Michael, you know I’m real, I want Charlie Kirk to be okay. But, no one is excusing Charlie Kirk’s behavior and what he’s done and what he stands for. And, a lot of that political violence, if not most of it—it happens on both sides of the aisle—but a lot of that political violence comes from the right. You have a President out there telling people that—police officers that they can, you know, handle people aggressively and they can do whatever they want with it and, you know, just all kinds of things like that. This is a moment where people should be looking at—taking a good look in the mirror to see, like, “Hey, look at what has happened.”
FANONE: I agree. And—but I also know that they won’t.
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