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America is reeling as a string of violent attacks has moved from headline shock to a grim pattern, culminating in the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah campus. Hardworking patriots who show up to rallies and college debates are being treated like targets, not citizens, and our leaders and institutions have been slow to respond to what looks very much like politically-directed violence.
We cannot forget the July 13, 2024 attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a lone gunman opened fire at a rally and innocent Americans were killed and wounded before the threat was stopped. That attack exposed serious vulnerabilities at public events and should have been a wake-up call for protective measures at conservative gatherings nationwide.
Then, on September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University, a chilling escalation that proves no conservative leader is immune, even on supposedly safe college campuses. Investigations and reporting have highlighted glaring security failures — from minimal campus police presence to a lack of rooftop surveillance and coordination with local law enforcement — failures that residents and families now pay for with blood.
Enough of the hand-wringing and platitudes from those who run our universities and media outlets; this was preventable and predictable. When thousands gather to hear conservative ideas, they deserve metal detectors, coordinated security plans, and common-sense defenses — not excuses about open campuses and student privacy while bodies are carried out.
It is also impossible to ignore the atmosphere of dehumanizing rhetoric and one-sided outrage that has festered in elite circles and on blue-check platforms, where political opponents are painted as not just wrong but dangerous. While some in the press rush to place every blame on guns or “political rhetoric” in a way that criminalizes speech on the right, they often fail to squarely confront the toxic, targeted rage coming from certain activist networks and corners of academia.
The FBI and other agencies must be unafraid to call out and investigate ideological violence wherever it springs from, and Congress must stop treating these killings as abstract political debate fodder. Lawmakers introduced measures condemning Kirk’s assassination and investigating the circumstances surrounding it — a start, but not nearly enough to restore deterrence, accountability, and safety for conservative voices on campus and beyond.
Patriots are not asking for censorship or retaliation; we demand equal protection under the law and a zero-tolerance policy for threats and violence aimed at political opponents. That means prosecutions that match the severity of these crimes, funding and standards for campus safety, and an honest public discussion that refuses to normalize assassinations as inevitable byproducts of politics.
If America is to survive as a free republic, conservatives must stand firm and insist that our institutions protect citizens, not protect ideologies that excuse violent outcomes. Hold your universities, your local sheriffs, and your elected officials accountable — demand safety, demand truth, and demand justice for those taken for standing up to the left’s escalating hostility.
