Vice President J.D. Vance didn’t mince words on The Ingraham Angle when he called out the astonishing double standard coming from Democrats after flyers recruiting for a left-wing John Brown Club were plastered across Georgetown’s campus. The posters used the same chilling slogan found on the bullet casing in the Charlie Kirk assassination — “Hey, fascist! Catch!” — and included a QR code inviting students to “do something more than ceremonial resistance.” For any sane person, that’s not a campus political debate; it’s a threat, and the administration’s reaction so far has been far too tepid.
The sight of that slogan circulating on a Jesuit campus should terrify every parent and taxpayer who pays for higher education. These flyers didn’t advertise a debate club or a campus forum; they celebrated political violence and sought recruits for a movement tied to past attacks on ICE and other violent incidents. Conservatives on campus were right to feel unsafe, and anyone who pretends this is merely “robust discourse” is either naive or complicit.
Georgetown officials eventually removed the flyers and said campus police are investigating, but the response raises bigger questions about how universities handle left-wing extremism. Too many campuses reflexively excuse radicalism on the left while punishing conservative speech, and that imbalance is not accidental — it is ideological. If schools want to reclaim any moral authority, they must condemn threats of violence with the same ferocity they apply to imagined offenses from conservative students.
At the same time, Vance and many others are rightly furious about the media circus surrounding Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and the unequal treatment of left-wing personalities. When a late-night host makes a dangerous suggestion, networks pause and audiences get lectured about responsibility, yet when radical left groups flirt with violent recruitment on campus the handwringing is muted. Americans see the pattern: institutions protect their ideological allies while purging or canceling anyone who challenges the narrative.
This isn’t about partisan scorekeeping; it’s about public safety and the rule of law. Vice President Vance’s critique — “This is rich coming from Democrats” — nails the hypocrisy: the same people who demand accountability for conservatives are the ones standing silent or dismissive when leftist radicals cross the line into threats. If the Democratic political class truly believed in safety and civility, they would join conservatives in calling out and rooting out extremism wherever it appears.
Concrete consequences are overdue. Universities must enforce codes of conduct impartially and take credible threats seriously, law enforcement should investigate and prosecute when recruitment crosses into incitement, and media conglomerates that bend the knee to partisan pressure must be held to account by advertisers and viewers. This is about protecting students, preserving free speech, and defending a nation where disagreements don’t end in bullets.
Americans who love their country should not be intimidated into silence by campus bullies or media elites who think they can dictate which views are permissible. Stand with Vice President Vance in demanding clarity, consistency, and courage from our institutions — and make no mistake: defending liberty requires fighting hypocrisy wherever it arises, not applauding it.
