America marked another September 11th yesterday, but this time the day carried extra pain. Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down by an assassin just one day before we honored the nearly 3,000 souls lost in the worst attack on American soil. The timing feels like another slap in the face to patriots everywhere.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke the hard truth on Fox and Friends yesterday morning. He connected the dots between the radical hate that brought down our towers and the same evil that took Charlie Kirk’s life. Adams said the hate is still among us, and he’s absolutely right.
Charlie Kirk was just 31 years old and spoke to people on both sides of the political aisle. He wasn’t a bomb thrower or a divisive figure like so many in politics today. But that didn’t matter to the radical who decided Kirk had to die simply for his conservative beliefs. This is what happens when the left’s rhetoric turns Americans into enemies.
Vice President JD Vance was supposed to attend the 9/11 ceremony in Manhattan but had to rush to Utah instead because of Kirk’s murder. Even on our most sacred day of remembrance, violent radicals are forcing our leaders to respond to their evil acts. The timing is no coincidence.
Adams told Fox News that we should resolve our differences with ballots, not bullets. He’s right about that, but where was this message when conservatives were being attacked and silenced for years? The violence against patriots has been building for a long time, and now we have blood on our hands.
On September 12th, 2001, America got back up and showed the world our strength. Teachers taught and builders built, just like Adams said. But today we’re facing enemies both foreign and domestic who want to tear us apart from within. The radical left has created a climate where killing conservatives is seen as justified.
We cannot let the sacrifice of those who died on 9/11 be forgotten or wasted. The same evil ideology that drove those terrorists to murder innocent Americans is alive and well in our streets today. It just wears a different face and speaks with an American accent.
Patriots must stand together now more than ever. We honor the dead by refusing to bow to the hate and violence that continues to target conservatives. America will rise again, but only if we have the courage to call evil by its name and fight back with the truth.
