The country woke up to two brutal reminders that political violence in America is no longer an abstraction but a clear and present danger, yet too many on the left still reflexively look away when their rhetoric is called out. Conservative voices have been sounding the alarm after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the sniper attack on an ICE facility in Dallas, and when a calm, fact-driven conservative like Scott Jennings laid out the evidence on national television, liberal panelists suddenly had nothing to say.
Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking to students, a public political assassination that shocked people across the country and proved the worst fears of patriots who have long warned that violent rhetoric begets violent acts. Investigators quickly moved to charge a suspect as the nation reeled, and the brutal reality of the killing forced even some mainstream outlets to stop pretending political violence springs from nowhere.
A couple weeks later, a sniper attack targeted ICE agents in Dallas, an ambush that investigators tied to anti-ICE sentiment after finding messages and markings that pointed to an explicitly anti-government, anti-enforcement motive. This wasn’t a random act of crime; it was a politically driven assault on federal agents doing their duty, and it underscores how dangerous unchecked radicalism on the left has become.
That’s why Scott Jennings’ appearance on CNN mattered so much — he read the defendant’s alleged messages and refused to let the conversation be diverted into excuses or blame-games. When he calmly pointed out the obvious: violent acts don’t arise in a vacuum and language matters, left-wing talking points and flacks could not construct a coherent rebuttal and some were left sputtering. The clip has circulated because it exposed the media’s selective outrage and their willingness to normalize anything but admitting the problem.
Dave Rubin and other conservative commentators were right to amplify that exchange, showing how a well-sourced line of questioning can put liberal pundits on the defensive and force uncomfortable truths into the open. MeidasTouch’s Adam Mockler, who often plays the role of the left’s young, media-savvy defender, found himself outmatched by facts laid out plainly on air — a reminder that courage and clarity win when the goal is truth, not spin.
Americans who love liberty should demand more than empty expressions of sadness from those who helped create the poisonous atmosphere that produced these attacks. Hold the left accountable for the fever of hatred they tolerate, demand real consequences for violent rhetoric, and insist that public safety and free speech be defended equally for every American — or we will keep paying for their silence with more blood on our streets.
