The latest episode of The Right Squad pulled back the curtain on a disturbing pattern that patriotic Americans have feared for months: lone attackers emboldened by radical, dehumanizing rhetoric are now translating words into lethal action. Panelists argued — rightly so — that when mainstream culture and certain left-wing leaders spend years demonizing law enforcement and conservatives, they create a combustible atmosphere that attracts unstable actors looking for permission to kill.
Two weeks ago the nation watched in horror as Charlie Kirk, a leading conservative voice who inspired young Americans, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University; prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and say they will seek the harshest penalties. This was not a random act isolated to the fringes — it was an assassination at a public political event, the sort of targeted political violence our founders warned could destroy civic life.
Conservative leaders and rank-and-file patriots have every right to demand answers and accountability after Kirk’s killing, and they pressed that case at his memorial where speakers framed the attack as part of a broader assault on the movement that defends free speech and the Constitution. The response from the right is not a call to violence; it is a fierce demand that the state stop coddling the ideologies and platforms that radicalize vulnerable people into murderers.
Then, on September 24, a shooter opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, killing a detainee and critically wounding others before taking his own life; federal investigators say the suspect, Joshua Jahn, left behind “ANTI-ICE” markings and even researched the Kirk assassination as part of his planning. The FBI and DHS have described the Dallas attack as ideologically motivated and meticulously planned — the pattern is clear: radicals borrow and amplify each other’s tactics, and social media theaters of rage provide the primer.
Conservative commentators on The Right Squad and across Newsmax are right to connect the dots and push for a national reckoning: slogans like “abolish ICE” or dehumanizing police rhetoric are not innocent talk when echoed across campuses, media and culture for years. This isn’t about silencing dissent; it’s about recalibrating responsibility — public figures and platforms must stop normalizing hatred that then shows up in the form of bullets.
Republican lawmakers and conservative voices are calling for stronger investigations, tougher prosecution, and accountability for platforms that radicalize young people, including renewed scrutiny of legal immunities that shield social media giants. If Washington truly cared about stopping political violence, it would move beyond platitudes and pass concrete measures to cut off the online pipelines that groom would-be assassins while supporting law enforcement at every level.
Every American who loves liberty should be outraged — not just at the killers, but at the culture that incubates them and the institutions that excuse them. Demand investigations, demand prosecutions, and demand that our leaders stop pretending these tragedies are “one-offs”; the FBI itself warns this is a continuing problem, and we must treat it like the threat to the Republic that it is.
