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A man attacked the husband of congresswoman Nancy Pelosi with a hammer, almost killing him. Charlie Kirk laughs about it. He says anyone who bailed out the attacker would be a great patriot (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by TheDwZ@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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👉 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64428041

👉 https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-once-called-patriot-180221252.html

👉 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/charlie-kirk-bail-out-alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-1234621493/

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[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Yeah I focused on this, too. Verbally I feel like he carefully dances a line here. It's not clear in this context why exactly he was saying this. At the same time that shit eating grin as he says it seems to show a darker side, along with other examples or him generally being a shit.