Trump Vows Crackdown On Radical Left After Kirk S Murder The Hill

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 19, 2025, 12:42 AM

trump vows crackdown on radical left after kirk s murder the hill

A flood of false and misleading claims filled social media in the two days it took officials to arrest and publicly identify 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the suspect in Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist... President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Vice President JD Vance hosts an episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” at the White House, following the assassination of the show’s namesake, Monday, Sept., 15, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, speaks during a memorandum signing with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The conservative activist’s killer remains at large and authorities have not said what the motive was behind his shooting. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn as he departs the White House on Sept. 11, 2025. | Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP President Donald Trump on Thursday told reporters that “we just have to beat the hell” out of “radical left lunatics,” following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The president, speaking on the South Lawn of the White House as he was heading to New York City, was responding to a reporter who asked what the president’s message was to conservatives who...

Trump, who also had some more measured comments about Kirk’s killing during the roughly 10-minute exchange with reporters, said: “We have to be brave in life, in all fairness, we have a life. I probably shouldn’t be out here talking to you in all fairness but we will be brave. And we have a great country. We have radical left lunatics out there and we just have to beat the hell out of them.” President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing... Without establishing any link to last week’s shooting, the Republican president and members of his administration have discussed classifying some groups as domestic terrorists, ordering racketeering investigations and revoking tax-exempt status for progressive nonprofits.

The White House pointed to Indivisible, a progressive activist network, and the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, as potential subjects of scrutiny. Although administration officials insist that their focus is preventing violence, critics see an extension of Trump’s campaign of retribution against his political enemies and an erosion of free speech rights. Any moves to weaken liberal groups could also shift the political landscape ahead of next year’s midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress and statehouses across the country. “The radical left has done tremendous damage to the country,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday morning when leaving for a state visit to the United Kingdom. “But we’re fixing it.” Trump has sometimes made similar threats without following through.

But now there’s renewed interest fueled by anger over the killing of Kirk, a conservative activist who was a prominent supporter of Trump and friends with many of his advisers. WASHINGTON ‒ Angered in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Trump administration officials say they're planning to use "every resource" available across the federal government to target left-leaning organizations they contend are promoting political... Vice President JD Vance and Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff, on Sept. 15 discussed plans to "go after" liberal non-government organizations, or NGOs, they said support "doxxing" campaigns against conservatives, help orchestrate riots, publicize the addresses of political opponents and promote messages intended to create violence. "We are going to channel all of the anger that we have over the organized campaign that led to this assassination to uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks," Miller said as he joined Vance... Miller called political violence on the left a "vast domestic terrorist movement," vowing the Trump administration would use "every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government" to...

"It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name," Miller said. "The radicals on the left are the problem," Trump said on Friday. President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on blaming what he called the "radical left" for political violence in the United States after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. During an appearance on "Fox & Friends," Trump was asked about the presence of radical individuals on both sides of the aisle and how it can be fixed to bring the country together. "Because we have radicals on the right as well. We have radicals on the left.

People have gotten are watching all of these videos and cheering. Some people are cheering that Charlie was, was killed. How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?" co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked the president. "I'll tell you something that's going to get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime.

They don't want to see crime. Worried about the border. They're saying, We don't want these people coming in. We don't want you burning our shopping centers. We don't want you shooting our people in the middle of the street," Trump said. Following the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, U.S.

President Donald Trump and some of his key allies are floating plans to shut down left-wing organizations that they say encourage political violence. The warnings from Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and other prominent White House figures are prompting concern that the administration may use Kirk's killing as a pretext to muzzle legitimate, non-violent political opposition. The promises to crack down on what Trump calls "radical left" groups began within hours of the shooting last Wednesday, well before authorities had identified suspect Tyler Robinson. Investigators have yet to allege a definitive motive. The administration has amplified the calls on a near-daily basis: Wednesday: In a video address, Trump said his administration "will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and...

Senior White House official Stephen Miller has said that the Trump administration would move to dismantle what he described as a "vast domestic terror movement" after the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, made the remarks on Kirk’s podcast, which was hosted by Vice President JD Vance. "We are going to channel all of the anger that we have over the organised campaign that led to this assassination, to uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks," Miller said on Monday. "We are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government." Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump and founder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, was shot last Wednesday during a speaking event at a Utah university. Trump vows crackdown after killing that has sparked fears of worsening political violence

Trump says activist Charlie Kirk 'is dead' UAE welcomes US lifting sanctions on Syria Trump, Modi optimistic as US-India trade talks continue Court upholds sex assault defamation order vs Trump U.S. President Donald Trump's recent moves are drawing accusations that he and his allies are using Charlie Kirk’s death as a pretext to crack down on dissent.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing to have left-wing activist groups investigated as criminal organizations in the wake of the assassination of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk. Members of his administration and right-wing activists, meanwhile, are working to identify people who criticized Mr. Kirk online after his killing and have them fired from their jobs. Mr. Trump is also launching a US$15-billion libel suit against the New York Times and several of its staffers whose critical coverage of him has long irked him.

The moves are drawing accusations that Mr. Trump and his allies are using Mr. Kirk’s death as a pretext to crack down on dissent.

Trump Vows Crackdown On Radical Left After Kirk S Murder The Hill

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