Left-wing political terrorism is spreading across America in a frightening way. The evidence isn’t just Charlie Kirk’s killing — it’s the assassination that came before it and how another radical leftist on the scene reacted during the shooting. If you aren’t a radical leftist, you can become a target, and the country needs to face that reality.
The first incident was the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He was shot in broad daylight by Luigi Mangione, who has been treated like a cult folk hero on the left. On Tuesday, when a judge oddly tossed out a terrorism charge against Mangione, a radical leftist crowd outside the courthouse erupted in cheers.
I know lawyers I used to work with who hold far-left views, and they cheered Mangione on social media after the February killing. In the post-election phase of Trump’s second term, this was an early, clear sign that the liberal side was heading in a dangerous direction. When they couldn’t condemn the atrocity of shooting an innocent executive in public, the moral argument was lost.
Now that we’ve reached the killing of Charlie Kirk, the left shows no antibodies to fight this kind of violence. Many liberals see Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson as evil and deserving of death. They’re stuck in a fever-swamp fantasy trying to paint Kirk’s killer, Tyler Robinson, as some kind of right-wing groyper to dodge responsibility. Those claims persist despite the killer’s own texts saying the opposite.
He texted his roommate to look under his keyboard. “The roommate looked under the keyboard and found a note that stated, ‘I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.'”
That led to the following exchange:
Roommate: Why?
Robinson: Why did I do it?
Roommate: Yeah
Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.
Robinson’s words line up with familiar Democratic talking points that treat all Republicans as threats to the country. For years, many liberals have pushed to shut down debate because “platforming” the right is considered wrong in itself.
There is no room for negotiation anymore. The same goes for Mangione — no debate for him or his circle of supporters. The violence seems to exhilarate them and feed the thrill they crave.
But the problem doesn’t stop there.
Next, we have to look at the man who was present at Charlie Kirk’s killing and who moved in to help.
George Zinn, 71, was arrested at the scene of the shooting. Early reports said he was the shooter — and that’s because he was shouting that he was the shooter. He was even demanding that police shoot him for that act.
After being taken to the police station, his story changed. “According to the affidavit, after he asked for a lawyer, without being asked any questions by investigators, he stated that he did not shoot Kirk and that he said he did to draw attention away from the real shooter.”
Police added, “Zinn was later taken to the hospital because of a medical condition, and Zinn reportedly told an officer that he was glad he said he shot the individual so the real suspect could get away. He also said he ‘wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot,’ according to the probable cause statement.”
Let’s unpack that for a moment. As far as we know, Zinn had no advance knowledge of the attack. Robinson mentions Zinn in his texts:
Roommate: you weren’t the one who did it right????
Robinson: I am, I’m sorry
Roommate: I thought they caught the person?
Robinson: no, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing.Â
The “crazy old dude,” George Zinn, grasped what had happened almost instantly. He heard the shots, saw Kirk get hit, and rushed in to help the shooter. It took Zinn only seconds to view this as a politically motivated attack he agreed with, and he said he was willing to die for the cause as a “martyr” on the spot.
George Zinn is the suicide vest liberal. He’s as committed as Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson, and all he needed was a sudden spark to jump into the fray, willingly. No explicit agreement was necessary — they tacitly understood one another, accepted the act, and moved into action.
If there had been any more coordination, we’d be talking about a sleeper terrorist cell. On that note, we may learn more. The FBI is investigating social media accounts that posted weeks before Kirk was killed suggesting something would happen to him on that date.
It’s unclear whether Tyler Robinson kept his plans to himself or worked with others. Zinn might know more than he’s saying. But even if he doesn’t, the fact that someone leapt in to help an assassin within seconds says a lot about the mindset of a random liberal on a college campus.
It should be much harder for an attacker to find willing helpers mid-attack. Yet Tyler Robinson had one in seconds. Luigi Mangione has a fan club cheering him outside court while others build shrines to him.
It’s worth noting one more point: we’re fortunate that Tyler Robinson’s family was conservative. They turned him in to police. If his family had shared his views, would they have done the same? That seems unlikely, and evidence of that attitude can be seen in people like George Zinn or Luigi Mangione’s fan club.
The left is tied to a dangerous culture of death. We’re not just talking about extreme speech — we’re talking about deadly acts. They are glorifying and supporting assassins who kill innocent people in American society.
That is a dangerous road for a major political party in this country to be on.
