I beg your pardon?
Let’s recap, shall we? Fourteen months ago, Donald Trump got shot and Corey Comperatore got killed by an assassin in Butler County, PA. A few weeks later, another assassin got captured on Trump’s Florida golf course. Just this week, people have fired shots over political issues more than once, and oh by the way, the event yesterday memorialized someone who’d been assassinated for his politics.
With all of that as background, plus the fact that both the President and Vice President would be participating in the event, the Washington Post cast a skeptical eye on the expense ahead of the event:
With security on the level of a Super Bowl and a speaker lineup on par with a state funeral, conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s service will combine memorial with political rally, requiring an unprecedented level of resources.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and five members of the Cabinet will deliver remarks at the event Sunday. The White House sent two government planes carrying high-level officials. About 40,000 people have gathered inside State Farm Stadium, and tens of thousands more were still waiting outside or filing into overflow seating at a nearby arena, an Arizona Department of Public Safety official said.
Law enforcement agencies have executed extensive security measures to address the risks of a rare gathering with much of the presidential line of succession present inside an NFL stadium. Five hundred to 800 Secret Service officers have been deployed to the Phoenix area to help secure the event, according a local official briefed on the figure by law enforcement, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security plans. The Department of Homeland Security has given the memorial its highest security designation, which is typically reserved for Super Bowls.
Er … no s***, Sherlock. Wonder why?
As it turns out … they do, emphasis mine:
The hasty planning also reflects the challenges of pulling off a high-profile memorial service that was born out of an act of apparently political violence.
Apparently. Do Washington Post reporters actually read the news? I mean, real news like statements from the police and evidence released in court filings, such as the transcripts of the assassin’s chat logs and the etchings he made on the ammunition? All of this makes it very clear that the assassin had an overtly political motive for the killing, made personal by his relationship to a trans lover. This wasn’t a random drive-by either, but a staged and deliberate act with one particular target in mind.
They might want to take a look at the wire services from Florida these days, too. While the Post laments the security expense of a memorial honoring the victim of a political assassination, the trial for the would-be second assassin that targeted Trump continues, with the perp offering his defense today:
Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump on his West Palm Beach golf course last year, is defending himself before a Florida jury.
Routh, who is representing himself despite lacking any legal education or experience, plans to call three witnesses on Monday — a gun expert and two character witnesses — as he tries to make a case why a jury should spare him from the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. …
Routh has broadly described his defense strategy as emphasizing his “gentleness, peacefulness, and nonviolent caring for humanity,” according to court filings.
Among the exhibits Routh plans to use are a design for a DIY skatepark, videos and photos showing him recruiting and fundraising for the Ukrainian military, a photo of a flash mob he organized, and a church bulletin from 1980 when he was awarded an Eagle Scout award.
Er … that’s not a defense. Those could be mitigating factors for sentencing, but they do not relate to a defense against the indictment itself. Of course, if Routh had an actual attorney, the jury wouldn’t have to waste its time with this.
Anyway. If the Washington Post wants to save the country a few bucks on security expenses, perhaps it should cover the political violence coming from the Left as it actually is — not with weasel words and ersatz equivalences, but with real coverage of the real and increasing violence from the Left now that they sense they have lost their grip on the culture and the political environment. They can start with Antifa and work their way outward, and perhaps the glow of glorious revolution will dissipate into the reality of the grubby brownshirts that radical progressives support and champion.
If Antifa is too much to handle as a starter, the Post can warm up by exposing the Luigi Mangione fetish culture on the Left. That would make a pretty good entrée. Of course, their ‘reporters’ would have to actually do some reporting to know about it, or at least stop obsessing over Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert for a hot second and pay attention.
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