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WASHINGTON – Angered after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Trump administration officials say they plan to use “all resources” available throughout the federal government to target left-wing organisations that are fostering political violence.
Vice-President JD Vance and Stephen Miller, deputy Chief of Staff of the White House, said on September 15 that they would discuss plans to “chase” left-wing non-governmental organisations or NGOs, support a “doxxing” campaign against conservatives, coordinate riots, publish speeches from political enemies, and promote messages intended to generate violence.
“We intend to guide all the rage through the organized campaign that led to this assassination that eradicated and dismantled these networks of terrorists,” Miller joined Vance in a livestream when the vice president hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show” and paid tribute to conservative activists.
Miller calls the political violence on the left a “spread domestic terrorist movement,” and the Trump administration uses “all the resources we have in the Justice Department, Homeland Security and this whole government” to “identify, destroy, dismantle and destroy” the network.
“It happens, and we do that in Charlie’s name,” Miller said.
Neither Vance nor Miller identified groups that could be prosecuted or faced with other actions from the administration.
Law enforcement investigating Kirk’s murder says the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has retained a “left ideology” and has become increasingly political in recent years. However, authorities have not said that Robinson is linked to any particular leftist organization.
“The crazy on the left is saying, ‘Yeah, Stephen Miller and J.D. Vance, they’re going to chase constitutionally protected freedom of speech,” Vance said. “No, no, no. We’re going to chase after NGO networks that promote, promote and engage in violence.”
“In our system, violence is fine, and we want to reduce the chances that it will happen,” Vance said.
Democrats accused Trump and his allies of splitting the country by ignoring violence against Kirk’s posthumous political rights. Instead of uniting the country, they say Trump has a politicized effort to combat political violence.
“The murder of Charlie Kirk has allowed Americans to unite and stand up against political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic extremists seem to be preparing a campaign to destroy opposition,” said Sen. Chris Murphy of D-Connecticut.
Miller said the last message that 31-year-old Kirk sent Miller was a call for an organized strategy to help Miller pursue “leftist organizations that promote violence in this country” before his death.
“I write them in my mind, and I do them,” Miller said.
Last week, President Donald Trump quickly condemned Kirk’s death of intense rhetoric from the “radical left,” calling him “the person responsible for the terrorism we see today in our country.”
In addition to Kirk’s fatal shooting, Trump and his allies have been involved in the horrors of the president’s own assassination last year, the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, the shooting of Rep. Steve Scullyse in 2017, and the R-LA.
“We have to talk about this incredibly destructive move of leftist extremism that we’ve grown up over the last few years. I think it’s part of why Charlie was killed by an assassin bullet,” Vance said.
Trump, Vance and other administration members have made little mention of other examples of right-wing political violence, including the June assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.
This story has been updated to add new information.
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