An absolute shame that Kirk had died. Would rather have had him become the butt of all jokes and slid into irrelevancy.
But then seeing as itās USA , thereās every chance he would have become a presidential candidate.
That assumes that he can even see straight.
I donāt think there will be any civil war in any case. Maybe some disorganized, decentralised groups carrying out acts of violence at most.
From where we were standing before he died, the only way Kirk became irrelevant is if those in power became more extreme than him. Kind of like what happened to Ben Shapiro.
From what weāve seen of initial right/left They always come back to , oh we didnāt mean for it to go down this route. You think the likes of Trump would have risen if McConnell didnāt encourage him in the first place.
McConnell and old school neocons are basically irrelevant, not because they were defeated by their political opponents. They made themselves that by helping usher in something worse than them.
Kirk wasnāt some fading irrelevant old man. He would have been heavily influencial to whatever MAGA became post-Trump.
True. And there would be always the ones who would take it further than him. Marjorie Taylor Greene ? Just for instance.
She is too batshit and stupid to lead an effective long-term organized movement in my opinion. Not that it stopped Trump, but donāt see her having the same pull ever. Also, she is a woman.
As far as effective targets go, Kirk was up there. They are weaker without him. Just to be clear, I am not condoning anything that happened, just what I think this means to Republicans. They know this so expect them to violently lash out more than when Trump got clipped in the ear.
Sheās white. That carries more weightage than whether sheās a woman or not.
Everyone said the same about Trump, and look where that got us
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Vanceās running mate.
So 4 US armed forces get killed in Lithuania whilst on active duty, and Trump canāt attend their transfer due to playing gold, and Vance canāt attend due to possibly shagging a sexy new couch in the Oval Office. Some 2-bit RW social media twat gets killed and Trump orders all flags to be flown at half mast for 3-4 days and the body gets flown with an escort by Vance on AF2.
I hope the military are asking questions about the lack of respect they are being shown by these 2 arse clowns
That ship has sailed. Anyone in the military that still supports Trump, accepts his opinion of them.
This guy was even more disgusting than I thought. The article below lists direct quotes from this poor excuse of a human being:
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The chosen location in Utah suggests leaving the country is an unlikely plan. Disappearing into the rural areas of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana and living as an anti-social loner for a few years seems more likely, with the real likelihood that the perpetrator already was doing so.
It also suggests that the āradical leftā alignment that MAGA has jumped may proved to be incorrect.
This Kirk shooting was the top story in Tagesschau yesterday, still widely regarded as an institution in German TV news. I have no idea why this should be the most important news story for German viewers. Actually made me kinda furious tbh.
Reading a bunch of his views earlier.
Some bloody odd ideas it seems,but clearly Trump and vance reckon he was wonderful,
Sheesh!