In the aftermath of the shooting that left Charlie Kirk dead, some on the Left couldn’t contain their glee. What should have been a moment of bipartisan condemnation quickly devolved into a grotesque celebration, as activists, commentators, and self-styled “anti-fascists” cheered the news and openly mocked Kirk’s family.
Our latest supercut captures the unfiltered reaction: voices laughing, taunting, and even thanking the shooter. One woman flatly declared, “Charlie Kirk was a Nazi… and the best Nazi is a dead one.” Another man sneered that Kirk’s kids were “probably autistic anyway” and dismissed their loss with “f**k them kids.” Others went further, wishing Donald Trump had been standing nearby to catch a “second-hand bullet.”
This wasn’t fringe internet chatter, these were recorded statements from people who see themselves as mainstream progressives. Far from condemning violence, many rationalized it as poetic justice: “He had it coming.” “Eye for an eye.” “Rest in smoke.” Even CNN’s Don Lemon weighed in with his own morbid spin: “He died in a world that he wanted.”
The rhetoric reveals something deeper than political disagreement. This is the normalization of dehumanization, where opponents aren’t just wrong, they’re subhuman, unworthy of life. In their view, Kirk wasn’t a father, husband, or colleague. He was simply a “Nazi,” and therefore his death was not only acceptable, but worth celebrating.
The hypocrisy is glaring. Imagine the roles reversed: If conservative voices cheered the murder of a progressive commentator, it would dominate the news cycle for weeks. Politicians would hold hearings. Editorial boards would thunder about the rise of political violence. But when the target is a conservative, the silence is deafening, except from those who openly revel in the bloodshed.
This supercut is more than a time capsule of tasteless soundbites. It’s a warning of where our politics are headed: a world where assassination isn’t tragedy, but catharsis.