Lets be big about it & give credit where credit is due:
Of all people, Bernie Sanders has spoken the truth about the political assassination of Charlie Kirk!
“Political violence, in fact, is political cowardice. It means you cannot convince people of the correctness of your ideas, and you have to impose them by force.”
That’s it.
That’s the truth.
And it came not from a Republican, not from Fox News, not from a conservative leader — but from Bernie himself.
At a moment when too many Democrats are doing verbal gymnastics to downplay what happened — some even suggesting Charlie “brought it on himself” because of his message — Bernie refused to take that coward’s way out. He didn’t excuse it. He didn’t shift blame. He called it what it is: cowardice.
And let’s be honest: Bernie’s courage in this moment only throws into sharper relief the shameful behavior of his colleagues.
While he told the truth, Democrats in Congress protested a moment of silence for Charlie. Just imagine that.
A father and husband gunned down in front of students, and instead of honoring his life with thirty seconds of silence, they turned their protest inward.
That’s not compassion.
That’s not leadership.
That’s petty politics at its ugliest.
Meanwhile, across cable news and social media, left-wing pundits laughed, joked, and even celebrated Charlie’s death.
One by one, some are now losing their jobs. And they should. Because if you are so broken by hatred that you cheer the murder of an American citizen for speaking his mind, you don’t deserve the privilege of a national platform.
This is why Bernie’s words matter so much. He didn’t just call violence wrong… he exposed it for what it is: proof of weakness.
Proof that you can’t win on ideas. Proof that you’d rather silence your opponents than out-argue them.
Charlie Kirk never shied away from hard truths. He took the stage knowing he’d be mocked, misrepresented, and vilified. But he also knew that if his opponents had to resort to violence, it meant he was winning the argument.
That’s the irony: the assassin’s bullet is the ultimate confession of intellectual defeat.
So today we honor Charlie’s life and his mission.
And we also recognize something rare: Bernie Sanders, a man we disagree with on nearly everything, found the moral clarity that so many in his own party lacked. He didn’t bend, he didn’t excuse, and he didn’t celebrate. He told the truth.
It’s a sad day when one of the loudest voices of reason in the Democratic Party comes from Bernie, but that only makes his statement more important. Political violence is cowardice. Political violence is failure. Political violence is un-American.
Thank you, Bernie, for at least this moment of honesty. If only more in your party had the same.
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