Why this dangerous man is still allowed on the air is beyond me. Fox's Jesse Watters, a man who is a constant bomb thrower on his network, weighed in on the Charlie Kirk shooting on this Wednesday's The Five, and after pretending that Kirk wasn't in any way "controversial," or "polarizing," and going on about what a great person and family man he was, went on an angry tirade pretending it's the left that has a problem with political violence, before promising to avenge Kirk's death.
WATTERS: So when he goes out to these college campuses, he's not provoking anybody. He's like Socrates. He asks questions, and he does it with a smile.
And there's nothing controversial about saying socialism is worse than capitalism. Men and women are different. Let's put America first, because that's all he was about putting America first.
And as Greg said, this hits differently because Charlie was one of us.
And Trump gets hit in the ear. Charlie gets shot dead. They came after Kavanaugh with a rifle to his neighborhood. They went after Musk's cars. They just shot two Jews outside the embassy.
Think about it. Scalise got shot, barely survived. It's happening. We got trans shooters, we got riots in LA.
They are at war with us, whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us.
What are we gonna do about it? How much political violence are we gonna tolerate? And that's the question we're just gonna have to ask ourselves.
Now Charlie would want us to put as much pressure on these people as possible, Dana nailed it.
This is unacceptable and has to stop, and it has to stop now and everybody's accountable and we're watching what they're saying on television and who's saying what... the politicians, the media.... and all these rats out there, this can never happen again. It ends now. Greg's right again.
This is a turning point, and we know which direction we're going.
Nothing like trying to stoke more violence while pretending you want it to stop.
Mehdi Hasan weighed in on what's happening on the right on the evil bird site:
So much disinformation on this site tonight in the wake of the horrific Kirk murder, with conservatives cynically suggesting that all of the political violence in this country comes from the left.
In fact it’s the opposite. Here are the facts for those with short memories:
The man who targeted and killed Democratic state Rep Melissa Hortman was a Trump supporter.
The man who targeted the home of Dem Governor Josh Shapiro was a Trump supporter.
The men who wanted to hang Mike Pence on Jan 6th were Trump supporters.
The man who targeted and killed the son of Obama-appointed District Judge Esther Salas was a Trump supporter.
The man who tried to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her husband was a Trump supporter.
The men who were convicted trying to kidnap Dem Governor Gretchen Whitmer were Trump supporters.
The man who sent pipe bombs to the homes of Obama and Biden was a Trump supporter.
There is no equivalent or even similar list of Obama or Biden supporters who have carried out similar murders, attempted murders, or violent attacks.
Jesse Watters is calling for MORE political violence and Fox News should suspend him immediately.
