"This is likely a reference to Kirk's comment that it was worth having some gun deaths every year, like his own, so "we" can have a Second Amendment. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
"So how did Trump find it to attack it? One explanation may be this Facebook post, also in German, which does mention Kirk. It translates this way: "When fascists die, democrats don't complain." This disgusting quote from ZDF screenwriter and publicist Mario Sixtus, published just hours after the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk, marks a moral low point. Anyone who speaks like this exposes themselves: not as a democrat, but as a cynic who tramples on the foundations of our free order. Those who celebrate"
The State Department identified six visa holders it says celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. At least two of the six posts did not explicitly celebrate his death. One Paraguayan post called Kirk "a son of a bitch" and said he died by his own rules, likely referencing Kirk's remark that some gun deaths are worth preserving the Second Amendment. Another post translated as "When fascists die, democrats don't complain" did not name Kirk and functioned as a subtweet. A German Facebook post explicitly named Kirk and condemned celebratory language as a moral low point and cynical.
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