"Hey, once you`ve got an enemies list, no reason to keep it short. Another headline today, quote, White House plans broad crackdown on liberal groups. They`re saying now they will use the horrific murder of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk last week as a justification for some undefined whole of government attack on what they always describe very vaguely as the left in this country."
"Whatever else you think about what Trump is trying to do in office, there is no drama, right? There`s no uncertainty. There`s no ambiguity about the agenda, right? It is the textbook agenda of every right-wing strongman everywhere, right? They all do the same thing. You they tell people there is an enemy, an enemy within that demands emergency measures, right? There`s an enemy within that`s nefarious and is responsible for all the terrible things."
The killing of Charlie Kirk and the subsequent manhunt that led to the arrest of Tyler Robinson dominated cable news coverage, with thousands of mentions across networks and over 800 on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow's first episode since the shooting mentioned the killing for only 22 seconds and described it as horrific. Maddow did not devote a full segment to the shooting and instead incorporated its aftermath into a broader critique of President Donald Trump's administration. Maddow framed the administration's reported plans for a broad crackdown on liberal groups as an example of right-wing strongman tactics that identify an 'enemy within' to justify emergency powers.
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