Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Five,” network host Jesse Watters reacted to the tragic killing of Talking Point USA’s Charlie Kirk.
Watters said the left was at war with conservatives, and he questioned how much more political violence conservatives would tolerate.
“We’re sick, we’re sad, we’re angry, and we’re resolute, and we’re going to avenge Charlie’s death in the way Charlie would want it to be avenged,” Watters said. “He was such a beautiful boy. He was an American boy, and he was incredibly positive. He was full of energy and life, and he made politics fun. You see it at his events when things blow up and the music plays, and we haven’t had that in a very long time in this country. Every time he did a hit on my show, he would text me afterwards, thank you, Jesse, I really appreciate having you on. And my daughter loved him. I mean, she’s 13 years old. This is a man who touched an entire generation of Americans and electrified them and made them patriots. And this is not a controversial person. This is not a polarizing guy, a divisive person, a firebrand that he’s being described as in the media. This is like a guy that you have a barbecue with at your summer house. This is the kind of guy, if you came back with your daughter, you’d say, thank God, we got a good one. He’s a great athlete.”
“He’s a great person,” he continued. “He’s a great Christian. You see his family out there. He had his kids not facing the photos because he wanted to protect them because he knew how evil people were. 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,” Watters added. “We got trans shooters. We got riots in L.A. They are at war with us. Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. What are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that’s the question we’re just going to 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.”
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