Proper-wing operatives throughout the nation have been exploiting Charlie Kirk’s loss of life for a wide range of self-serving and cynical functions, however Eric Trump turned it up a notch on Friday by seemingly utilizing the tragedy to advertise his guide.
Showing on right-wing numbskull Benny Johnson’s podcast, Eric claimed that “the bullets are solely going a technique,” earlier than launching right into a story in regards to the tried taking pictures of President Donald Trump—an incident he simply occurs to cowl in his guide.
“My finest buddy arrested the man who tried to assassinate my father the second time—I write about it within the guide,” Eric informed Benny. “We see what occurred to Steve Scalise, after which we see what nearly occurred to Kavanaugh. After which we see what occurs to Charlie Kirk. I imply, the bullets are solely flying a technique.”
Eric joins his father and different right-wing figures in rewriting historical past to erase the very actual political assassinations of Minnesota Home Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband by a Trump-supporting assassin, whereas additionally sanitizing Kirk’s legacy of bigoted and inflammatory rhetoric.
