Vice President JD Vance, a pal of slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, has claimed that President Donald Trump was “joking” when he ranted about hating his opponents throughout Kirk’s memorial.
“Well I think the president was joking … I think it’s interesting, if you go back and watch the full speech, what the president was trying to do, in this very humorous and very unique way, was highlight how hard it is for us to forgive our enemies,” the vp instructed Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson in an interview throughout a cease in North Carolina on Wednesday.
Trump made the feedback whereas paying tribute to Kirk, who was fatally shot in Utah on Sep. 10. Kirk’s memorial passed off at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sep. 21.
Praising Kirk as somebody who “did not hate his opponents,” the POTUS instructed the gang, “He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie.”
Trump added, “I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry.”
Elsewhere in his speech, Trump applauded Kirk for referring to his opposers as “the left,” noting that he himself “can’t help” however name them the “radical left” or “radical-left lunatics.”
“But Charlie didn’t say that. He called it the left. He was probably right, but I can’t help it. I can’t help it,” Trump added as the gang laughed.
Vance continued his protection of Trump.
“It’s kind of hard to forgive your enemies. It’s kind of hard when people attack you and criticize you and even commit acts of violence against you. It’s hard to engage in that act of forgiveness,” the vp stated. “I think if you watch the president’s comments, he was highlighting that real difficulty.”
Vance added, “I don’t think that he was saying we should hate our enemies. I think what he was saying was that Christ’s commandment to love our enemies is very tough, actually. It’s tough to live up to in practice, but we still have to try.”
Trump took one among his many swipes on the “radical left” once more following Kirk’s loss of life. Talking with NBC Information on Sept. 13, simply days after Kirk’s loss of life, Trump stated he desires to see the nation “heal,” however alluded to a “radical left group of lunatics” maintaining the nation in a stalemate.
Trump’s elevated assaults on the left following Kirk’s loss of life have sparked fears that the White Home is attempting to leverage outrage over the killing to silence political opponents.
In the meantime, Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi blamed “left-wing radicals” for Kirk’s taking pictures and stated “they will be held accountable.”
The suspect arrested in Kirk’s homicide is 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. He was charged with aggravated homicide in addition to a number of different crimes in reference to the taking pictures. Investigators have not discovered a hyperlink between Robinson and left-wing teams.
