Jennifer Welch Declares that Kirk “Justified” His Own Assassination

In an age of rage, the loudest lunatic reigns supreme. The sudden rise of Jennifer Welch vividly proves that regrettable fact. Welch is the face of rage, spewing hate-filled attacks to feed a rage addiction on the left. She is also an example of how many on the left call for censorship to combat disinformation, but constitute some of the greatest sources of such false and misleading stories. This week offers another such example. After attacking Charlie Kirk’s widow as a “grifter,” Welch declared that Kirk “justified” his own killing. The basis for that disgraceful claim is a false viral claim that Kirk shrugged off the killing of school kids from gun violence. Despite being repeatedly debunked, liberals like Welch continue to spread the claim.

Welch told former CNN host Don Lemon:

“The person that I heard that justified his death was him. He’s the one that said on tape that if school kids die, but it means he gets to have a Second Amendment, then that’s what it’s going to be. He’s the one that justified it.

And I believe at the time of shooting, he was talking about gun violence at the time. That’s wild to me, number one. And then for her — I want to get your opinion on this as a Black man — for her to say that people are dehumanizing Charlie Kirk.”

Kirk’s assassination presented a dual inconvenience for many: having to express sorrow for the death of someone with opposing views while acknowledging only the latest example of political violence by the left.

The solution was to shrug off the murder as another example of “asking for it.” I have heard such views on my own campus. To justify such a despicable, amoral position, many latched onto a series of false claims from Kirk, calling Asians a vile term, to this ridiculous claim.

The key to feeding a rage addiction is also to assure your customers that it is not their fault and that their hate is justified. The false story about Kirk dismissing the killing of children offers precisely that license to get your hate on with Jennifer Welch.

Obviously, such rage rhetoric occurs on both sides. Indeed, President Donald Trump responded to the murder of critic Rob Reiner by suggesting that his “Trump Derangement Syndrome” was somehow connected to his death. (Reiner’s son has been arrested). The Truth Social posting was a callous posting and should be deleted.

Kirk was responding to a question about defending the Second Amendment. He pointed out that this constitutional right is “is there, God forbid, so that you can defend yourself against a tyrannical government.” However, he acknowledged that  “having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty.” He then responded to the claim that this right is killing people and that it is not worth a single life. Kirk argued that there will clearly always be examples of gun violence and that it is ridiculous to treat the right as invalid if such deaths occur:

“You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won’t have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It’s drivel. But I am — 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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe.”

Kirk, who was deeply religious and had children of his own, never dismissed the deaths of school children. He was saying that, despite tragic deaths, the right was still essential in our constitutional system. Anyone who favors the right inherently holds the same view that abuses of such rights can occur, but that does not mean that the right itself is illegitimate.

It is the type of low-grade argument made against the right of free speech. In debates, I am often confronted with those citing hate speech or disinformation to support censorship. Critics will cite how the Nazis use free speech, even repeating the false claim that free speech was somehow responsible for bringing Hitler to power. CBS anchor Margaret Brennan even suggested that free speech contributed to the holocaust.

The point is that people will abuse free speech as they will abuse gun rights. They will also abuse religious rights and associational rights in committing crimes. The point is that these rights are greater than such abuses. That was the point that Kirk was making.

None of this matters, of course. Welch has found her niche on the hate spectrum. The New York Times even did a largely favorable profile because she has the right type of hate.

She and others will continue not only to inject it directly into the veins of her listeners but also to fan the rage by assuring them that they are not at fault. They are not hateful in engaging in such hateful rhetoric. It is not your problem, it is their problem.

That is the whole point of a podcast called “I’ve had it.” Many have had it with civility, decency, and accuracy. What remains is sheer mendacity and madness.