Violence comes from the Left

Prof. John R. Lott writes:

On Sunday, at the memorial for Charlie Kirk — murdered by a leftist because of his political views — President Donald Trump declared “that violence comes mainly from the left.”

This is hotly disputed, and some leftists claim the opposite.

Not everyone agrees. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) countered with its latest annual report, claiming, “This is the third year in a row that right-wing extremists have been connected to all identified extremist-related killings.” According to the ADL, between 2022 and 2024, there were 34 so-called “right-wing extremist” murderers, with 23 of them (68 percent) white supremacists. They say their attacks took 61 lives.

Lott goes down the list, and finds as many left-wingers as right-wingers.

Yahoo reports:

Having designated “Antifa” a “domestic terrorist organization,” President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum seeking to “dismantle” what he is calling domestic terror “networks” in the wake of a deadly shooting this week at an immigration facility in Texas.

Trump has solely blamed Democratic officials and left-leaning groups for incidents of political violence while largely dismissing evidence against right-wing or other ideologically motivated attacks.

Censorship also comes from the Left. The Jewish Leftist ADL tweets:

We're glad to see @YouTube acted to remove Alex Jones' and Nick Fuentes' new channels within hours of their creation. But why were they able to create new accounts on the platform after being banned for many years?

Fuentes is anti-Israel, but I thought that Jones was pro-Israel.