It is one thing to condemn, as we all should, the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk or, for those who cared about him to mourn his death.
It is quite another to turn Kirk into a MAGA saint, or to use his death as a Reichstag fire-like justification for increasing Trump’s authoritarian chokehold on America.
I am sure that Kirk and his family are grateful for the outpourings of support from the president and vice president of the United States, the cabinet, members of Congress, the media and the public.
But at this point, it appears that we as a country have lost our minds.
The president of the United States has ordered all flags in the United States to fly at half-mast. He has announced he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Vice President decided to skip o