House Speaker Mike Johnson prepares for a memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the US Capitol's Statuary Hall on September 15, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images

President Donald Trump and his closest allies are considering plans to crack down on left-wing groups following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but not all Republicans are sold on going down that road of retribution.

Channeling his base’s anger in the wake of Kirk’s death, Trump has been a leading voice in placing the blame for recent political violence on liberal organizations and is crafting a plan with his advisers that uses the federal government to target them.

A group of more than 30 House Republicans are simultaneously urging Speaker Mike Johnson to form a new committee that

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