I intended to write about this over the weekend, but events caught up with me.
Still, I think that with Graham Platner, SPLC, Karmelo Anthony, and Luigi Mangione all in the news, it's worth thinking about.
Extremely chaotic scene outside of TPUSA’s Women’s Leader Summit.
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) June 6, 2026
Multiple masked radicals, wearing clear ANTIFA imagery, have swarmed one of the entrances and have been hitting and throwing things at police.
Multiple ANTIFA members have jumped in to stop police from making…
What holds all these disparate stories together? Well, as Jonathan Turley puts it, we live in the age of rage, and rage is now something celebrated in Western societies and wielded as a political weapon. Assassins are turned into heroes, and people get disappointed when they don't hit their mark. Supporters fangirl Luigi Mangione, while journalists and commentators say he had a point and that he was a "moral man" and "revolutionary."
The ICE rioters are turned into the good guys as they attack federal agents and even people who are just in their vicinity. Tesla owners saw their vehicles vandalized simply for owning a car associated with Elon Musk. A Minnesota state worker, who coincidentally worked for the agency that allowed $20 billion dollars in fraudulent payments out the door, walked free after vandalizing Teslas right on camera.
SAN ANTONIO- A radical leftwinger is dressed as Charlie Kirk and is re-enacting his assassination in front of attendees of TPUSA’s women’s conference.
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026
They’ve been mocking Charlie’s assassination and chanting that he “deserved to die” all morning outside of the event.… pic.twitter.com/vfPzsdnCxl
During the George Floyd riots, liberals from around the world celebrated rioters burning our cities down. Labour politicians took a knee to honor a drug addict who resisted arrest, and tried to sanction the United States
We all saw the videos of liberals celebrating Charlie Kirk's death, and of teachers and doctors and lawyers mocking his assassination without losing their jobs. You can watch videos of NGOs, often paid for by Blue governments, plotting to commit crimes against anybody they dislike.
San Antonio, Texas (June 6) — Far-left extremists, communists, and other radicals have gathered to try to shut down the TPUSA women’s event. pic.twitter.com/1MNodE6KFY
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 6, 2026
There's nothing surprising, and certainly nothing shocking, about extremists being extremists. They always exist to some extent or another. There will be communists, Nazis, white supremacists, black supremacists, and any manner of radical you can imagine existing in even the most civilized societies.
What makes this moment in Western countries unique in modern times is how accepted all these people are. Hasan Piker, who called for ripping the entrails out of capitalists and for blood in the streets, is a prized speaker for DSA candidates. Graham Platner, who called for revolution and trained Antifa extremists in armed assaults, is now the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine.
Kamala Harris, while running for Vice President, raised money to bail out rioters in Minneapolis, and several of the people she helped bail out went on to commit violent felonies.
Leftists chant "F*ck Erika Kirk!" outside of the @TPUSA Women's Leadership Summit after protesters charged and pushed police, attempting to break through the security perimeter. pic.twitter.com/bVp0KXbXPg
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) June 6, 2026
When Riley Gaines was attacked and needed police protection from a campus mob in Berkeley, the university administrators praised the students who trapped her in a room, needing protection from police.
Radical left-wing protesters are chanting “Charlie Kirk deserved to die” outside of TPUSA’s Women’s Leadership summit.
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) June 6, 2026
Last week a man was also arrested for making bomb threats against the event, stating “death the Erika Kirk and every single speaker there”.
Despite multiple…
None of this gets condemned by the liberals who associate with, identify with, or even actively support these evil people. They believe that riots are how the voices of the oppressed, although it's hard to see how TPUSA is oppressing anybody, are heard.
WATCH: A woman trying to interview anti-TPUSA protesters steps into the middle of the hostile crowd outside the Women’s Leadership Summit in San Antonio.
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026
Far-left activists have her surrounded, screaming “pig” and declaring Charlie Kirk deserved to die.@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/FKncfvKxxT
Antifa are the Brownshirts of the Democratic Party, or at least the radical wing of the Democratic Party. No doubt there are Democrats who are intimidated by the radicals in their party, but rather than condemning them, they embrace them lest they fall victim to the same tactics used against conservatives.
San Antonio, Texas (June 6) — Far-left extremists gather for their direct action to try to shut down the TPUSA women’s event. pic.twitter.com/5YVIby8lOm
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 6, 2026
Chuck Schumer, who I sincerely believe thinks Graham Platner is a dangerous scumbag antisemite, still endorses him for the US Senate, knowing that his power and his Senate seat are on the line. He bows down to the communist antisemites.
Others celebrate how the Party has captured the "enthusiasm" and "passion for change" that fuels this movement.
The Rage Machine, as Prof. Turley calls it, I suppose. I cannot explain this sort of hate. As you say, Mangione-like.
— Charles X Proxy™ (@Charlemagne0814) June 9, 2026
It's not passion. It's rage, violence, and a lust for power to wield against people they hate.
More peaceful protest footage from today outside TPUSA Women’s Leadership Conference pic.twitter.com/OqKp2ElKoE
— Andrew Aucoin (@aaucoin_03) June 6, 2026
Was there any media coverage of these near-riots outside a conference? After all, it's not like TPUSA hasn't been in the news, and it certainly is relevant that a group whose leader was assassinated has Antifa activists outside a TPUSA conference celebrating his murder.
Especially since they are members of the same groups that are currently rioting in New Jersey nightly. Seems newsworthy.
CHAOTIC COALITION: Far-left masked protesters and middle-aged white women are screeching at full volume outside the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter for @MrsErikaKirk to leave the city. @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/EQfIcB9HnD
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026
Of course not. We live in a world where the mere existence of Bari Weiss at CBS is inspiring revolts in the newsroom, and where you find countless people calling her the most vile names. TPUSA's president was murdered. Bari is "murdering" 60 Minutes. It's really the same thing, you know.
WATCH: A woman trying to interview anti-TPUSA protesters steps into the middle of the hostile crowd outside the Women’s Leadership Summit in San Antonio.
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026
Far-left activists have her surrounded, screaming “pig” and declaring Charlie Kirk deserved to die.@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/FKncfvKxxT
What worries me is not that these revolutionaries exist. They always exist.
No, it's that the Democrats have embraced them, empowered them, and adopted them as the leaders of their political party.
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