Jesse Watters Incites War, Should Be Fired

After Charlie Kirk’s distressing assassination yesterday, Jesse Watters decided it was a good time to get on Fox News and incite more violence, saying the left is ‘at war with’ the right, and that “everybody’s accountable” on the left.

He brought up other political violence — ignoring the assassination and attempted assassination of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota this summer — and said the quiet part out loud.

“This hits differently because Charlie was one of us.”

That explains why there hasn’t been a peep from him or other MAGA Republicans on gun control after any of the many shootings in just the last week — and shows us just how far they’re willing to go to avoid being confronted with their own hypocrisy.

The rhetoric that Trump and MAGA have normalized, and the severe lack of common sense gun policies, is what brought us to this moment. From Trump immediately blaming the left, despite a suspect not even being in custody, to their immediate characterization of this horrific attack as a ‘war on the right’ and subsequent promises of retribution, Trump and MAGA are who have built this ecosystem. They’re the ones who thrive in this chaos.

I would go to far as to say the far right doesn’t actually care about Charlie’s tragic death — they haven’t cared about the deaths of innocents before. But now that it’s someone in their circle, they’re using the moment to spur more attacks on progressives and spew even more lies and hatred while continuing to incite violence. The exact same violence they seem to be so strongly against right now.

Watters went on to say, “We are going to avenge Charlie’s death in the way that Charlie wanted to be avenged.”

On the other hand, MSNBC chose to fire Matthew Dowd for saying an objectively true statement:

“He was constantly pushing this sort of hate speech aimed at certain groups,” Dowd said on the air. “And I always go back to: Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. … You can’t say these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place.”

So it seems like the right can continue spreading hatred, lies, and fear while encouraging violence, but when the left reports on people that take part in said violence, they’re in the wrong. Right.

Jesse Watters should not be allowed to keep his platform after blatantly calling for violence — I plan to keep calling him out on it. I hope you’ll join me.

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