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While Gov. Greg Abbott and lackeys such as Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath work themselves into a lather over remarks Charlie Kirk’s detractors made after his death, less attention has been paid to more troubling remarks bubbling up from the right.
For example, the MAGA activist’s death triggered loathsome commentary from podcaster Candace Owens, who theorized the shooting was orchestrated by a global conspiracy led by Israel, and Tucker Carlson, who hinted that, much as with Jesus’ death, Jews were to blame.
Meanwhile, closer to home, Texas-based Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon wants Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting Kirk, to be publicly executed on national television after a speedy trial for the crime.
“I do think that execution, that capital punishment for a capital crime with a national level crime, that justice should be carried out nationally and publicly where everyone is able to witness it if they so desire,” Webbon, the head of Covenant Bible Church and Right Response Ministries declared during a recent podcast highlighted by watchdog Right Wing Watch.
“It’s good for the public to see if they so desire,” the purported man of God added. “But more importantly, arguably, it is good for others who have murderous hearts, who may be thinking of carrying out wicked deeds against conservatives, against Christians, it’s good for them to see.”
Webbon’s thirst for public executions should come as little surprise considering the guy has previously called for the U.S. to be run by a Christian dictator who will “rule with an iron fist” and scare everyone so shitless they’ll either convert or pretend to.
If the country needs to back away from partisan rancor in the wake of Kirk’s death, as many elected officials have suggested, the bloodthirsty declarations of Webbon and his ilk certainly aren’t helping put us on the right track.
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