The force of the flying metal hit his neck and vein before the sound of the shot could be heard. The pain of a knife blade in her neck and chest did its damage even before she could process the thought of an assailant standing over her. The little ones couldn’t begin to understand what was happening as the deafening sounds filled their school’s chambers.
Three weeks in a row.
Three senseless, brutal, and cold-blooded killings.
Three signs that our fragile society does not contain within itself the tremendous courage, heart, and belief that we claim. In our nation, a rift so deep yawns before us that its void seems irreparable. A divide so wide it feels permanent. A chasm so enormous the side of good can barely fathom reunion.
And why should we?
The villains of these days are universally pitied—even heralded—by the American left.
Whether assassinating a CEO, or attempting multiple attacks against a presidential nominee, the American left feels justified—righteous even—in applauding those who do the violence.
Fox’s anchor Jesse Watters said in his special coverage of Kirk’s assassination that “the left is already at war” with more or less any of us who disagree with them. CNN quickly reran his comments, condemning them as if merely pointing out reality was itself an act of violence. Meanwhile, Matthew Dowd on MSNBC went on a hateful rampage implying Kirk deserved his end because of his beliefs.
Not a word of censure for Dowd from CNN, but endless scorn for Watters, whose only crime was stating the obvious.
CNN and MSNBC—fully staffed with leftist sympathizers—spent airtime in recent weeks excusing the heinous killer in Minneapolis and the knife-wielding individual in Charlotte who sneered, “I got that white girl.”
Leftist DAs and activist judges claim they are rewriting decades of injustice by turning predators loose. A CNN panel even attacked a female guest who had dared to suggest that isolating the schizophrenic attacker might have saved lives. And when Congress tried to pause for a moment of prayer for Kirk’s grieving family, radicals on the left threw a tantrum.
Evil has a presence. Evil has a face. But America’s left is determined to erase even the notion that evil exists. And that’s exactly where it thrives most aggressively.
A major U.S. city, on this very day, edges closer to electing a man who openly embraces socialism and jihad. The same city that endured our nation’s deadliest terror attack only 24 years ago. His campaign promises lighter sentences for evildoers. And he seeks to govern the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel.
The left will cheat and steal what it cannot win at the ballot box. And when deceit fails, it turns to intimidation. When intimidation falters, it turns to force. And when even force is not enough—then comes blood.
Yet for all its bare-fang ferocity, evil never has the final word.
The memory of those who faced it—those who stood unflinchingly in its path—remains stronger than the cowards who struck them down. Kirk, the faithful husband and father who now leaves behind a widow and children who adored him, will not be forgotten. Zarutska, the refugee who fled to this nation believing it to be a sanctuary of safety, will be remembered for her courage in the face of cruelty. And the little angels of Minneapolis—who never had a chance to grow up—will testify to the stark reality that evil is real, and that it demands resistance.
The bare fangs of evil can rip and tear, but they cannot defeat truth. They can wound, but they cannot erase faith. And though they strike without conscience, they cannot overcome a people resolved to stand for what is right.
Kirk’s legacy, Zarutska’s courage, and the innocent voices lost in Minneapolis call us to reject complacency, to name evil for what it is, and to fight for the good with everything in us. Their blood cries out not for excuses, not for appeasement, but for justice—and for a nation willing to see evil’s bare fangs and answer with unflinching resolve.