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It’s Not Possible to Coexist With People Who Want You Dead. Here Is the Record.

Assassination attempts, open celebration of murder, explicit threats, and repeated attacks are not “warnings.” They are the evidence.

Sources reviewed November 8, 2026

No Left Turns editorial illustration titled “Political Violence: The Public Record,” with case files, court documents, the U.S. Capitol, and a microphone.
No Left Turns editorial illustration: Political Violence — The Public Record.

The Claim

A growing number of Americans have concluded it is not possible to coexist with people who want them dead. This is not hyperbole. It is a response to a documented pattern of assassination, attempted assassination, open celebration of political murder, and explicit threats against Trump supporters and Republicans.

Critics dismiss this as paranoia or “cult” thinking. The public record says otherwise.

Charlie Kirk: Assassination and Celebration

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, 31, husband and father of two, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. [1]

The reaction from large segments of the left was not mourning. It was celebration.

  • An online database logged over 60,000 user-submitted posts cheering his death (City Journal / Manhattan Institute). [2]
  • One remaining celebratory post referencing “No One Mourns the Wicked” received hundreds of thousands of likes. [2]
  • Teachers, nurses, and others in “helping professions” were documented mocking or justifying the killing. [2]
  • In November 2026, news outlets reported that Dave Chappelle told a Madison Square Garden crowd he has been in a “good mood” ever since Charlie Kirk’s killing and “feels better.” The reported remarks drew laughter. Erika Kirk criticized unnamed comedians and podcasters for treating political assassination as entertainment, calling it “beyond disgusting.” [3][4]

Mockery of Kirk’s widow and children continues. This is not disagreement. It is public celebration of the murder of a young father for his politics.

Assassination Attempts on Trump

Donald Trump has faced multiple documented assassination attempts and plots:

  • July 13, 2024 (Butler, Pennsylvania): Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a rooftop. Trump was struck in the ear. One rally attendee was killed; others were wounded. Secret Service later called it a failure. [5]
  • September 15, 2024 (West Palm Beach): Ryan Wesley Routh positioned himself with an AK-style rifle at Trump International Golf Club. He was convicted of attempted assassination and sentenced to life. [6]
  • Additional Iranian-linked plots and perimeter breaches have been charged or investigated since, including schemes involving the IRGC. [7]

These are not internet rumors. They are federal cases.

Explicit Threats Against Trump Supporters and Republicans

The violence is not limited to high-profile targets. Ordinary Trump supporters and local Republicans have been named as targets.

  • Scott Dyer (Naugatuck, CT — October 2026): Arrested by the FBI after allegedly posting on YouTube: “I’m prepared to kill Republicans. Eager to do it actually. I already have targets in my local community selected.” He claimed to have compiled an Excel spreadsheet of people with Trump signs or bumper stickers, to be stockpiling hollow points, and to accept “only Republican blood.” (DOJ / U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut) [8][9]
  • Jason Utlaut (Henderson, NV): Indicted for YouTube posts stating he would “kill every Red Hat, every MAGA,” and Trump himself. Authorities recovered 15 firearms. (DOJ) [10][11]
  • Daytona Beach, Florida (October 2026): Allison Albro was arrested after allegedly posting on Instagram that she would shoot Trump at a Daytona rally “with my Glock.” The sheriff said she told investigators it was a joke and that she did not have access to a firearm. [12]
  • Desiree Doreen Segari (Sarasota, Florida): A federal jury convicted Segari of communicating a threat after she posted TikTok videos in August 2025 calling for people wearing MAGA hats to be shot. She was sentenced on May 11, 2026, to 14 months in federal prison. [13]
  • Other charged cases include threats to “end MAGA,” kill “Red Hats,” and target Republicans specifically.

These are not anonymous comments. They are criminal charges with specific statements and, in several cases, weapons recovered.

Property Violence and Physical Assaults

  • Tesla dealerships and vehicles (2025): Documented incidents of arson, Molotov cocktails, gunfire, and graffiti (“Die Elon,” “Nazi,” swastikas) after Musk’s DOGE role. Multiple people charged with federal arson and destructive-device offenses. (DOJ, AP, Reuters) [14][15]
  • New Mexico Republican Party headquarters (March 30, 2025): Set on fire with an improvised incendiary device. “ICE=KKK” spray-painted on the building. Suspect Jamison Wagner (registered Democrat) was also charged in a related Tesla arson. (DOJ / AP) [15][16]
  • Riley Gaines (San Francisco State University, April 2023): Gaines said she was ambushed and physically struck after a speech defending women’s sports. Protesters disrupted the event, and she was escorted to a room. University police later suspended the investigation, describing the alleged charges as unfounded pending further leads. [17][18]
  • Jay Sani (Pullman, Washington, February 2025): Patrick Mahoney took Sani’s Trump hat and threw it into the road. Sani threw his bag of food toward Mahoney; Mahoney and another man then took Sani to the ground and punched him. Mahoney pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was sentenced to a week in jail. The judge acknowledged the thrown food but said Mahoney had escalated the physical attack. [19]
  • Atsu Mable (Germantown, Maryland, April 2019): Police said two men harassed Mable about his MAGA hat, struck him as he tried to walk away, and continued until he fell. Jovan Crawford and Scott Roberson later pleaded guilty to assault charges and each received at least a year in prison. [20][21]

These are not “peaceful protest.” They are targeted attacks on people and property associated with the right.

Attacks and Threats Against ICE and Border Patrol

The record also includes attacks and threats against immigration-enforcement officers and facilities. The targets, victims, and established motives differ by case.

  • Dallas ICE field office (September 24, 2025): A gunman fired at the ICE facility and vehicles. The FBI said he specifically intended to kill ICE agents; an unfired cartridge in an FBI-released photograph was marked “ANTI ICE.” Two detainees died and another was wounded. No officers were injured. This was an ICE facility, not the Border Patrol station attacked in McAllen. [22][23][24]
  • Prairieland ICE detention center, Alvarado, Texas (July 4, 2025): DOJ said trial evidence established that members of a North Texas Antifa cell planned and carried out an armed attack on the facility. Benjamin Hanil Song shot a responding Alvarado police officer in the neck. Song was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced in June 2026 to 100 years in prison. Other participants were convicted of different offenses, including material support to terrorists, rioting, and obstruction. The wounded officer was a local police officer, not an ICE agent. [25]
  • McAllen Border Patrol facility, Texas (July 7, 2025): Police said a gunman opened fire on Border Patrol personnel and the facility before agents returned fire and killed him. A responding McAllen police officer suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. The police account establishes the attack, but does not establish a partisan motive. [26]
  • Portland ICE office (June 14, 2025): Robert Jacob Hoopes struck an ICE officer in the head with a large rock, causing a significant cut above the officer’s eye. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced in June 2026 to 30 months in federal prison. [27]
  • Vehicle assault during an ICE stop (Gary, Indiana, October 13, 2025): Rosario Carrillo Lopez struck an officer’s vehicle while fleeing an immigration-enforcement stop. He pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer and was sentenced in August 2026 to a year and a day in prison. This was a vehicle assault during flight, not a conviction for attempted murder or proof of a partisan motive. [28]
  • Threat to kill ICE agents (North Texas): Robert Wilson King posted that he would open fire if he saw ICE agents in his neighborhood. He pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat and was sentenced in September 2026 to 17 months in federal prison. [29]

The Pattern

The pattern does not depend on proving a single coordinated conspiracy. It is visible in the repeated threats, attacks, and celebrations themselves.

This is not a complete list. It is a consistent pattern:

  • Assassination of a prominent conservative activist.
  • Open, ongoing celebration of that assassination.
  • Multiple assassination attempts on a former and current president.
  • Explicit, charged threats to kill ordinary Trump supporters and Republicans.
  • Repeated property attacks on associated businesses and party offices.
  • Physical assaults on people who hold mainstream conservative positions.
  • Attacks and criminal threats against immigration-enforcement officers and facilities.

“Nobody wants you dead — we just think Trump is in a cult” does not erase the body count, the federal charges, the recovered weapons, or the public celebrations.

Coexistence requires the other side not wanting you dead. That condition has not been met. The evidence is public, documented, and ongoing.

Sources

  1. FBI: Utah Valley shooting investigation
  2. City Journal: Why Some Progressives Celebrated Charlie Kirk’s Death
  3. Variety: Reports of Chappelle’s remarks and Erika Kirk’s response
  4. TheWrap: Erika Kirk criticizes assassination jokes; recording not independently verified
  5. U.S. Secret Service: Mission Assurance Inquiry and Synopsis
  6. DOJ: Ryan Wesley Routh sentenced to life for attempted assassination
  7. DOJ: Murder-for-hire charges against an IRGC asset and operatives
  8. DOJ: Naugatuck man charged with making online threats
  9. CT Insider: Dyer complaint and alleged spreadsheet of Trump supporters
  10. DOJ: Nevada man indicted for threats to kill the president
  11. Las Vegas Sun: Indictment and alleged Red Hat/MAGA threats
  12. WKMG: Daytona Beach woman accused of threatening to shoot Trump
  13. DOJ: Desiree Doreen Segari sentenced for threats on TikTok
  14. FBI: Tesla arson, gunfire and vandalism advisory; apparent lone offenders
  15. DOJ: Arson charges concerning a Tesla showroom and New Mexico GOP office
  16. Albuquerque Journal: Wagner charges and reported voter registration
  17. CNN/KTVZ: Gaines’s account and university-police investigation
  18. OutKick: Investigation suspended; police described alleged charges as unfounded
  19. The Spokesman-Review: Guilty plea and sentence in Jay Sani assault
  20. Montgomery County Police: Two arrested in MAGA-hat assault and robbery
  21. ABC News: Case outcomes, including April 13, 2019 Maryland assault
  22. FBI, September 24, 2025: Anti-ICE messages on rounds near Dallas gunman
  23. FBI, September 25, 2025: Dallas gunman’s intended target
  24. Associated Press: Dallas ICE shooting and detainee casualties
  25. DOJ: Prairieland attack convictions and Benjamin Hanil Song’s sentence
  26. McAllen Police: July 7, 2025 Border Patrol facility shooting
  27. DOJ: Robert Jacob Hoopes sentenced for aggravated assault
  28. DOJ: Rosario Carrillo Lopez sentenced for assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer
  29. DOJ: Robert Wilson King sentenced for threats to kill ICE agents