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Eric Trump is 'sick and tired of seeing bullets flying,' but ... [1]
['Daily Kos Staff']
Date: 2025-09-16
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and son of President Donald Trump, downplayed right-wing political violence during a Tuesday appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
Amid a discussion about slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk, Eric Trump was asked about where the country should go from here, and he said, “I’m sick and tired of seeing bullets flying at people's heads.”
“On both sides,” co-host Joe Kernen added.
“Well, I don't know,” Eric Trump replied. “I mean, of course, both sides, but I don't—I don't really see the bullets flying in one direction.”
In reality, right-wing violence is far more prevalent than left-wing violence. A recent study found that between 1990 and 2020, 15.6% of politically motivated homicide incidents were conducted by far-left extremists, while far-right extremists were responsible for 84.4% of those incidents.
Eric Trump’s decision to ignore right-wing violence against liberal politicians is grotesquely insensitive, especially on the very day that Minnesota is set to hold a special election to fill the seat of former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman, whom an anti-abortion extremist murdered in June.
But Eric Trump’s willful dismissal of right-wing political violence is not surprising. Under President Donald Trump, the Republican Party has moved to curb the First Amendment rights of dissenters in a broader campaign to silence all opposition to its unpopular domestic and foreign policies.
Eric Trump’s dismissal is a reminder that protecting power, not people, is the GOP’s highest priority.
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