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Trump, Republicans, neo-Nazis honor racist Charlie Kirk with highest official honor in Rose Garden ceremony (www.wsws.org)

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On Tuesday the Trump administration staged a grotesque and openly fascistic ceremony in the White House Rose Garden to canonize the racist propagandist Charlie Kirk as a “Christian martyr,” for the MAGA-Republican Party.

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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel

In case there's anyone left who doesn't know.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

They're trying like hell, and I thought this might have legs, doesn't seem to. They can use it as a litmus test, "You for or against us?" I could see terrorism charges for making light of his death. Wait...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0x4e3zn2jo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprisals_against_commentators_on_the_Charlie_Kirk_assassination