'We gotta turn the volume down': Charlie Kirk killing changed the 'mood' in Congress
Source: Raw Story
September 10, 2025 10:31PM ET
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Wednesday that the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk changed the mood on Capitol Hill.
Kirk was shot in the neck while giving a speech at the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday afternoon. He was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization with chapters nationwide.
Johnson joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" to discuss the aftermath of Kirk's killing.
"I think there is a recognition, some are saying more quietly, others more loudly, that the level of vitriol that is there now, the level of hatred that is fomented, there's a time that we gotta turn the volume down." "There's a lot of people who find pleasure in stoking that fire, and it's dangerous," he continued. "There are derranged people in society, and if they are encouraged along this way, they will do dangerous things."
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2673982174/
Projection and self-reflection.


JustAnotherGen
(37,036 posts)gab13by13
(29,762 posts)it was OK when Democrats were murdered but now since it's happened to one of us, it's time to turn the volume down. They fucking made fun of Nancy Pelosi's husband assault.
mnhtnbb
(32,826 posts)CanonRay
(15,610 posts)
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,233 posts)If at all, Conservative pundits are pointing fingers, along with POTUS, "blaming the radical left-wing", meaning Democrats.
Many of the condolences coming from Democratic Party leaders have been somber and expressing horror that gun violence is NEVER the answer. Jumping to conclusions and speculating on the psyche of the assassin is never a good idea.
underpants
(192,940 posts)I cant or wont go through all the crap Im seeing. I watched Fox News a bit last night and they were off the charts. The same basic message. Dems caused this with their words. Complete projection.
Blues Heron
(7,545 posts)Ponietz
(4,025 posts)A hard rains gonna fall on them.
travelingthrulife
(3,241 posts)liberals or Democrats.
comradebillyboy
(10,846 posts)to avoid a government shutdown. Calling Democrats murderers is a poor strategy for gaining their support.
But hey, Chuck and Hakeem you have a good hand to play; no deals without real major concessions from the pukes.
Ponietz
(4,025 posts)Hakeem and Chuck: YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Make your stand right here.
UpInArms
(53,398 posts)Captain Zero
(8,404 posts)self.
littlemissmartypants
(29,722 posts)underpants
(192,940 posts)Torchlight
(5,679 posts)This is the very landscape you and your people willfully created. Mission accomplished, idiot.
C_U_L8R
(48,049 posts)You shouldn't be surprised when you get punched back.
The GOP has a lot to account for. Let me know when they've atoned.
Johonny
(24,634 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(22,400 posts)
Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)ALL HEIL THE GREAT EPSTEIN FILES!
ananda
(33,122 posts)The volume is all they've got.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,096 posts)3825-87867
(1,579 posts)for the word "people" in Johnson's comment and it's now accurate.
Oh, and add "Media" to that...especially Right Wing Drek.
twodogsbarking
(15,723 posts)But he didn't.
vercetti2021
(10,461 posts)You and your party is the root of this shit, so you tone it the fuck down first.
muriel_volestrangler
(104,686 posts)...
Kirk wrote: "If we want things to change, it's 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her."
He shared a video, where he describes her death as "one of the coldest, most senseless murders I have ever seen".
"I don't like politicising situations, but it just necessitates it."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3A27caf614-1686-4f38-884d-b9dda4d9e610#post
Blue Dotty
(158 posts)Hotler
(13,429 posts)Trump shares video of supporter saying "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat"
(snip) Mr. Trump at midnight retweeted a video from Cowboys For Trump featuring the group's founder, Couy Griffin, who is also the Otero County commissioner. The clip shows Griffin speaking to a crowd of supporters.
"I've come to a place where I've come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat," Griffin says in the first seconds of the clip, drawing cheers and applause.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-shares-video-of-supporter-saying-the-only-good-democrat-is-a-dead-democrat/
eringer
(490 posts)Volume of hate speech was reduced exponentially yesterday. Cut down by a trans gang member in the middle of his banter of vitriol.
Marthe48
(21,790 posts)The crowd that gleefully mused about feeding immigrants to crocodiles would like you to stop taking pleasure at the idea of somebody else's death.
Also, kirk asked listeners to bail out the person who attacked Paul Pelosi. kirk tried linking Gov. Walz to the murder of Melissa and Mark Hortmann and their dog.
And so on.
kirk made his choice and he died.
With uncontrolled guns, no one is safe, no matter how you feel about uncontrolled guns. Also, even if you are up traitor felon's butt, you are expendable. I mean, not safe.
poozwah
(356 posts)the mood will not remain changed. as elections draw closer and the nra opens its wallet, the wrongful right will revert to their hate speech and continued support of the gun lobby. if we do not change, we will die. america is no longer a shining light on a hill. it is now a snipers nest on a high spot.
azureblue
(2,559 posts)This is the perfect example. Lyin' Mike should have thought of that long time ago.
mcar
(45,305 posts)Paul Pelosi after the vicious attack on him. Some Rs in Congress laughed and jeered at the assassination of Melissa Hortman in MN.
They openly call for liberals to be taken out.
Speaker Moses needs to tend to his own garden.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,321 posts)to turn the volume up and show no empathy. Seriously that is what he said and did. He paid a price for his beliefs. Free Bird!
PortTack
(35,727 posts)Which the last two words he uttered were gang violence
totodeinhere
(13,667 posts)But this is exactly what the right wants. They will use this as an excuse for using more and more violence against us. Many of their leaders are already calling for "revenge" against the left. It is a familiar tactic used by fascists.
Deminpenn
(17,000 posts)in the same hateful views their father spewed and their mother likely believes, too.
totodeinhere
(13,667 posts)I don't know but if so that is not their fault. I am still sorry for them.
Deminpenn
(17,000 posts)Their mother will have plenty of money to raise them unlike many other kids left with one or no parents due to gun or other violence or just run-of-the-mill crime that sends one or both parents to prison.
PortTack
(35,727 posts)To calm down? Then do something about it.
Woodwizard
(1,207 posts)Charlie Kirk is all over the top of the headlines but the Colorado shooting is hardly to be found.
Same for the medical insurance CEO. Front page news for a week
Clouds Passing
(5,778 posts)Deminpenn
(17,000 posts)essentially the same thing?
Mz Pip
(28,227 posts)They all follow the same footsteps of their feckless leader.
DrFunkenstein
(8,832 posts)How did that pan out?