Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has once again demonstrated why political accountability never seems to catch up with certain members of Congress. Safe in the deep-blue cocoon of Connecticut, Murphy can say nearly anything without consequence — and this week, he did. Days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Murphy took to Twitter to pontificate on political violence, delivering a long, rambling thread that tried, yet again, to shove the “both sides are guilty” narrative down America’s throat.
The timing was almost surreal. Less than a week after the shooting of Turning Point USA’s founder — a high-profile conservative activist gunned down in front of students at Utah Valley University — Murphy decided his big contribution would be to argue that everyone, left and right, shares responsibility for political violence. To anyone paying attention, it reads like denial at best, gaslighting at worst.
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here’s what’s happening. https://t.co/UI8X9EabBR
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 14, 2025
This is the same senator who, just days before Kirk was assassinated, declared, “We’re in a war right now to save this country. And so you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country.” That wasn’t a stray remark; it was a rallying cry. And now, Murphy wants to turn around and pretend that the political climate has no partisan edge, no ideological fingerprints. Sorry, senator, but reality has already weighed in.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10. The suspect, Tyler Robinson, was arrested two days later. Within hours, left-leaning circles online were busy spinning theories, some suggesting Robinson was secretly a MAGA supporter, others ghoulishly celebrating the murder outright. And now, instead of reckoning with that, Murphy is hand-waving about how “both sides” are to blame.
3/ Here is the latest post from Laura Loomer, who clearly has the ear of President Trump, calling on Trump to use dictatorial powers to destroy his political opposition. This kind of rhetoric is gaining traction in MAGA world, and Trump is now echoing it. pic.twitter.com/x1k0vlFgE5
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 14, 2025
This is the refuge of a man who cannot admit what his own side has fostered: a toxic stew of dehumanization, rage, and justification for violence against political opponents. Murphy isn’t stupid. He knows Kirk’s killing was ideological. But in the world of Connecticut politics, there’s no price to pay for willful blindness. He’ll be re-elected comfortably, regardless of how detached from reality his rhetoric becomes.
The senator is a coastal elitist who likes nothing more than the sound of his own voice, but on this issue, that voice is out of tune with the facts. Conservatives aren’t buying it. Independents aren’t buying it. The American people see through it.
5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence. https://t.co/QqYMXPeP9m
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 14, 2025
And if Murphy thinks that the assassination of Charlie Kirk can be brushed aside with a “both sides” shrug, he’s only confirming what many already believe: that for Democrats like him, political violence is something to condemn only when it’s politically convenient.
