Stephen Miller Vows to Channel Anger over Kirk Assassination Toward Combatting Left-Wing Extremists

Vice President JD Vance hosted the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s podcast Monday afternoon to pay tribute to his friend and discuss his legacy.

Senior White House official Stephen Miller, one of several guests Vance brought on the show, vowed that the Trump administration would channel the anger over Kirk’s assassination towards an effort to eradicate the leftist activist networks promoting violence and celebrating the assassination of Kirk.

“Focused anger, righteous anger directed for a just cause, is one of the most important agents of change in human history. And we are going to channel all of the anger that we have to uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks,” Miller said.

“It is a vast domestic terror movement,” he continued. “And with God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have to the DOJ, DHS, and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks. It will happen and we will do it in Charlie’s name.”

Miller’s comments on the Monday podcast echo those he made during an appearance on Fox News last week, in which he explained that the last time he spoke with Kirk, the conservative activist argued that they needed to devise a strategy to confront left-wing extremist groups that promote urban rioting, online harassment campaigns, and other forms of politically motivated societal disruption.

“The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his Creator in Heaven was that we have to dismantle and take on the Radical Left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence… and we are going to do that,” Miller said.

Kirk was assassinated last week during an event at Utah Valley University while taking a question on mass shootings and transgenderism. Suspected gunman Tyler Robinson was arrested days after a prolonged manhunt for him ended when his father facilitated his surrender to authorities.

Thus far, Robinson is not cooperating with the ongoing law enforcement investigation. The FBI matched Robinson’s DNA to the assassination site and discovered a note Robinson wrote about having the chance to “take out Charlie Kirk,” FBI director Kash Patel said Monday.

Before the assassination, Robinson was living with a transgender romantic partner who is currently cooperating with law enforcement, Utah governor Spencer Cox (R) confirmed over the weekend. Cox also said Robinson was “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” having become more political in recent years.

While the FBI has not released the name of Robinson’s partner, public records indicate it is 22-year-old Lance Twiggs. A family member of Twiggs confirmed with the New York Post that the two were living together.

“His [Robinson’s] family has collectively told investigators that he subscribed to left-wing ideology and even more so in these last couple of years,” Patel said.

The engravings on the ammunition used to assassinate Kirk suggest that Robinson was deeply enmeshed in online message-board communities.

The spent casing that killed Kirk was engraved with a bizarre phrase — “Notices bulge OwO what’s this?” — that can be traced back to an old “copypasta” meme, a block of text that is meant to be copied and pasted on online forums. The meme appears to be popular in online “furry” communities, comprised of users who have a sexual fetish related to furry animals.

Robinson’s romantic partner was an aspiring professional video gamer and, like Robinson, appears to have been deeply involved in online left-wing communities. The FBI is currently investigating at least seven social media accounts that appear to have had foreknowledge of the Kirk assassination, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Some of the accounts currently under investigation had links to Twiggs.

Vance filled in for Kirk live from his office at the White House and addressed the impact the “joyful warrior” Kirk had on American politics and the people closest to him. He recounted his own experience with Kirk and brought on senior officials from the Trump administration to talk about what Kirk meant to them.

Calling Kirk the “smartest political operative I ever met,” Vance said Kirk played an enormous role in helping staff and guide the Trump administration during the first year of President Trump’s second term.

“He was a critical part of getting Donald Trump elected as President, getting me elected as Vice President, and so much of our success over the last seven months is due to his efforts, his staffing, his support, and his friendship.” Vance stated at the beginning of The Charlie Kirk Show.

“Everyone knew him as this fearless debater. This guy who would take the conservative message into hostile places and inspire younger generations to have courage,” Vance said.

Vance went on to describe Kirk’s project as larger than simply a political mission. He talked about how Kirk’s campus activism gave people courage and brought them together at events where they made lifelong connections.

“Charlie was a visionary, he was a luminary, he brought together people. He didn’t just teach people how to speak, he didn’t just teach people what to say, he didn’t just teach people that could actually speak their mind on campus, he created a whole social network for an entire generation of young people.”