Vance claims left-wing violence is on the rise, but long-term data show right-wing attacks have been far higher.
Following the September assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have shaped their political agenda by blaming the left for political violence.
“Political violence, it’s just a statistical fact that it’s a bigger problem on the left,” Vance said while guest-hosting The Charlie Kirk Show podcast on October 15 in the aftermath of Kirk’s killing. About a minute later, he added, “Right now that violent impulse is a bigger problem on the left than the right.”
A Vance spokesperson did not answer our questions. When referring to left-wing violence, a White House spokesperson recently pointed to a September 28 Axios article about a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a nonprofit policy research organisation.
Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences. Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year highhttps://t.co/30NvIj9nzC — Abigail Jackson (@ATJackson47) September 28, 2025
The study found that “2025 marks the first time in more than 30 years that le
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