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Topline Vice President JD Vance cast blame on “left-wing extremism” Monday for Charlie Kirk’s death, doubling down on a divisive narrative President Donald Trump and his allies have fueled without clear or public evidence, while hosting Kirk’s podcast from his VP office. US Vice President JD Vance hosts an episode of the Charlie Kirk Show in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2025.(Photo by DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) POOL/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Vance, while hosting the slain conservative influencer’s podcast from his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, opened the show by denouncing what he called “this incredibly destructive movement of left-wing extremism that has grown up over the last few years and I believe is part of the reason why Charlie Kirk was killed.” “We’re going to talk about how to dismantle that,” he said. Trump has repeatedly attributed Kirk’s death to “radicals on the left,” despite some in his own party calling on him to tone down the rhetoric, with the president telling reporters Sunday “you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burning all over the place, that’s the left. That’s not the right.” When asked if he would investigate left-wing groups, Trump said “we’ll see,” and adding that “a lot of the people that you would traditionally say are on the left, they’re already under investigation.” Other Republicans, however, have called for unity in rejecting political violence regardless of the perpetrators’ ideological leanings, with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., telling CNN on Sunday “when there is a fire, you pour water on it, not gasoline,” while Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, told ABC “to me, this is not right. This is not left. We’re talking about…

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