Turning Point USA’s Chief of Staff Mikey McCoy has warned of the “weaponisation and radicalisation of the left” following videos of people celebrating the death of US influencer Charlie Kirk.
Speaking to GB News, Mr McCoy criticised what he called the left’s increasing tolerance for “political assassins” and the public celebration of an opponent’s death.
He contrasted these events with Charlie Kirk’s memorial, where he said 277,000 people “peacefully gathered to celebrate his life and legacy.”
“The left is moving further into radicalisation when it comes to political assassins, unserious dialogue, and celebrating the death of a political opponent publicly in a group chat,” Mr McCoy said.
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“I also find it ironic that it’s the minority party in America that shut down the Government, yet they’re claiming Trump is the King. I doubt a king would allow his own Government to be shut down.
“They gather in an unserious manner, making jokes that aren’t funny and trying to provoke people to act up.”
He described the protest videos as “crazy clowns dressing up in the street, pre-made signs and making vulgar and disgusting acts on camera.”
Mr McCoy warned: “Responsibility is coming. These people will be held accountable for their actions.”
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He told Ben Leo on GB News: “The left is the party moving further into radicalisation from political assassins to unserious dialogue and even celebrating the death of a political opponent in a group chat.
“Then you see videos like this from protests, supposedly at a ‘No Kings’ rally.
His comments came after Oxford Union was plunged into chaos when its incoming president, George Abaraonye, was accused of joking about Mr Kirk’s death.
The 20-year-old student, who debated the US activist months before his shooting, appeared to celebrate the violence in a leaked WhatsApp message reading: “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f****** go.”
Donors have since frozen hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding, and major speakers, including Candace Owens, Serena Williams and Jacinda Ardern, are understood to have pulled out of upcoming events in protest.
The backlash has left the Oxford Union facing a crisis of identity, with members warning the historic debating society has “lost its way”.
A no-confidence vote has been triggered against Mr Abaraonye as pressure mounts for him to step down.
The Oxford Union is a 200-year-old debating society for Oxford students and alumni, which is independent from university management.
The university has so far not taken any disciplinary action against Mr Abaraonye. An Oxford Union spokesman told The Telegraph: “We invite a vast number of speakers, many of whom are unable to accommodate our invitation due to logistical reasons.
“Every term, we have many people conjecturing over which speakers are coming or not.
‘The only people responsible for such deliberations are the senior members of the ongoing term’s committee, for they are the one’s aware of scheduling, and booking speakers.’
