George Conway, a former Trump associate and now vocal critic, is continuing to double down on comparisons to Charlie Kirk's killing with what happened in Nazi Germany — the assassination of Horst Wessel.
"They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then, and what Trump and MAGA are doing today, are striking, chilling—and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook," Conway posted on X.
Conway shared an image and link to a Wikipedia page about Wessel, a 23-year-old member of the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing who was assassinated in 1930 by members of the Communist Party and hailed as a "martyr" in Nazi propaganda. Nazis used his death to mobilize others in their movement and target Communists, using the "Horst Wessel Song" as the co-national anthem of the Nazi Party and memorializing him during their reign of power.
Conservatives have attacked Conway, calling him a "sick f---" and "psychopath" in response to the comparison and attacking his statement.
Following Kirk's killing Wednesday, President Donald Trump blamed the "radical left" and those who “compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals," despite any confirmed information about the suspect from law enforcement or motive, the Atlantic reports.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation show that ammunition found in the weapon was engraved with what the newspaper described as expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology. The Trump administration has previously referred to opponents or challengers as "communists," among other names.
