Matt Goodwin addressed dangerous rhetoric being used online against conservatives. (Image: GB News)
GB News has sounded the alarm in the wake of conservative speaker Charlie Kirk’s sudden d3ath, warning that the toxic tone of modern politics could spiral into even darker territory with Donald T.r.ump himself now at the centre of fresh fears. On Friday, political scientist and commentator Matt Goodwin used his appearance on the channel to urge a dramatic rethink of the way conservatives are described in public life, insisting that inflammatory rhetoric is putting lives at risk.
“Stop with the catastrophising. Tone it down,” he said bluntly. “There are lots of people in the ruling class in the West who need to look in the mirror and tone it down.” Goodwin argued that conservatives are routinely misrepresented as “fascists, Nazis or far-right extremists,” fuelling resentment and deepening divides.
Charlie Kirk 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 has plunged US into chaos – and it’s a huge warning to Britain
Charlie Kirk was a close ally of President Donald T.r.ump (Image: Getty)
Instead, he argued that they should be treated as “normal people with a different opinion.”
His comments come amid growing concerns about the radicalising effects of social media. Platforms like X have become a breeding ground for false narratives, he warned, with unfiltered content spreading easily.
The debate over toxic online content has only intensified following Kirk’s d3ath, with Goodwin drawing chilling parallels to the current climate surrounding Donald T.r.ump, as fears mount that the same poisonous discourse could spark fresh violence against the president, who has already been the target of an 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 attempt last year in Pennsylvania.
“This moment should be a wake-up call,” Goodwin cautioned. He added: “Charlie Kirk’s d3ath is a political 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 on the same scale as John F Kennedy and the attempted 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of Donald T.r.ump.”
Kirk was a high profile conservative activist and media personalities in the US, and a trusted ally of T.r.ump. He was sh0t d3ad on Wednesday at the age of 31 while hosting a college event for Turning Point USA, the organisation he co-founded, in what police are calling a targeted sh00ting.
President Donald T.r.ump announced the shocking news of Kirk’s d3ath, paying tribute on Truth Social: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is d3ad. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.”
At a news conference on Friday morning, officials identified the person they had in custody over the 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and said he’d been arrested on Thursday night, some 33 hours after the sh00ting
