Claire McCaskill: Pam Bondi Hate Speech Stance ‘Trashes’ the ‘Legacy’ of Charlie Kirk
David Gilmour Sep 17th, 2025, 7:44 am
contributor Claire McCaskill shredded President Donald Trump’s “terrible instinct” and unloaded on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “hate speech” stance as one that “trashes” the “legacy” of assassinated conservative free speech activist Charlie Kirk .
Bondi drew criticism from across the political spectrum after declaring on a podcast Monday that “there’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie [Kirk], in our society.”
The statement came as conservatives spotlighted a fringe of individuals online who had cheered the assassination of Kirk.
On Tuesday, Bondi attempted to