While the right has been using Kirk's assassination to drum up paranoia against the Left, Democratic Party mouthpieces have joined Republicans to unequivocally condemn the shooting. Figures who posture as left-wing politicians have made it clear they believe Nazi ideology—spread by Kirk and others—should be tolerated and protected.

Despite Trump’s rhetoric (which sometimes sounds worker-friendly), his policies are very right-wing and anti-worker (deregulation of industry, stripping of workers’ protections).

House Bill 183, also known as the “Protect All Students Act,” denies LGBTQIA+ students of all ages the ability to use the restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, and shower rooms of the gender they identify with.

The 2024 US presidential election highlights the limits of electoral politics under capitalism.