Patrick Riley

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[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

The only bipartisan agreement in America is ‘don’t blame us, blame the other guys.’

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@Cassie_Lioness @Callsign_Stag @bluefolf do you believe there should be any age limit for when a child can decide something as big as changing their gender? kids can’t consent to most medical or legal decisions, so where do you personally draw that line?

also, parents DO have boys or girls.

[𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 @Antunes1]

“Daddy is on a work trip with Jesus to afford your blueberries”

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

In loving memory of Charlie Kirk, a fearless patriot & man of unwavering faith who dedicated his life to America.

"It's bigger than you, I want you to remember that... It's bigger than me - you are here to make somebody else's life better, the pursuit of liberty & freedom."❤️

[𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 @Antunes1]

Nick Fuentes loses his patience:

"If your gut reaction to seeing someone take a bullet in the neck, and their head explode, is to celebrate, You must be DEFEATED. You must be DESTROYED!"

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

You're delusional. You have been preaching anti-American rhetoric for over a decade, you also openly made the statement that America "deserved 9/11". You should lose all credibility and its shameful how you have any to begin with, unfortunately you actually believe the non sense you spew.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@hasanthehun You’re the last person who should be lecturing anyone about extremism. You literally said “America deserved 9/11.” You’ve openly pushed anti-American rhetoric for years while living comfortably in the very country you claim to hate.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

I couldn’t agree more. I’m an independent and I don’t think I will ever be voting for the left again. I cannot believe what i’ve witnessed today, I don’t even believe the normal moderate democrats understand what is going on in their own party and supporters of said party.

[JohnRocker @itsJohnRocker]

I am HORRIFIED by the way twisted democrats celebrated Charlie’s death.

I am SADDENED we live in a country where you can be killed for simply engaging in verbal debate.

I am ANGRY that the mainstream media politicized this.

CHARLIE WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED FOR HIS POSITIVE IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

This is truly sad for our country.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Like all of you, I am utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today. It is unimaginable to write these words. I met Charlie Kirk when he was 18 years old, a young man so eager and determined that I immediately turned to a friend and said, “That kid is going to be the head of the RNC one day.” Charlie became even bigger and more important than that. It was a privilege to watch this principled man stand up for his beliefs and create the single most important conservative political organization in America. But more importantly, Charlie was a good man, a man who believed in right and wrong, who stood by his Biblical values. All of us will miss him, and I can’t imagine the pain of his beautiful young family, and we must all pray for them. And we must pick up the baton where Charlie left it, fighting for the things he believed in so passionately. And we must fight for a better America - an America where good people can speak truth and debate passionately without fear of a bullet. I weep for Charlie’s family, and I weep for my country today. Most of all, I weep for Charlie.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@krassenstein, with all due respect, you're a clown.

Families are burying their kids from fentanyl, and kids are losing their parents every single day. When Vance says cartels should be treated like the threat they are, that isn’t extreme - it’s the first honest acknowledgment of the damage they’re inflicting.

They’re foreign paramilitary groups trafficking people, carrying out executions, and flooding our streets with fentanyl. Furthermore, Due process is for our citizens - not the cartel gunmen killing them.

Also, Impeachment over a tweet? That’s one of the most fragile takes imaginable.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@FoxNews People on the left will read “Two planes collide” and immediately scream “Trump’s fault!!” without even waiting for the details.

Reality is, a ground crew accidentally pushed one jet into another. Fox knows the headline will bait rage clicks, and you all took the bait.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

i have a feeling some people here would only agree with judges if the rulings lined up with their own beliefs.

that is not how the system works. herbert’s point all along has not been that fraud does not exist, it is that the burden of proof in the United States is innocent until proven guilty.

even grok’s explanation about lack of standing does not contradict him. lack of standing means a case cannot move forward because the plaintiff could not show a direct legal injury. that does not suddenly flip the principle of due process. it just shows how high the bar is to bring a case into court, and that is by design to prevent chaos and abuse.

if we dropped that standard and started deciding outcomes based on disbelief or suspicion alone, then anyone could accuse anyone of anything and have it treated as fact.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

i just came across this thread and wanted to chime in. from my understanding Herbert isn’t saying election fraud doesn’t exist.

what he is defending are the principles of the U.S. judicial system and the Constitution. that’s an unbiased position. in this country, you are innocent until proven guilty. end of story.

if we flipped that around and lived under a “guilty until proven innocent” standard, the chaos would be unimaginable. for people who care about fairness and election integrity, you’d think that principle would matter most. blindly pointing fingers without evidence isn’t how justice works.

think about it this way: just because someone in class said you were cheating on a test because you glanced in their direction, does that automatically mean you cheated? and if the teacher failed you without proof, wouldn’t that be a huge problem? the same logic applies here.

at the end of the day, defending due process isn’t about politics. it’s about fairness and the rule of law.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

Last night, a rumor spread on social media claiming that Donald Trump had died. The only “evidence” fueling it was that he hadn’t made a live appearance since Tuesday. Within hours, the rumor exploded across X and other platforms.

But what struck me wasn’t the rumor itself, it was the reaction. Thousands of people weren’t just speculating, they were celebrating. Posts bragged about buying cake and balloons. Others joked about burying JD Vance beside him “like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.” The comment sections under those posts were even worse - vulgar, hateful, and openly gleeful at the thought of someone’s death.

This is where our politics has fallen. We’ve reached a point where disagreement is no longer about policy or principle, but about dehumanization. Wishing death on a fellow citizen - let alone a president - is beyond the bounds of political discourse. It’s not edgy. It’s not resistance. It’s moral rot.

You don’t have to like Donald Trump. You don’t have to vote for him. You can oppose everything he stands for. But celebrating the idea of another human being’s death is grotesque. And the fact that these kinds of posts can rack up millions of views shows how much our society rewards cruelty over decency.

Politics should be about ideas, vision, and competing solutions for America’s future - not about tearing each other down to the point where we forget the humanity of the person on the other side. When politics becomes more about winning at all costs than about improving the lives of the people, we all lose..

If we can’t draw the line at wishing death on each other, then we’ve already lost something far bigger than an election.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

The first amendment is broad, yes, but it is not absolute. we already accept limits on speech. you cannot yell “fire” in a crowded theater, commit perjury, incite violence, or deface federal property.

Protecting the flag, which represents the very freedoms the first amendment guarantees, is in line with those reasonable limits.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@itsdeaann I cannot take you seriously…

trump is simply making a statement. if you live under the freedoms that flag represents, you should not desecrate it. that is not dictatorship, it is a reaffirmation of national respect and unity.

[Patrick Riley @PatrickDebates]

@kudasaii_ @itsdeaann @WhiteHouse