The assassination of Charlie Kirk should have been a national moment of unity against extremism. Instead, we got a masterclass in deflection from the left. Within hours, leftists were elbowing their way through cable studios and X feeds, pointing fingers at conservatives and trying to distract the public from what was really going on. Rather than acknowledge the tolerance of political violence on their side, they inside the problem was really on the right.
But the facts tell a far darker—and inconvenient—story: it’s the left, again and again, that takes its grievances beyond words and into the streets, often literally.
That reality is hitting home for members of President Trump’s administration. Senior officials—people who should be able to live undisturbed—are now packing up and moving into military base housing. Let that sink in. In Washington, where influence and visibility are part of the job description, top officials are retreating behind the same barbed-wire fences built to keep America’s enemies out.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has moved into quarters at Fort Leslie J. McNair. He took over a long-abandoned unit once reserved for a four-star general, triggering the predictable pearl-clutching over the cost of refurbishing it. He’s actually one of several Trump officials now sleeping behind armed guards, all because their association with President Trump has made them targets.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after enduring stalkers and relentless harassment from the press, relocated to an admiral’s residence on a Coast Guard base. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Navy Secretary John Phelan have quietly done the same, occupying undisclosed quarters far from civilian streets. Even Secretary of State Marco Rubio now lives at Fort McNair in a general’s quarters, right alongside military families. The image of cabinet officials needing the protection of living military installations would have been unimaginable a decade ago. Today, it’s safety through necessity, thanks to the violent tendencies of the radical left.
And there’s more.
Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, and his wife, Katie are also living on base after becoming targets of harassment and threat.
This pattern didn’t come out of nowhere. It grew out of a culture of intimidation that the left not only tolerates, but often excuses.
The one thing the left can’t admit is glaringly obvious: the problem isn’t “political violence” in the abstract—it’s political violence from one particular side. Time and again, it’s the left torching cities, attacking cops, chasing officials from their homes, and patting themselves on the back while calling it “justice.” Their fury is so baked in now that government officials are literally hiding behind the gates of our own military bases.
And make no mistake—this isn’t a sign of a healthy republic. It’s a sign that one side has completely lost the ability—or maybe the inclination—to solve anything without smashing, burning, or threatening anyone who disagrees. If the left keeps up this moral rot, bunking inside military housing won’t be a rare “precaution.” It’ll be standard operating procedure for anyone brave enough to serve under Trump and actually call out what’s really going on in this country.
