{"id":2598385,"date":"2026-05-04T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:32:07","slug":"defund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins\/","title":{"rendered":"Defund Education Institutions Churning Out Left-Wing Assassins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdefund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article argues that rising political violence among young Americans is fueled by the institutions that shape their beliefs-especially universities. It begins with the author\u2019s personal concern about what could happen to her large family if her parents (Rachel and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy) were targeted becuase they support President Trump. After an attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner where her parents were present, she claims patterns in recent attacks: alleged assassins are consistently young and college-educated, with the latest would-be Trump attacker having extensive degrees and tutoring experience.<\/p>\n<p>The author then criticizes modern higher education for abandoning its historical role in truth-seeking and moral inquiry, claiming it is indeed now dominated by Marxist-influenced critical theory from the Frankfurt School. She argues that critical-theory based fields (which she cites using examples like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> and related disciplines) function less as academic study and more as ideological training, encouraging students to view society\u2019s institutions-government, markets, law, and family-as illegitimate and deserving dismantling.She connects this worldview to social unrest and vandalism in 2020, and to her own experience at the University of Chicago, where she says she faced hostility and threats rather then debate after expressing mildly conservative views.<\/p>\n<p>The piece further contrasts what it portrays as nonviolent Christian conservatism with revolutionary leftism\u2019s long-standing acceptance of violence, citing historical examples and contemporary rhetoric from public figures. it also highlights perceived media normalization of extreme acts and notes social reactions such as online celebrations, tributes, and even rewards proposed for harming Trump.<\/p>\n<p>the author argues that stopping the spread of violence requires reforming or defunding universities and related systems: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madonna-slams-trump-administration-slowly-dismantling-all-the-freedoms-we-have-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Madonna slams Trump Administration: \u2018Slowly dismantling all the freedoms we have\u2019 ... Washington Examiner\">cutting federal support<\/a> for critical-theory departments, removing tax advantages for endowments tied to such curricula, and dismantling student loan policies she says enable tuition inflation while expanding ideological programs. The article concludes that the university\u2019s influence extends beyond campus into media, politics, corporations, and popular culture, making the risk of violence immediate rather than theoretical.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I have often wondered what would happen to my eight younger siblings if both of my parents were assassinated. It is not a hypothetical most people consider, but it\u2019s one my husband and I have discussed seriously.<\/p>\n<p>My parents, Rachel and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, are prominent supporters of President Trump. In today\u2019s political climate, that alone can invite deadly consequences. <\/p>\n<p>The threat felt visceral last week when an active shooter tried to murder the president and his Cabinet at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, where both my parents were present. When the news broke, my stomach dropped. I gathered my 6-year-old sister, Valentina, and we prayed a Hail Mary together. Even before details emerged, I suspected two things: The shooter would be young, and the shooter would be educated. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was 26. The man who attempted to assassinate President Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024 was 20. The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk was 22. The latest alleged shooter is 31. <\/p>\n<p>These men are all young, and all attended college. The latest would-be Trump assassin specifically holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering, earned a master\u2019s degree in computer science, and worked as a part-time tutor, where he was named \u201cteacher of the month\u201d in December 2024. It is a striking amount of education for a would-be assassin. A sickness is running through the institutions that shape young Americans, most of all the education system.<\/p>\n<p>Universities were originally founded in the Middle Ages as explicitly Christian institutions devoted to discovering truth through reason and moral inquiry. But that tradition has been abandoned. Today, higher education is dominated by Marxist-inspired critical theory, developed by Frankfurt School intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>Where classical Marxism focused on class struggle, its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >critical theory modern variant expands<\/a> the lens to race, the sexes, sexuality, and culture. This turns every aspect of society into a battlefield of oppressors versus the oppressed. Faux academic disciplines inspired by critical theory, such as \u201ccritical race theory,\u201d \u201cqueer studies,\u201d \u201cfat studies,\u201d and \u201cpostcolonial studies,\u201d do not function as truth-seeking fields but instead as ideological training camps designed to produce activists rather than scholars.<\/p>\n<p>Students immersed in this worldview learn that core institutions \u2014 government, markets, law, and family \u2014 are illegitimate. If society is inherently unjust, dismantling it becomes a moral imperative. <\/p>\n<p>This is what inspired the 2020 summer of rage. Protests quickly targeted America\u2019s founding symbols: Statues of George Washington were toppled, and Plymouth Rock was vandalized. The goal was to erase the nation\u2019s origin story.\u00a0But the violence doesn\u2019t stop at monuments. <\/p>\n<p>After I made a mild <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagomaroon.com\/27638\/viewpoints\/op-ed\/iop-whiteboard-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public statement<\/a> opposing socialism while a student at the University of Chicago, my classmates did not debate my ideas. They attacked my character, appearance, and family. One said they would physically stop me from voting. Another declared I deserved execution. Such rhetoric harkens back to a long history.<\/p>\n<p>Revolutionary movements, convinced of their righteousness, always justify mass violence. The 20th century\u2019s toll is staggering: Lenin\u2019s regime killed 5 million, Stalin\u2019s nearly 20 million, Mao\u2019s 45 million. My own conservative Catholic family suffered financial ruin and even murder during the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/14\/what-my-familys-bloody-history-in-the-spanish-civil-war-teaches-about-the-fbis-assault-on-catholics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish Civil War<\/a> in the 1930s for being Christian and anti-communist.<\/p>\n<p>Modern voices are echoing the bloody past. Today, 34-year-old left-wing streamer and activist Hasan Piker says America \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EYakoby\/status\/2048814928874655931?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deserved 9\/11<\/a>,\u201d and he wants the streets to run red with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EYakoby\/status\/2042031825887936702?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capitalist blood<\/a>.\u201d Meanwhile, corporate media outlets legitimize Piker. In a recent New York Times interview, Piker justified Brian Thompson\u2019s assassination with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ianmiles\/status\/2047162232652648481?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no pushback<\/a> from the Times reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Red sirens should have been flashing when we saw how many young people celebrated Thompson\u2019s assassin, sending <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/21\/us-news\/meet-the-besotted-groupies-sending-love-letters-commissary-money-to-accused-united-healthcare-ceo-assassin-luigi-mangione\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">love letters<\/a> to his prison cell and selling saint-like <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.tiktok.com\/us\/pdp\/st-luigi-prayer-candles-by-luigi-mangione-inspire-empower-your-space\/1730970451198055133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">merchandise<\/a> with his face. Likewise, Gen Z leftists cheered the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And now, prominent Wisconsin Democrat Kirk Bangstad, a friend of leading Democrat gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wisconsin-dems-bar-laments-almost-got-free-beer-day-trump-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offered<\/a> free beers to anyone who would assassinate President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It is fashionable to claim that political violence is a \u201cboth sides\u201d problem. But that claim collapses under scrutiny. Conservatism grounded in Christianity explicitly rejects violence. Revolutionary leftism, by contrast, has always seen violence as a legitimate tool for transformation. <\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the French Revolution, philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: \u201cIn the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.\u201d Put differently, when intellectuals teach that society is fundamentally unjust and must be torn down, the end result is always terror.<\/p>\n<p>If we are serious about addressing the rising tide of political violence among young Americans, we must confront the institutions shaping their worldview. The state and federal government can start by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-way-to-end-leftist-violence-is-to-defeat-leftism-itself\/\" title=\"The Only Way To End Leftist ... Is To Defeat Leftism Itself\">cutting public funding<\/a> to universities that house critical theory departments and curricula. Woke universities should lose the tax-exempt status on their multibillion-dollar endowments, and the federal student loan regime \u2014 which allows universities to inflate tuition while expanding ideological departments \u2014 should also be dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>The modern university\u2019s influence reaches far beyond campus. Its ideas permeate media, government, corporations, and popular culture. This is why when the classroom normalizes violence in the name of justice, assassinations and acts of terror follow. Today, that danger is no longer theoretical \u2014 for my family or the country.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Evita Duffy-Alfonso is a contributor to The Federalist. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @evitaduffy_1.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve worried about my siblings if my parents were assassinated; they\u2019re Trump supporters and the threat feels real<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1623,"featured_media":2598386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Man-in-Academic-Dress.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[79053,55355,35049,17927],"class_list":["post-2598385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-defund-education","tag-left-wing-extremism","tag-political-violence","tag-radicalization"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Man-in-Academic-Dress.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598389,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598385\/revisions\/2598389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}