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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Charlie Kirk Shooting Death – sparked strong opposition from the Republican and other conservatives and prompted her to further clarify her comments.
Bondy tries to bridge the gap between her remarks and what she calls hate speech, which leads to a long threat Social Media Posts Tuesday.
“Hate speech involving the threat of violence is not protected by the First Amendment,” Bundy said. Bundy cites three U.S. laws that criminalize direct threats of violence, such as threats of kidnapping or harm. “This is a crime.”
“For a long time, we have been observing radical left-wing threats, calling for assassination and cheering for political violence. That era is over,” she said.
Bondy’s speech was published in an interview with “Katie Miller Podcast” and in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, it sparked backlash from the aisle during a conversation about Kirk’s deadly shooting, although it was the loudest voice of the conservative voice. Many pointed out that Kirk was the founder and subject of interviews at the U.S. turning point, and himself was the first Amendment protection of freedom of speech, which defended most forms of speech in the United States, including offensive and hateful speech.
Many also seem to see the new statement as a lack of cover for Bondy’s previous remarks.
“It’s not correction, retreat or retreat; it’s an afterthought to try to bend the word ‘hate speech’, meaning something it’s never had before,” Charles CW Cooke, senior editor of the National Review, said on social media.
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced criticism online on September 16, 2025, she suggested in two separate interviews that the Justice Department would “absolutely target” hate speech after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Nearly 24 hours after Bondi’s speech, criticism continues – almost all of this comes from Republicans and other well-known conservative voices.
Bondi came under fire on Monday for two interviews, neither of which distinguished the types of speech that threatened hate speech.
“Free speech, then hate speech,” Bundy said Monday in an interview with Trump administration aide and podcast host Katie Miller.
“If you target anyone who hates words, we will absolutely target you and follow you,” Bondy said.
In another interview with Fox News, Bondy reiterated similar sentiments, suggesting that the government can sue the office, with an employee reportedly refusing to print a poster on Kirk’s face.
She further said the department is “looking at” the Office Depot case in question.
“Businesses cannot discriminate,” Bondy said on Fox News. “If you want to print and print a poster with Charlie’s photos for a vigil, you have to let them do that. We can sue you.”
“I’m now looking at this right now in our civil rights department, and the office warehouse did that,” she said of the warehouse about the warehouse employees. “We’re looking for it.”
Most of the criticism that poured in Tuesday came from Republicans who pointed out that Bundy’s speech was a blatant violation of the protection of freedom of speech guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
Some people also directly contradict Kirk’s famous view.
Charlie Kirk greeted U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. turning point held in Washington, DC on July 23, 2019. (Chris Kleponis/Pool via Bloomberg)
“Hate Speech” is a hopeless subjective term, if not, the First Amendment to Hatred Voice.
Erick Erickson said on X: “Sorry, this is conservative, including Charlie Kirk.
In response to Bondi’s remarks Tuesday, Trump declined to clarify and instead raised the idea of following Karl’s outlet, despite the joke.
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“We might follow people like you because you treat me so unfairly,” Trump said.
