{"id":2668,"date":"2025-09-23T02:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2025-09-23T02:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:33:15","slug":"memorial-day-firestorm-jasmine-crockett-sparks-outrage-with-attack-on-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/?p=2668","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Firestorm: Jasmine Crockett Sparks Outrage With Attack on Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What was supposed to be a day of unity and remembrance quickly turned into a political firestorm after Rep. <strong>Jasmine Crockett<\/strong> launched a scathing attack on Turning Point USA founder <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong> during Memorial Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a shocking statement, Crockett accused Kirk of \u201cexploiting patriotism for personal gain,\u201d claiming that his speeches were less about honoring fallen heroes and more about pushing his own agenda. Her remarks, delivered on a day when Americans traditionally set aside politics to honor service members, immediately drew furious backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk\u2019s supporters erupted online, calling the comments \u201cdisrespectful\u201d and \u201ca slap in the face to veterans and their families.\u201d Many demanded an apology, saying Memorial Day should never be used as a stage for personal attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk himself responded swiftly, slamming Crockett for what he called \u201ca disgusting smear timed to divide Americans on the one day we should all be united.\u201d He urged his followers to \u201chonor the fallen, not fuel the outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clash has since ignited heated debates across social media, with both sides trading blows over patriotism, politics, and respect for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was meant to be a solemn day of remembrance has now become one of the most bitter political battles in recent memory.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was supposed to be a day of unity and remembrance quickly turned into a political firestorm after Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a scathing attack on Turning&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsbreeze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}