America’s Reichstag Fire

September 22, 2025

On February 27, 1933, Germany’s parliament,
The Reichstag, burned down,
Which the new Nazi regime,
Demonizing its opponents for the fire,
Used as a pretext
To crush political dissent.

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk,
A right-wing provocateur,
Was shot and killed.
This the Trump regime
Uses as its Reichstag fire
To demonize and silence critics.

Attorney General Bondi vowed
A crackdown on “hate speech.”
Elise Stefanik urged investigating
School employees’ social media
For “inappropriate or offensive” posts
About the shooting. Many have been fired,
As has TV’s Jimmy Kimmel,
For saying basically what I have
(Without the Nazi reference).

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr
Says they’ll investigate the networks,
With license revocations threatened,
For political transgressions.
All networks but Fox.

This is the political party
That crusaded to restore free speech.
Charlie Kirk himself
A vocal advocate for that.
Insisting even hate speech is protected
By our First Amendment.

But when Trump and his cult
Decry hate speech and political violence,
It’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Remember January 6? Condoned by pardons?
And following Kirk’s shooting,
One egregiously hate-filled response,
With face twisted in a snarl,
Was Trump’s.