Chip Roy urges new committee investigation after Charlie Kirk assassination

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is calling on House leaders to establish a new temporary committee to investigate “numerous attacks on our way of life, the destruction of the rule of law and the murder of innocent Americans, prominent and unknown alike.”

In a letter sent to House GOP leaders on Thursday, a day after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Roy is accusing left-wing groups of fomenting the current volatile political environment.

“I respectfully request that the House of Representatives form a select committee on ‘The money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law,’” Roy wrote. “The patterns are undeniable: we are witnessing a sustained breakdown of law and order, fueled not by chance, but by anti-American ideology.”

Roy pointed to the assassination attempts against President Donald Trump in 2024, as well as the 2017 congressional baseball team practice shooting, but added, “It goes well beyond politicians and to the people themselves.”

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“We have seen targets placed on the Family Research Council and Charlie Kirk by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) only to witness shootings toward each, including the tragic assassination of Charlie just this week after being placed on the SPLC’s notorious ‘Hate Map’ three months ago,” he wrote.

“We have seen dangerous networks like Antifa organize, fund and deploy sophisticated terror campaigns attacking law enforcement and destroying American cities. We have seen George Soros, the Wren Collective and other radical organizations funding and putting in place district attorneys and judges to then coordinate releasing criminals to the streets.”

He also blamed “leftist entities and public figures” for the recent crisis at the U.S. border during the Biden administration.

“Enough is enough. We must follow the money to identify the perpetrators of the coordinated anti-American assaults being carried out against us and take all steps under the law necessary to stop them,” Roy wrote. 

“We can no longer pretend to be bound together by…