On Monday’s episode of The Alex Marlow Show, Breitbart’s Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow took direct aim at Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), slamming the Democrat for politicizing the recent fatal campus shooting at Brown University—an incident that left two conservative student activists dead. In a sharply worded segment, Marlow criticized Murphy’s response to the tragedy as not only out-of-touch, but morally repugnant.
“You have to sort of wonder what type of a bubble Chris Murphy lives in,” Marlow said. “Or whether he truly is demonically possessed.”
The senator’s remarks—framed as a call for more gun control and warnings about “right-wing extremism”—came just hours after law enforcement confirmed that the victims were both members of a conservative student organization and were not engaged in any violent activity at the time of the shooting.
Yet rather than focusing on justice for the victims or condemning the growing climate of political hostility on college campuses, Murphy immediately redirected attention toward his usual agenda: restricting Second Amendment rights.
It’s a familiar pattern, and Marlow wasn’t having it. “This is the death of two young people who had the audacity to hold political views that don’t align with the progressive orthodoxy dominating these elite institutions,” he said. “And Murphy’s first instinct is to turn it into a talking point.”
The senator’s critics argue that his response exposes a deeper problem in our national discourse: when the victims are conservative, the moral clarity suddenly becomes negotiable. There’s no grand media campaign. No candlelight vigils led by celebrities. No presidential address. Instead, there are platitudes about “gun violence” and vague warnings about “radicalization”—as if the victims were the threat.
Marlow’s rhetorical flare—“demonically possessed”—is a reflection of growing conservative frustration with how political violence is framed and discussed in the media and by lawmakers.
The pattern, according to critics, is all too familiar: when violence can be linked to a right-wing suspect, the story becomes a national flashpoint. But when the victims are right-leaning, the narrative shifts—or disappears altogether.
Senator Murphy’s reaction, rather than uniting the country in mourning or demanding answers, seemed designed to score political points before the facts were even fully known. And that, Marlow argued, is exactly what Americans are tired of: elected officials who rush to leverage every tragedy for policy wins—so long as it fits their narrative.
