Pam Bondi faces rightwing backlash for saying she’ll target ‘hate speech’ after Kirk killing

People across political spectrum, including prominent US conservatives, criticize attorney general's comments

US attorney general Pam Bondi's pledge that the Trump administration will absolutely target" people who use hate speech" in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has prompted criticism of the idea from across the political spectrum, including from prominent conservatives.

Bondi said on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller, the wife of the rightwing White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, that there is free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society".