Senator Schmitt to Chair Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Politically Violent Attacks

Michael Knowles, Victim of Left-Wing Violence, to Testify 

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will hold a hearing focused on politically motivated violence. The hearing is titled Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order.

“The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk shook the nation to its core, and it was the latest in a long list of examples of left-wing political violence. Many of these attacks come while Americans are exercising constitutionally protected core political speech. In 2023, Antifa activists set explosives outside a speech by Michael Knowles. And in 2020, violent riots broke out in cities across America. The rise of political violence on the left is deeply disturbing and antithetical to American values, disturbs the free exercise of our constitutional rights, and is a threat to our constitutional order. Yet, instead of calling out the obvious, the powers that be continue to deny the reality that political violence comes predominantly from one side of the aisle. As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, I look forward to getting the American people the answers they deserve about the realities of left-wing political violence,” said Senator Schmitt.

“This recent uptick in left-wing violence is the culmination of years—really decades—of consistent assaults on their opponents. A ‘free marketplace of ideas’ simply cannot exist when ideological bandits keep shooting up the marketplace. I’m grateful to Senator Schmitt for convening this important hearing to discuss how Congress can reassert order and hold to account the left-wing ideologues undermining our public square,” said Michael Knowles.

The hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 2:30pm ET.

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