Watching Brandon Tatum on The Rubin Report was a reminder that real conservatives still exist who will not bow to the mob or to cheap, left-wing narratives. In his wide-ranging conversation with Dave Rubin, Tatum lays out the emotional and political fallout of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the corrosive aftermath of conspiracy mongering that now eats at the right.
Tatum’s unapologetic defense of Israel has gone viral, and for good reason — he refused to accept the fashionable lies that paint a nation defending itself as the aggressor, and he tore into the two-state myth with direct, unvarnished logic on Piers Morgan’s platform. Conservatives who still care about Western civilization should admire a black conservative who stands squarely with an ally under siege rather than caving to performative empathy that excuses terror.
One of the more uncomfortable but honest points Tatum makes is that Israel should have struck decisively in the first crucial hours to crush Hamas’s command-and-control and blunt the long, bloody campaign that followed. It’s a harsh conclusion, but conservatives who value deterrence and the protection of innocent life should prefer decisive action over drawn-out agony and moral equivocation.
He also called out a growing parasite on the conservative movement — those who reflexively blame Israel for every tragedy and recycle antisemitic tropes under the guise of “anti-war” or “anti-imperialism.” That kind of intellectual rot doesn’t just betray our friends overseas; it erodes the moral clarity we need at home to fight crime, protect free speech, and defend tradition.
None of this exists in a vacuum: Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10, 2025, shocked the country and widened the splits on the right, creating fertile ground for conspiracy theorists and bad-faith actors to exploit grief into division. Conservatives who care about preserving our movement’s integrity must reject those who weaponize tragedy for clicks and headline-grabbing lies.
Tatum’s other points — about failing policing in liberal-run cities and the quiet but growing conservatism among black voters frustrated with crime and cultural decay — are reminders that our arguments win when we talk about real-world consequences rather than performative outrage. If the right is to heal and grow, we must focus on policies that restore order, incentivize responsibility, and offer hope to working families of every race.
The lesson from Tatum’s interview is simple: reject conspiracy and antisemitism, stand with our allies, and stop letting online grifters dictate the agenda of the conservative movement. If we want to honor Charlie Kirk’s memory and rebuild a durable, patriotic coalition, it starts with clarity, courage, and refusing to be dragged into the poisonous infighting that helps nobody except our enemies.
