The ‘Study’ You’re Citing About Right-Wing Violence Is Full Of Fake Data
By: Beth Brelje
September 20, 2025
An Antifa-connected researcher with rabid bias against the right is held out as an expert on deciding who is extreme.
After Charlie Kirk was assassinated last week, conservatives noted that most political violence comes from the left. The left bristles at this fact and has responded by dramatically padding the numbers to pretend the reverse is true.
Consider a Sept. 12 piece from The Economist claiming, “extremists on both left and right commit violence, although more incidents appear to come from right-leaning attackers.”
Right up front, the piece admits it used data “largely compiled by researchers whom sceptical (sic) conservatives would probably dismiss as biased.” The disclaimer is meant to inoculate The Economist’s audience to its sloppy reporting, as if challenges from conservatives will somehow prove The Economist’s accuracy.
Yes, readers should be beyond skeptical of the source in that piece, The Prosecution Project. Its website claims to “track[] and provid[e] analysis of felony criminal cases involving illegal political violence, terrorism, and extremism occurring in the United States since 1990.”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/20/the-study-youre-citing-about-right-wing-violence-is-full-of-fake-data/
