Charlie Kirk, whatever his faults, deserved a better funeral than one appended to the Trump Rally taking place out in Arizona. Yes, they have turned Charlie into a modern-day Horst Wessel, or, in Cardinal Dolan’s words, a “modern-day Saint Paul.” They’ve got a much larger crowd than Trump can usually draw these days, but who doesn’t like a good cry and a stage show worthy of Albert Speer. Trump is there, leading a star-studded troupe of the Trump nobility, and inviting all of MAGA to seek revenge for Charlie’s murder (if not in these exact terms).

Is Charlie’s death going to become the new Reichstag Fire?