Less than three days after the 2026 midterms delivered a historic Democratic sweep—control of both chambers of Congress and deep gains even in longtime red territory like Texas—segments of the left moved swiftly from victory laps to something darker: They began openly celebrating death. Not in the abstract language of “reproductive freedom,” but in explicit, gleeful detail.
One of the clearest examples arrived almost immediately on social media. In a video that spread rapidly, a group of young women smiled and chanted with enthusiasm: “Abortion is so back, baby!” Pro-life social media influencer Sami Parker of Live Action highlighted only a fraction of the comments she’s seen that flow in a similar vein. Among them: “Pregnant tonight, abortion in the morning before my Starbucks run”; “Who needs a ride to the abortion clinic?!”; and “…Whether you’re pregnant or not, we killing something [sic].”
Several defenders labeled the remarks as “just satire.” Others noted the obvious problem with that defense: there’s nothing satirical about the deliberate ending of an unborn child’s life.
That same theme took an even more grotesque turn on the popular left-wing podcast I’ve Had It.
Charlie Kirk, a husband and father, was killed by an assassin’s bullet to the neck in front of thousands of people at a Turning Point USA event in September 2025. Hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan—whose show draws major corporate sponsors and millions of followers—reacted to an X post that read, “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.” The podcasters laughed at the X post for roughly 30 seconds. When they finally composed themselves, Welch offered “No comment,” to which Sullivan added, “other than he was shot by somebody that was super MAGA.”
Notably, that claim is false. The man charged with assassinating Kirk, Tyler Robinson, is not a MAGA supporter but a 23-year-old from Utah whose reported romantic partner was a transgender-identifying biological male with leftist political views; Robinson himself showed online interest in “furry” subculture.
Commentators responded in kind. One observed that some on the left “will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they’re the ‘good guys.’” Another put it more bluntly: “These are evil people. They won an election and they are now showing their true colors.”
David Closson, director of the Family Research Council’s Center for Biblical Worldview, addressed it from a Biblical worldview.
“These comments and these reactions reveal something deeply troubling about the moral condition of our culture,” he told Decision. “The Bible teaches that every human is made in the image of God and has inherent value and dignity. This is true whether we’re talking about an unborn child or our political opponent. All human life is sacred. Yet increasingly, we see people treat the destruction of human life as something to celebrate or laugh about.”
Some may dismiss such remarks as satire, he added, but that explanation misses the deeper issue. Humor has a way of revealing someone’s heart, worldview, and what they truly value. As Closson explained, Romans 1 unpacks this by describing what happens when people suppress the truth. “Their moral judgment becomes distorted, and eventually, people not only practice evil, but they give approval to those who practice it.”
This, he emphasized, is exactly what leads to abortion being celebrated as liberation or the murder of a political opponent becoming a punchline.
“We are witnessing the consequences of the worldview that has lost sight of the sanctity of human life,” he said. “Christians must recognize that much of this is not a mere political disagreement. Much of our current discourse reflects a fundamentally different understanding of human dignity and morality.”
The midterm’s “blue tsunami” will possibly put conservative policy objectives back several years, Closson noted. “I don’t want to sugarcoat what happened. It was an unmitigated political disaster,” and the consequences of it are already surfacing in these comments and posts across social media. Yet simultaneously, he added, Christians can’t respond to cruelty with cruelty—Romans 12:21 says, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
And with that, Closson continued, Christians can’t be silent either. “We should be grieved and even outraged when people celebrate abortion, or they make light of murder.” But then the Christian must work “courageously to expose the moral bankruptcy of a worldview that celebrates death. We must defend the unborn and condemn political violence. We must be consistent in affirming the dignity of every human being, even those whom we profoundly disagree with.”
Closson wanted to remind Christians: “Our confidence has never rested in election results. Proverbs 21:1 says the king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord. God wasn’t surprised by Tuesday’s results. His purposes are not frustrated by which party controls Congress. God is no less sovereign today than He was before the election.”
“I don’t think we should despair or retreat,” Closson concluded. “We don’t leave the battlefield in the coming years as anti-life, anti-family, or anti-religious liberty policies are debated and even passed by Congress. We continue speaking the truth, loving our neighbors and defending the vulnerable. … When the battle rages the hardest, that is when our metal is tested.”
“Let us be the people who show up when our communities and nation needs us.”
