According to Nathanial Hirt, who is Jason Miyares's campaign manager, the buttons show a level of "fear-mongering and divisive rhetoric." Jen Kiggans weighed in, too.

"Stop Fascism" isn't fear-mongering when our leadership in Virginia is supporting the illegal use of federal forces invading states and cities against the will of the people who live there, rounding up people - sometimes law-abiding American citizens, and holding them for days without due process for having brown skin. I don't think "Stop Fascism" is fear-mongering when leadership in Virginia illegally purged voters from the rolls right before an election, in service to a candidate who told his supporters, "In four years, You don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going have to vote."

As for divisive language: the would-be murderers of Donald Trump were a Republican and a former Trump supporter. The murderer of Melissa Hortman, her husband, and her dog was a Republican. You can do some Googling and maybe find a few left-wing attempted assassins but overwhelmingly they come from the right.

If Republicans want to protect Americans, they should worry more about right-wing fear-mongering and divisive language and less about a few buttons telling the truth about what's happening in our country

Edits: 2025-09-20 I removed "Charlie Kirk's murderer was a Trump supporter convinced by other Trump supporters that Kirk didn't support Trump enough." I still don't think Robinson is a left wing radical, but he wasn't motivated by a perception of Kirk's disloyalty to Trump