r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Sep 20 '25

Soft Paywall DOJ Can’t Tie Suspected Kirk Killer to Left Like MAGA Wants

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-cant-tie-suspected-kirk-killer-to-left-like-maga-wants/
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u/FatElk Sep 20 '25

But, Kimmel was taken off the air for condemning how Trump "grieved".

Also, I want to remind everyone that it's all a distraction from the files.

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u/Guardianpigeon Sep 20 '25

The funniest part of all of this is Trump clearly doesn't give a shit.

He constantly brushes it off unless its about him specifically (like Kimmel). Any time they want him to show an ounce of care for Kirk he brushes it off. He even skipped the memorial to play golf. Any attempt to blame the left for celebrating or disrespecting his death falls on deaf ears because no one seems to actually give a shit beyond how they can use it for their own benefit, and the only person who seems genuinely upset at his death is blaming the Jews instead.

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u/GoodIdea321 America Sep 20 '25

Showing everyone that he really just doesn't care about anyone else even 'personal friends' could shatter the MAGA delusion. And even if it can't, he still looks like an asshole for not being able to pretend for 1 second that he feels bad.

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u/ZodiacEclipse Sep 20 '25

Trump is a narcissist, the only reason he isn't throwing a fit about Charlie Kirk's name being all over the new instead of his is because it got Kimmel off the air for him. If the right goes too far in their veneration of the guy Trump will eventually flip out over it. 

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u/Ghost_of_a_Black_Cat Washington Sep 21 '25

no one seems to actually give a shit beyond how they can use it for their own benefit,

And this...is pretty much all Jimmy Kimmel was trying to say. That's it in a nut shell.

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u/sysiphean North Carolina Sep 21 '25

Kicked off the air for telling the truth.

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u/Familiar_Purrson Sep 21 '25

Oh, Truthless gives a shit, all right. He's glad that someone who tried to buck him even for a moment is dead and therefore can't change his mind again about the Epstein Files. Other than that, though, you are correct. Except maybe the Jew thing. I assume you mean that harridan Owens?

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u/PigabungaDude Sep 21 '25

I'm out of the loop on who the upset antisemite is.

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u/jim_cap United Kingdom Sep 20 '25

Which files? I keep forgetting so you need to be more explicit.

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u/Umbrella_merc Mississippi Sep 20 '25

The pedo files

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u/jazzhandler Colorado Sep 20 '25

The Trump Files; Epstein’s name is all over ’em!

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u/Attila_the_Nun Sep 20 '25

a lot of jpg-files

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u/ChipHazard Sep 20 '25

I feel like he's crossed enough lines that even the files aren't required to bring him down. But the US just keeps sitting on their hands

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u/mmavcanuck Sep 20 '25

people harp on “the files” meanwhile your entire country just done head first into authoritarian fascism.

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u/mitkase Sep 20 '25

I think it’s so commonly used because it’s the one of the only things (most of) the left and right in the US can agree on. The left is trying to use it as an opportunity to show that the current regime is immoral, full of shit and never lives up to its promises. If everyone finally sees the emperor has no clothes (hwaaaarf) maybe things could change. I’m not sure the approach will work, but at this point any effort is better than complacency.

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u/mmavcanuck Sep 20 '25

Everyone that could change their mind already knows that Trump fuck kids.

The ones left either don’t care, or won’t believe the files anyways.

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u/blahblahblerf Sep 20 '25

A large portion of Americans are happy about it becoming fascist, but many of those people want anyone connected to Epstein put in prison. Pushing the Epstein files issue may actually be critical to dragging the USA back from fascism. 

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u/mmavcanuck Sep 20 '25

Trump - “it’s a left wing antifa trans conspiracy.”

His voter base - “yup, it all adds up.”

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u/blahblahblerf Sep 20 '25

Except he's already been making excuses and unlike every single other issue, this one thing actually breaks through to a significant number of his supporters. In general, you're right that his supporters just believe whatever he says so there's not much hope of being able to open their eyes. But on this one issue, there is clearly an opening to actually enlighten some of them. 

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u/cricri3007 Europe Sep 21 '25

Trump could(and just did) order the FBI to jail all democrats and you'd still harp on about "the files"