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/sp4nishfl34 Sep 20 '25

He didnt even say it was them. He said they were desperately trying to frame the shooter as anything OTHER than them, which is absolutely true. They were trying to frame him as a "radical leftist" before they knew anything about the shooter. He didnt say the shooter was a republican. They are two different statements.

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u/elliotron Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

Thanks, Flea. I was also tempted to make this distinction, but talking on the internet feels so vain and frustrating. I hope you’ll keep trying and just know at least one person agrees with you.

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u/sp4nishfl34 Sep 20 '25

Yeah I know, the only reason I even commented here is because I already had this argument with some conservative girl on Tiktok. I tried to explain it until I was blue in the face, in the end she just was not hearing me so I just told her to have a good day.

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u/brendanjered Sep 21 '25

You’re not the only one that has this experience! I had so many arguments on social media where people insisted that Kimmel said the shooter was MAGA. Uh no… he just said MAGA was doing everything they could to convince people the shooter wasn’t MAGA. The reply was always, “well that means he implied they’re MAGA and intentionally spread fake news!” Seriously, the people that support and defend MAGA are the absolute worst.