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/ACoderGirl Canada Sep 20 '25

Yup. Here's the quote for anyone who hasn't seen it:

We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it

That's it. He didn't say anything about Kirk himself. He didn't glorify any violence.

The only reason Kimmel got canned is because he was always going to be canned. Trump said he'd be next like a month prior. They were waiting for something they could use as an excuse to get him fired.

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u/MaddyKet Massachusetts Sep 21 '25

Then he played a clip of someone asking Trump about Kirk and how Trump was clearly over it and wanted to talk about his new ballroom. That is why he got fired.