Comedian Bill Maher denounced the political left for its response to the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk on an episode of âClub Randomâ posted Monday.
Authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson on Friday, accusing him of murdering Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, during which the TPUSA founder engaged in civil debate in front of a large crowd of students. Maher said on the podcast, which was apparently recorded on Wednesday, that those who were not affected by Kirkâs assassination signified a problem in the U.S.
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âI might drink a little more than usual today because, I mean, I donât know when this is airing, but this is a shit day âcause a guy who sat there, Charlie Kirk, got shot today,â Maher said. âAnd I canât stop thinking about it.â
âAnd if youâre on the other side of the political divide and you donât care because the wrong team guy got shot, fuck you!â he added. âYouâre whatâs wrong with this country.â
Historian Heather Cox Richardson claimed during a Friday âPolitics Chatâ YouTube livestream that she did not see any left-wing individuals online rejoicing over the assassination.
âAs soon as the shooting happened, there is this outpouring insisting that he was a target of the left, insisting that people who were not MAGA were celebrating his death. I didnât see that absolutely anywhere and I was online significantly that day,â Richardson said.
In response to Richardson, Grabien News founder Tom Elliot posted a supercut that showed their celebrations.
Moreover, SiriusXMâs Stephen A. Smith on âThe Stephen A. Smith Showâ Thursday excoriated people who glorified Kirkâs murder.
âI donât care what his political beliefs were! I donât care what he felt! I care about the fact that a man was gunned down in front of two of his children who are 5 years of age or less,â Smith said. âThat heâs dead at the age of 31. That his wife is a widow. That his children are fatherless because his ideas and his beliefs differed from somebody else, apparently.â
âAnd then Iâm going online and Iâm seeing people celebrating it!â he continued. âShame! Shame on you!â
Multiple individuals have been fired for their online comments either celebrating Kirkâs assassination or attacking him in the wake of it.
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