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BumRushDaShow

(160,828 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:08 AM Sep 22

ABC's Jonathan Karl Pushes Back On MAGA Outrage Over His Charlie Kirk Segment

Source: Huff Post

Sep 22, 2025, 04:16 AM EDT | Updated an hour ago


ABC News’ Jonathan Karl ― who only last week drew a face-to-face attack from Donald Trump ― has defended himself against criticism from the president’s loyalists after comments he made about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk were clipped and went viral on social media.

Karl drew outrage from Trumpworld after a four-second video of him saying on Sunday’s episode of “This Week” that “the murder of Charlie Kirk was not a political act” was shared on X, formerly Twitter. Karl, in response, shared a video showing the full context of his comments. “Here’s what I actually said,” he captioned the 78-second clip. Watch here:

In the video, Karl said:

“Later today, family, friends, and supporters of Charlie Kirk will gather in Glendale, Arizona, for his memorial. The 31-year-old activist’s murder shocked the nation, and it was condemned by sensible and compassionate people in and out of politics and across the political spectrum. It has also been senselessly celebrated by some, a small minority, who didn’t like what Kirk stood for and thought it was somehow, therefore, justified.

Celebrating or excusing violence is abhorrent. The murder of Charlie Kirk was not a political act, it was a gruesome crime. His alleged killer now faces the death penalty.


Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jonathan-karl-comments-shared_n_68d0fac3e4b03c190c210430
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ABC's Jonathan Karl Pushes Back On MAGA Outrage Over His Charlie Kirk Segment (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 22 OP
Karl wants to stick to the tradition of down-the-middle of journalism, but he hast to suck up to maintain his access Walleye Sep 22 #1
Very interesting how the right took him out of context after they screamed people kept taking Kirk out of context. LonePirate Sep 22 #2
Good point PatSeg Sep 22 #9
Where the rubber meets the road, I'm not seeing all this MAGA Kirk outrage everyone's talking about. sop Sep 22 #3
It's coming BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #4
It's already beginning. StarryNite Sep 22 #7
Yup. BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #8
Merch. Like a Trump-brand assault rifle? Dr. T Sep 22 #13
I wouldn't put it past them BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #18
They need to keep showing over and over the TRASH left by those fucking idiots Bengus81 Sep 22 #12
Did anybody really show that? StarryNite Sep 22 #14
On MTN this morning. Some vids on You Tube Bengus81 Sep 22 #15
I like MTN. I'll be looking for that. StarryNite Sep 22 #19
The stadium has a Maximum capacity of 73,000. Wiz Imp Sep 22 #16
I think a lot were outside of the stadium. StarryNite Sep 22 #20
I've seen no evidence of that Wiz Imp Sep 22 #21
Crowds turned away from Kirk memorial StarryNite Sep 22 #22
First of all, that video shows maybe a few hundred people leaving, not 20,000 plus Wiz Imp Sep 22 #24
I don't believe 200,000 either. StarryNite Sep 22 #25
Apparently, they let some people into a neighboring arena with a capacity of 19,000 Wiz Imp Sep 22 #26
Our local neighborhood has some Magas. One of them has a yard FULL of huge maga mantra signs & banners Attilatheblond Sep 22 #10
That's a really great statement... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 22 #5
papering over the fact azureblue Sep 22 #6
Remember, outrage is the MAGA go to for all reponses. I have to remind myself that these nitwits c-rational Sep 22 #11
Whatever distracts from the Epstine files. rubbersole Sep 22 #17
They have their Horst Wessel and they're going to run with it as far as they can. nt SeattleVet Sep 22 #23
I guess anything over 4 seconds is beyond their attention span underpants Sep 22 #27
It should be "..drew outrage from Traitor Cha Sep 22 #28

Walleye

(42,643 posts)
1. Karl wants to stick to the tradition of down-the-middle of journalism, but he hast to suck up to maintain his access
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:21 AM
Sep 22

It seems to me that some people who have been covering this Trump administration don’t understand, that no matter how much you suck up to them, they’re still gonna be butt-hurt angry, that is their whole thing

LonePirate

(14,237 posts)
2. Very interesting how the right took him out of context after they screamed people kept taking Kirk out of context.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:35 AM
Sep 22

Hypocrites one and all.

sop

(16,213 posts)
3. Where the rubber meets the road, I'm not seeing all this MAGA Kirk outrage everyone's talking about.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:54 AM
Sep 22

I don't see people carrying signs, there are no million MAGA protest marchers converging on DC, no armed goons in statehouses demanding a Charlie Kirk national holiday. Even my stupid MAGA neighbor has yet to share his outrage, as he usually does about everything else. I could be wrong, but this whole thing seems like another corporate media fabrication.

BumRushDaShow

(160,828 posts)
4. It's coming
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:06 AM
Sep 22

They have launched something to rally around while the billionaires "pick their pockets" and they ignore the "economics" that will bankrupt them, although 45 prefers to be the center of attention, and such an effort might get slowed, preempted, or even knee-capped by him due to ego.

They will still try to milk it though, like 45 has been milking the Butler, PA incident, so this conflagration about who gets more attention will actually cause some discord within the MAGat ranks at some point.

StarryNite

(11,876 posts)
7. It's already beginning.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:35 AM
Sep 22

95,000 people attended his memorial service. How many of those people left the stadium amped up and looking for any excuse to "get even" with anybody who doesn't see that guy as a saint?

BumRushDaShow

(160,828 posts)
8. Yup.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:54 AM
Sep 22

And the grifting will begin with all the merch that has and will continue to come out.

Bengus81

(9,457 posts)
12. They need to keep showing over and over the TRASH left by those fucking idiots
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:42 AM
Sep 22

They love to bitch and whine about homeless encampments--what they left behind looks worse. Glendale taxpayers are stuck with the bill to clean that shit mess up.

StarryNite

(11,876 posts)
14. Did anybody really show that?
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:51 AM
Sep 22

I didn't watch any of the coverage of the spectacle. Not before, after, or during.

Wiz Imp

(7,537 posts)
16. The stadium has a Maximum capacity of 73,000.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:17 PM
Sep 22

MAGAs are trying to claim 200,000 people attended. We should not repeat their obvious lies.

Wiz Imp

(7,537 posts)
21. I've seen no evidence of that
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 02:43 PM
Sep 22

They're claiming 200,000 now because that's how many supposedly signed up online to attend. Of course, we know that signing up to attend means nothing. The majority of those people never had any intention of attending.

Remember Trump's rally in Oklahoma in like June of 2020? The one that killed Herman Cain? They were bragging that there would be tens of thousands of people there because that's how many people signed up online. In reality, no more than a couple thousand showed up.

Wiz Imp

(7,537 posts)
24. First of all, that video shows maybe a few hundred people leaving, not 20,000 plus
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:31 PM
Sep 22

Second, it shows them leaving, not staying outside. If they left, they should not be counted in the attendance. Reports said some people were turned away by security for trying to bring banned items inside. Others left because they didn't want to wait in line for a long time to get inside. I've still seen no evidence that there more than the 73,000 capacity of the stadium at the actual site.

Wiz Imp

(7,537 posts)
26. Apparently, they let some people into a neighboring arena with a capacity of 19,000
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:46 PM
Sep 22

However, I've seen pictures from there during the service and it wasn't close to being full. So, I'll concede if you count the people at the arena, the attendance was over 73,000, but based on what I've seen, it still wasn't close to 95,000. Probably low 80,000's at most.

Attilatheblond

(7,342 posts)
10. Our local neighborhood has some Magas. One of them has a yard FULL of huge maga mantra signs & banners
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:03 AM
Sep 22

Including with a mannequin wearing a blue suit, red tie, bad blond wig and maga hat. And, yep, he has added new a new sign about Charlie Kirk, all but claiming him to be a sainted warrior.

Give 'em time. The maga media is still working to ramp up the uproar.

azureblue

(2,567 posts)
6. papering over the fact
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:26 AM
Sep 22

That it was an even further right nut case that shot CK. a Groyper. Notice how that never gets mentioned when they talk about the killer? Nobody, not even Karl, MAGA or Trump, or even CK's wife, mentions that.

c-rational

(3,090 posts)
11. Remember, outrage is the MAGA go to for all reponses. I have to remind myself that these nitwits
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 11:27 AM
Sep 22

only go for emotion, not fact or reason.

rubbersole

(10,617 posts)
17. Whatever distracts from the Epstine files.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:26 PM
Sep 22

Bombing fishing boats, abandoned Afghanistan military bases, gaudy WH ballrooms or censoring Pentagon reporters didn't have anywhere near the media capturing attention span that turning Charlie Kirk into the second coming did. It has at least a week left before the next outrage.

Cha

(314,638 posts)
28. It should be "..drew outrage from Traitor
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 05:48 PM
Sep 22
Underworld.

Good on Karl for this... I remember Not liking him when President Obama was in Office.

TY

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