Trump Smashes Kimmel, Pritzker at Charlie Kirk Memorial
By: Sean James (Mediaite)
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President Donald Trump took some time, after starting his eulogy for Charlie Kirk on a somber note on Sunday evening, to verbally smash a few opponents, including suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), and the "major losers" who have cheered or happily posted on social media about Kirk being murdered.
The president, during his speech honoring the conservative activist at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ., also said he disagreed with Kirk about wishing for the best for his opponents.
"I HATE my opponent and DON'T want the best for them," Trump joked, before apologizing to Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk; Mrs. Kirk had just told the crowd she had forgiven the man who shot her husband before President Trump took the stage.
President Trump then ripped into those who have been overjoyed with Kirk's killing.
"Over the last 11 days, we have heard stories of commentators, influencers, and others in our society who greeted his assassination with sick approval, excuses, or even, jubilation. You've heard that, so have I. Couldn't believe it," Trump said.
He continued: "Some of the very same people who spent the last eight years trying to sit in moral judgement of anyone who disagreed with them about politics, suddenly started cheering for a murder. Incredible. You know the names. they're major losers."
Trump said that "God-willing" the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, will be given the "full and ultimate punishment" for him.
He then moved onto some other familiar topics, including his planned deployment of the National Guard to Chicago. The president said he will be thinking of Kirk, who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, when he goes in to cleanup crime in The Windy City; he also found a chance to take a dig at Gov. Pritzker, who has been complaining about Trump going into Chicago.
"We're going to have Charlie very much in mind when we go into Chicago," Trump said. "We'll get that one straightened out. You have an incompetent governor — he thinks it's ok when 11 people get murdered over the weekend."
President Trump also drew some laughs from the crowd when he referred to Kimmel getting suspended by ABC this week. He said many left-leaning pundits were more upset about Kimmel's suspension than Kirk's murder.
"The same commentators who this week are screaming fascism over a canceled late night tv show — where the anchor had no talent and no ratings — last week were implying that Charlie Kirk deserved what happened to him," Trump said.
He added: "Some of the very people who call you a hater for using the wrong pronoun were filled with glee at the killing of a father with two beautiful young children."
Looking ahead, the president echoed what his aide Stephen Miller said earlier this week: that the Trump Administration would be looking at "networks of radical left maniacs" who "fund, organize, fuel, and perpetrate political violence." Trump on Saturday said he sees the "same beautifully printed" signs at left-wing protests, which indicates, he believes, that the protestors are getting funded by the same left-wing organizations.
The most embarrassing president in the history of our country.
Some of the very same people who spent the last eight years trying to sit in moral judgement of anyone who disagreed with them about politics, suddenly started cheering for a murder. Incredible. You know the names. they're major losers."
Truer words...
Fuck Trump
Some of us are still in the fantasy of grief. No one I know has had that reaction.
Will some comedy help?
MAGA has lost any sense of self shame. That thing today was ridiculous.
In a ceremony in which the name of Jesus and God was invoked dozens of times, Trump did a campaign rally in which he talked about how much he hates his enemies.
Don't worrry about me, the complete lack of self awareness of so many progressives provides ample comic fodder. They pat themselves on the back about how kind and tolerant they are and then act like psychotic, murderous toddlers when someone disagrees with them.
I haven't seen that strange creature.
Sounds like Trump, without the murder, hopefully. That's the type of person, " psychotic, murderous toddlers", who I affectionately call disturbed.
Have you ever even heard of Donald Trump? WOW. He has divided this country even more than GWB did and that's really saying something. Seriously, trump is a petulant child that cries and whines about everything...I wouldn't piss in his mouth if his teeth were on fire.
Leave it to trump to make it all about himself. What a total piece of shit.
Sadly, “couldn’t believe it” never seems to turn into “gee, maybe I should see if it’s really true.” That inability to turn even fleeting shock or skepticism into curiosity and learning is how you get “they’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.”
Now, is somebody out there happy Charlie Kirk was shot? Sure, probably. But virtually all of the comments I have seen about CK’s murder - yes, that includes liberals - have been in the nature of shock and condemnation. The comments from the Left that the Right doesn’t like are the ones talking about how he lived, not how he died.