Ambitious Disinformation

In all the commotion, Jimmy Kimmel's actual words in his remark in his monologue on September 15 seems to have been forgotten. He said

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.

Therefore- no, despite this-a former press secretary to the undisputed most dishonest and corrupt (dishonest the operative term here) president in American history had this to say about the talk show host's comment:

To be clear, you are applauding the return of a guy who made false and defamatory statements about the assassination of a political leaders and has yet to even attempt to publicly clean up/apologize

disgusting and pathetic https://t.co/CmIAZgnuY5

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 23, 2025

Kimmel made one false statement: the murderer of Charlie Kirk, whatever he is and whatever motivated him, appears not to have been a MAGAit.   However, the comedian in the same sentence maintained that "the MAGA gang" was "doing everything they can to score political points from it." Moreover, no one has been defamed, which any first semester, first year law student understands.

Tweet after tweet from self-admitted "MAGA" on Elon Musk's X represents an effort to score political points from the assassination.

But that's not all. The vast majority of these individuals (this one of thousands of examples) is (are?) not well known except by the people who read these tweets. However, this person is quite well-known and, aside from her ambivalent view of abortion rights, is extremely, loyally, "MAGA":

 

Nancy Mace's very first words to reporters on Charlie Kirk was "democrats own what happened today"

When @ryanobles followed up about if that means Republicans "own" the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers she says "are you kidding me?"

From moments ago on the House steps pic.twitter.com/H6RXJITtTv

— Leah V. (@LeahVredenbregt) September 10, 2025

That is what we, or any sentient human being, would call "trying to score political points from" a murder. So, too, was White House Advisor Stephen Miller trying to score political points when at the rally for- uh, er, memorial to- Kirk, he bellowed (also stated on X)  (emphasis mine)

.... With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and throughout the government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these (radical left) networks and make America safe again for the American people. It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie's name.

Previously, Miller had claimed there was an "organized campaign that led to this assassination," either a lie or evidence of ignorance beyond imagination.  

On September 15, hosting Kirk's podcast a few days after the murder (no trying to score political points there!), Vice President James David Vance had stated

And importantly, we have to talk about this incredibly destructive movement of left-wing extremism that has grown up over the last few years and, I believe, is part of the reason why Charlie was killed by an assassin's bullet.

That same day, President Trump, the self-proclaimed "King of America" who has called the USA "evil," remarked ".... the radical left really is- causes a lot problems for this country. I really think they hate our country."  In his very first statement after the crime, Donald spoke from the Oval Office and blamed the radical left for the killing of Kirk, contending "this rhetoric is directly responsible for the kind of terrorism that we're seeing in this country today."

"And it must stop," the President added, explaining that the Administration will be pursuing "the organizations that funded and supported" a whole raft of high-profile incidents he blamed on the left.

That sort of thing should be an inspiration to Jimmy Kimmel as his show resumes on ABC (minus stations owned by Sinclair and Nexstar) tonight, Tuesday, September 23, 2025. As he realizes, Kimmel is only one, albeit one of the best-known,, of Trump's targets. The goal is to shut off all debate and criticism of the King, who recently whined "They're 97 percent against. They give me only bad press... I would think maybe their license should be taken away."  Donald's favorite FCC commissioner, chairman Brendan Carr, threatens "we can do this the easy way or the hard way." He knows his brave boss doesn't want his own fingerprints on the murder weapon.

 

Tonight, Kimmel should promptly omit error on one of his claim, MAGA inspiration for the murderer. Then, he should explain to the American people how the memory of Charlie Kirk is being exploited. President Trump's dreams and schemes, the President's objectives and the stakes involved, ought to be explained in the simple manner which professional entertainers excel at.  Unless he clearly and completely backtracks- very unlikely- Kimmel will be criticized by the crowd Donald manipulates and exploits. Thus, he may as well gamble on the public's interest in truth.

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