ABC's Jonathan Karl Pushes Back On MAGA Outrage Over His Charlie Kirk Segment [View all]

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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.

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