The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour expressed serious doubts that President Trump can be the leader the nation needs after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Through a combination of misrepresentations, hypocrisy, and omissions, the assembled trio of anchor Amna Nawaz, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart condemned Trump’s response to the crime.
Nawaz thought she noticed an inconsistency in Trump’s behavior, “In terms of the reaction from the president, David, you have seen the president first say that his supporters should respond with nonviolence. He said that's what Charlie would have wanted. The next moment, he's blaming the radical left political violence. There's people around him now even suggesting that they should be deporting people who are critical of Charlie Kirk after his killing.”
Fact-check: Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau tweeted that foreigners praising or mocking Kirk’s assassination will not be welcomed as visitors in this country. Nobody risks being deported for simply disagreeing with Kirk.
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