desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them
But they have him dead to rights, in so far as he said this shit and it made them mad.
There is a bit of a disconnect, because I’m sure Kimmel thought he was defending Kirk, if anything. If a person dies, and everybody makes up their own stories that push their own agenda about the reason he was killed before the facts are available, and states that it is definitely a specific reason, that is dishonoring the dead person. They don’t care about the facts, and just use it for their own political gain. All of the MAGA politicians were doing exactly that, and he was criticizing them for it.
On the other hand, MAGA politicians probably thought that Kirk would have used other people’s deaths for political purposes, so it’s not dishonoring him to do the same thing. (And let’s get real, they didn’t even care to think it through that much. They saw a chance to push their agenda and used it, without any regard for truth.)
So, “dead to rights” is not the words I’d have used, because they were criticizing him, saying that he was dishonoring Charlie Kirk. But I’m sure that Kimmel thought he was defending Kirk.
Had they said, “Kimmel was making fun of MAGA politicians, and that is why we want him off the air,” then they’d have him “dead to rights”. Yes, that is what they were thinking, but that is not what they were saying.
There is a bit of a disconnect, because I’m sure Kimmel thought he was defending Kirk, if anything. If a person dies, and everybody makes up their own stories that push their own agenda about the reason he was killed before the facts are available, and states that it is definitely a specific reason, that is dishonoring the dead person. They don’t care about the facts, and just use it for their own political gain. All of the MAGA politicians were doing exactly that, and he was criticizing them for it.
On the other hand, MAGA politicians probably thought that Kirk would have used other people’s deaths for political purposes, so it’s not dishonoring him to do the same thing. (And let’s get real, they didn’t even care to think it through that much. They saw a chance to push their agenda and used it, without any regard for truth.)
So, “dead to rights” is not the words I’d have used, because they were criticizing him, saying that he was dishonoring Charlie Kirk. But I’m sure that Kimmel thought he was defending Kirk.
Had they said, “Kimmel was making fun of MAGA politicians, and that is why we want him off the air,” then they’d have him “dead to rights”. Yes, that is what they were thinking, but that is not what they were saying.