[cvwright]

So you’re telling me that, in the past 10 years, this was the only speech on network TV that the Trump crowd didn’t like?

Kimmel got caught spreading blatant falsehood about who the shooter was. That has always been against the rules for public airwaves.

[suzdude]

> 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

There's Mr. Kimmel's quote. Where did he lie? He never said what Mr. Robinson's political affiliations are or where.

[mensetmanusman]

It might be confusing for a non English speaker:

The important part is: “characterize … as anything other than one of them.”

This structure means:

“to describe (someone) not as belonging to a certain group, but as belonging to some other group instead.”

“Them” here points back to the MAGA gang (mentioned earlier in the sentence).

So, “one of them” = “a member of the MAGA gang.”

Other than” in English means “except” or “different from.”

“Anything other than one of them” = “any possible identity, except being part of MAGA.”

In English, this formula has a special pragmatic force:

Literal meaning: “Describe as any category that is not X.”

Implied meaning: “The truth is probably X, but the speaker is trying to deny it.”

This works because if there weren’t evidence for “X,” there would be no need to deny or redirect away from it.

[nkrisc]

What was the blatant falsehood that he said? Exact words, please.