The liberal media just hit a new low.
They’re not even pretending to be objective anymore.
And a CBS host asked one question that left Kevin McCarthy speechless.
CBS host blames Republicans for getting shot at
The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk sent shockwaves through the nation.
But instead of condemning political violence, CBS decided to blame the victims.
"CBS Mornings" host Nate Burleson had the audacity to ask former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy whether Kirk’s murder might be a good opportunity for Republicans to reflect on their own "responsibility" for political violence.
Let that sink in for a moment – a major news network is suggesting that conservatives are somehow to blame for people shooting at them.
"Not everyone took to his words or his rhetoric," Burleson began, already making excuses for a cold-blooded assassin. "You know, at times, they were offensive to specific communities. But with that said, this is not the time to focus on that; we are focused on this tragedy."
Then came the real kicker.
The former NFL player turned talking head had the nerve to suggest Republicans need to examine their own role in creating the violence targeting them.
"Speaking of this tragedy, is this a moment for your party to reflect on political violence?" Burleson asked. "Is it a moment for us to think about the responsibility of our political leaders and their voices and what it does to the masses as they get lost in misinformation or disinformation that turns in and spills into political violence?"
Even co-host Gayle King seemed uncomfortable with where this was headed, quickly interjecting, "I say both parties!"
Kevin McCarthy refuses to take the bait
McCarthy didn’t fall for the obvious trap CBS was setting.
Instead of accepting the premise that Republicans bear responsibility for leftist violence against them, the former Speaker pushed back hard.
"I don’t even say parties, I say a nation," McCarthy responded, refusing to play CBS’s victim-blaming game.
He then referenced Robert F. Kennedy’s speech in Indianapolis after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination – a moment when political leaders called for unity rather than pointing fingers at the victims.
"We have watched this political attack on both sides – we watched what happened in Minnesota. We watched what happened to President Trump," McCarthy stated, reminding viewers that political violence has been targeting conservatives across the country.
McCarthy also pointed out something CBS conveniently ignored – Charlie Kirk wasn’t even an elected official and actively encouraged people who disagreed with him to speak up and share their ideas.
The former Speaker’s response exposed just how warped CBS’s line of questioning really was.
Look, here’s what’s really going on
You want to know what this interview really exposed? The complete moral bankruptcy of the mainstream media.
Here we have a conservative commentator who was brutally murdered, and CBS’s first instinct is to ask whether Republicans should tone down their rhetoric.
Think about that for a second. A man is dead, and their immediate reaction is to blame his political allies for somehow causing his own assassination.
This isn’t journalism – it’s victim-blaming disguised as analysis.
For folks who’ve been watching the media’s double standard play out for years, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. When leftist activists target Republican politicians, businesses, and commentators with violence, the media either ignores it or finds ways to justify it.
But when conservatives simply defend their positions in public, suddenly they’re "contributing to a culture of violence."
Here’s what CBS won’t tell you – Charlie Kirk spent his career encouraging civil debate and political engagement. He built an organization dedicated to getting young people involved in the democratic process through conversation and education, not violence.
The people calling for "toned down rhetoric" are the same ones who spent years calling Trump "Hitler" and labeling half the country as "fascists" and "threats to democracy."
Where was CBS when rioters torched Minneapolis? When mobs stormed the Capitol during the Kavanaugh hearings? When a gunman showed up at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house with zip ties and a pistol?
Nowhere to be found. Radio silence.
Now that their years of calling conservatives "fascists" and "threats to democracy" has led to real bloodshed, suddenly they want Republicans to tone it down.
CBS spent four years telling viewers that Trump supporters were dangerous extremists who needed to be stopped. They cheered when tech companies silenced conservative voices. They nodded along when Democrats compared half the country to Nazis.
Maybe they should ask why their network and others have spent years portraying Republicans as dangerous extremists who need to be stopped by any means necessary.
Instead, they’re more interested in using a man’s death as an opportunity to lecture his political allies about taking "responsibility" for their own persecution.
The mask has completely slipped off the liberal media, and what’s underneath is uglier than most Americans imagined.
¹ Virginia Kruta, "CBS Host Wonders When Republicans Will Accept ‘Responsibility’ For People Shooting At Them," Daily Wire, September 11, 2025.
