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Did he actually outright say the shooter was MAGA? The clip I've heard everywhere doesn't have Kimmel saying that at all, just talking about how Republicans are dead-set on making the shooter out not to be one of them (while at that time almost no information about the perpetrator was released).

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> “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who m**dered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

I think “as anything other than one of them” could be interpreted that way…maybe.

It also reflects exactly what one could see from the GOP leaders and influencers up to that point, which people immediately assumed this person belonged to their preferred group of boogey men, women, and children.

He said that maga are saying he isn't maga which is objectively true and doesn't weigh in on his actual motives

If read directly, then I agree.

With the context cues in how he said it, I see how some people could interpret it that way. He profession is being a high context speaker, so I think this interpretation is reasonable.

But, I don't think the interpretation matters, either way. It's not reasonable to use either as justification for his show being cancelled.

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