There are moments on live television when one guest refuses to surrender to the script — when the air of contrived balance is pierced by someone simply stating what the evidence says.
That was Scott Jennings on CNN this week. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Jennings sat across from panelists determined to blur motive, dilute responsibility, and peddle the tired refrain that “both sides do it.” But the facts were not on their side, and Jennings wasn’t about to let them skate past reality.
CNN’s @ScottJenningsKY has had ENOUGH of the left’s equivocating, defending, and even celebrating of the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin and his transgender relationship.
Scott is PISSED. pic.twitter.com/fw5iXg9Aoo
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 17, 2025
Consider what the Utah County Attorney’s office has already confirmed: Tyler Robinson, now facing charges for Kirk’s murder, admitted in his own communications that he targeted Kirk because of his beliefs. This wasn’t random. It wasn’t a personal grudge detached from politics. It was ideological, plain and simple. Yet Montel Williams tried to float the idea that the crime wasn’t politically motivated. Even host Abby Phillip had to step in and point out that the charging documents say otherwise.
Still, the narrative dance continued. Jennings had to sit through attempts to erase the broader pattern of left-wing political violence, from arson attacks to assassination attempts, and he did so with remarkable composure. When Gov. Josh Shapiro issued a statement on political violence but conspicuously ignored the pro-Hamas radical behind the Harrisburg mansion fire, Jennings called it for what it was: selective framing designed to protect a narrative, not the public.
This is the new narrative now that the “he was a groyper” thing fell apart.
Get ready. https://t.co/q2c44cn6aH
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 17, 2025
The panel’s effort to downplay the assassination bordered on surreal. At one point, the counternarrative — that Kirk had been killed by one of his own supporters — finally collapsed under the weight of the evidence. Yet instead of acknowledging the collapse, some guests pivoted to another equally implausible claim: that nobody was celebrating Kirk’s death. Jennings cut that down quickly, too, noting the outpouring of gleeful comments from activists, academics, and anonymous accounts alike.
The facts are not complicated. Robinson was steeped in leftist ideology. He lived with a transgender partner. He scrawled “hey fascist, catch” on his ammunition. He armed himself and deliberately targeted Charlie Kirk as Kirk hosted a student event at Utah Valley University. The motive was ideological; the method was violent; the result was the loss of one of America’s most prominent conservative activists.
NOW: @ScottJenningsKY calls on GOV JOSH SHAPIRO to be honest about who burned his house down.
“You know, it was a free Palestine leftist.”
CNN: “WE ARE NOT DOING THAT. ”
They don’t want to acknowledge reality. pic.twitter.com/h8kTdJX5Cz
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 16, 2025
