Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy had a rough Thursday across social media after clips from one of his broadcasts caught him saying that Donald Trump played a “huge part” in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Portnoy has been a Trump backer, and the clip from the show had MAGA raging.

But, should that have been the case?

It appears context was lacking. Yes, Portnoy said the words, but the whole of his message appeared to have a much different intention than actually implicating Trump.

Instead, Portnoy appeared to be using Trump to pivot to an attack on liberals.

“I do think social media plays a gigantic part,” Portnoy said in an extended clip from the show. “It amplifies everything, and every yahoo has a voice, and when things like yesterday happen, you see it all.

“I mean … h

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