Americans are frightened and disgusted by a rising tide of political violence. But don’t worry, says the White House. We’re all safer now that Jimmy Kimmel is off the air.

Different people will surely have different opinions of Kimmel’s comments regarding the tragic and despicable murder of Charlie Kirk. (Personally, I think it was somewhat irresponsible for Kimmel to spend less than a minute seeming to speculate on the shooter’s motives. I think it was somewhat more irresponsible for the president, vice president, and senior members of the administration to spend days indulging in similar speculation.)

But one clear sign that the specifics of Kimmel’s remarks are beside the point is that Donald Trump himself didn’t mention them. In his Truth Social victory lap celebrating Kimmel’s rem

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