ABC News’ Jonathan Karl responded to angry MAGA figures for cherry-picking his remarks on the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
MAGA accounts on Sunday circulated a four-second clip of Karl saying, “The murder of Charlie Kirk was not a political act,” and expressed outrage at his remarks.
“You do not detest the Propaganda Press enough,” wrote Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump.
“Jon Karl with ABC just said ‘the murder of Charlie Kirk was NOT a political act,” wrote Derrick Evans, a former West Virginia lawmaker and Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by Trump. “I’m tagging both @jonkarl & @ABC so we can all let them know what we think.”
Karl responded with a video of his full remarks and suggested the MAGA-fury clip had been taken out of context.
“Here’s