‘Why The Hell Do You Have To Echo That Crap To Us?’: Gutfeld Explodes On Tarlov After She Tiptoes Around Kirk Killing

Fox’s Greg Gutfeld ripped into co-host and Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov on Monday during The Five after she attempted to tip-toe around the radicalization of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s suspected shooter.

Following a nearly two-day manhunt, authorities announced the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson on Friday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other officials confirmed the suspect had become “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.” Discussing Kirk’s assassination, Tarlov said officials would need to present more evidence for the public to believe the Trump administration’s claim that leftist extremism was the driving “issue.”

Gutfeld stepped in after guest host Kayleigh McEnany pushed back against Tarlov, saying, “We don’t need more information.” Tarlov then asked, “really,” before Gutfeld responded again.

“Yes, we don’t need it. What is interesting here is why is only this happening on the left and not the right? That’s all we need to know. There’s absolutely no — ” Gutfeld said before Tarlov brought up the killing of Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

“You want to talk about Melissa Hortman?” Gutfeld asked. “Did you know her name before it happened? None of us did. None of us were spending every single day talking about Mrs. Hortman. I never heard of her until after she died.”

Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in their home overnight in June. Officials arrested Vance Luther Boelter in connection with the killings, recovering a manifesto as well as what appeared to be a list of additional targets.

Tarlov was heard asking Gutfeld if Hortman’s death “didn’t matter,” to which the Fox host immediately pushed back. (RELATED: Fake News Is Working: Plurality Of Americans Buy Lie About Alleged Charlie Kirk Shooter)

“Don’t play that bullshit with me. You know what I’m saying is there was no demonization amplification about that woman before she died. It was a specific crime against her by somebody who knew her the same. You could bring up Josh Shapiro, but then you will not bring up, for example, that that was a pro-Palestine person,” Gutfeld said. “So don’t use your, ‘What about this?’ The fact of the matter is the both sides argument not only doesn’t fly, we don’t care. We don’t care about your both sides argument. That shit is dead.”

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“For one thing, there is no cognitive dissonance on our side. On your side, your beliefs do not match reality. So you’re coming up with these rationalizations like, ‘What about this or what about that?’ We’re not doing that because we saw it happen,” Gutfeld added. “We saw a young, bright man assassinated, and we know who did it. We are not coming up with rationalizations. We are calm. We are honest, and we are resolute. We’re not defensive.”

Gutfeld went on to say he understands the “defensiveness,” explaining that if Democrats had to face “the underlying fact,” it would be realizing that they’re “not the good guys.”

“That is a hell of a realization to deal with. So, therefore, you have to grasp at rationalizations. You don’t have to do that, Jessica. They do. I don’t believe you’re part of that group, but why the hell do you have to mimic and echo that crap to us? He was a Patsy. That guy was a Patsy,” Gutfeld said. “He was under the hypnotic spell of a direct-to-consumer nihilism, the trans cult. And you know that.”

Gutfeld wrapped up, saying he couldn’t understand why Democrats cannot see the “evil” behind the assassination of Kirk. Tarlov said she wanted to be “clear” that she was not trying to “minimize what happened to Charlie.”

Tarlov added that while she had been “horrified” by the murder, she was attempting to point out that it would be a “broad brush” to blame leftists based on the information released by officials.

“Charlie had a conversation, and he got shot,” Gutfeld said. “Look, I’m sorry. You weren’t here for a week. You came in here, and it’s cold and I’m sorry, but this is a story that is immune to new cycles. It’s immune to rationalizations. It’s immune to bias. This thing is with us for good, and we all have to deal with that. So that means we can’t live by the same arguments that you might be reading about, about relativism among the media. We can’t deal with those stories. It doesn’t matter.”

“The media is dead to us on the story. They built this thing up. We’re dealing with it. We’re going to act. We don’t care what the whataboutism is anymore. That shit’s dead,” Gutfeld said.

Officials said bullet casings from the rifle used to kill Kirk contained a series of phrases such as “Hey fascist! Catch!” and “If you read this you are gay LMAO.” A third bullet casing also had the engraving of  “bella ciao,” which matches an Italian song name that became a left-wing anthem during World War II.

According to a report from The Washington Post on Monday, screenshots from a Discord chat showed Robinson said he killed Kirk hours before his arrest, writing that he would turn himself in.

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