{"id":2485429,"date":"2025-09-11T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:00:55","slug":"dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Leftist Media Gaslight You About &#8216;Political Violence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes CBS Mornings co-host Nate Burleson for what the author describes as &#8220;gaslighting&#8221; Republicans following the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk. During an interview with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy,Burleson framed Kirk negatively and suggested that republicans shoudl reflect on political violence associated with their rhetoric. Co-host Gayle King added that political violence occurs on &#8220;both sides.&#8221; The author contends that this narrative ignores the disproportionate leftist violence against conservatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-mainstream-media-is-lying-about-russia-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Trump accuses mainstream media of spreading lies about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.\">accuses mainstream media<\/a> of siding with Democrats by downplaying or misrepresenting this issue. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-education-department-tells-parents-to-talk-about-racism-with-3-month-olds\/\" title=\"Arizona Education Department Tells Parents To Talk About Racism With 3-Month-Olds\">article calls<\/a> out the media&#8217;s moral hypocrisy and urges readers not to accept their framing of political violence as a balanced problem between parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FVSbASe9M6o\">CBS Mornings\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Leftist%20Media%20Gaslight%20You%20About%20%E2%80%98Political%20Violence%E2%80%99%20On%20%E2%80%98Both%20Sides%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Leftist%20Media%20Gaslight%20You%20About%20%E2%80%98Political%20Violence%E2%80%99%20On%20%E2%80%98Both%20Sides%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Leftist%20Media%20Gaslight%20You%20About%20%E2%80%98Political%20Violence%E2%80%99%20On%20%E2%80%98Both%20Sides%E2%80%99&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Singer Cyndi Lauper once <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Cyndi-lauper-true-colors-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">encouraged<\/a> her fans to not &ldquo;be afraid&rdquo; to let their &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >true colors&#038;rdquo<\/a>; shine. Since the terrible assassination of conservative thought leader Charlie Kirk, America&rsquo;s propaganda media have taken that advice to heart. <\/p>\n<p>Case in point: former NFL player and now-<em>CBS Mornings<\/em> co-host Nate Burleson, who couldn&rsquo;t help but gaslight Republicans about the issue of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-persist-with-violent-rhetoric-following-trump-shooting\/\" title=\"Leftists persist with violent rhetoric following Trump shooting\">political violence&#038;rdquo<\/a>; during a Thursday interview with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1796401521\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While discussing Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, Burleson began by declaring, &ldquo;not everyone took to [Kirk&rsquo;s] words or his rhetoric,&rdquo; which he added, &ldquo;at times &hellip; were offensive to specific communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With that said, this is not the time to focus on that. We are focused on this tragedy,&rdquo; Burleson said right after essentially framing Kirk as a villain.<\/p>\n<p>Directing his focus to McCarthy, R-Calif., Burleson had the gall to ask the former Republican speaker if Kirk&rsquo;s assassination represents &ldquo;a moment for your party to reflect on political violence.&rdquo; He also dragged other &ldquo;political leaders&rdquo; into the mix, probing McCarthy: &ldquo;Is it a moment for us to think about the responsibility of our political leaders and their voices and what it does to the masses as they get lost in misinformation or disinformation that turns in and spills into political violence?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say both parties, you know?&rdquo; quipped <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> co-host and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/18\/ridicule-is-the-final-frontier-for-the-ladies-of-blue-origin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fake astronaut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gayle-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gayle King<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>While McCarthy correctly acknowledged the horrific nature of Kirk&rsquo;s death, he declined to refute Burleson&rsquo;s dishonest &ldquo;question&rdquo; and highlight how the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/the-left-has-never-been-held-accountable-for-political-violence-and-that-must-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">egregious<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/assassinations-will-continue-until-the-gop-creates-real-consequences-for-leftist-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persistent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/a-ticking-time-bomb-charlie-kirk-warned-us-of-the-growing-violence-of-the-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wave<\/a> of leftist political threats and violence directed at conservatives grossly outweigh those aimed at the left from the right.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have watched this political attack on both sides. We watched what happened in Minnesota; we watched what happened to President Trump; we&rsquo;ve watched this on both sides,&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;This is not a question about parties. This is a question about nations. We cannot normalize this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"n3A09iQSjXBlyLgv6DFHcJTRW8swa1mC2PbUKhYIdZVtpx\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the wake of Charlie Kirk being assassinated, CBS Mornings host Nate Burleson tells former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy that it&#8217;s REPUBLICANS that really need to watch their rhetoric: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Speaking of this tragedy, is this a moment for your party to reflect on political&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQvgUzO6Bk\">pic.twitter.com\/qQvgUzO6Bk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1966109078863646978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>McCarthy&rsquo;s lackluster answer aside, the entire exchange is symbolic of the moral rot that runs deep throughout corporate media. For years, these outlets have assisted their Democrat allies in casting some of the most malicious smears on Trump, Christians, Republicans, and others, with no real circumspection about the consequences of doing so.<\/p>\n<p>And now that one of the most prominent conservative Christian thinkers has been slaughtered in cold blood, they want to have a &ldquo;conversation&rdquo; about &ldquo;political violence&rdquo; on &ldquo;both sides.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Every media hack that attempts to mimic Burleson&rsquo;s repulsive political performance needs to be met with mockery and scorn. Don&rsquo;t let them act as the morality police. Not now. Not ever.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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