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Rob Reiner's words on Charlie Kirk murder echo sadly after director's death
HuffPost ^ | Dec 15, 2025 | Ron Dicker

Posted on 12/15/2025 6:29:34 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Rob Reiner’s moving remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk went viral after the famed director and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday in their Los Angeles home. Both had stab wounds, according to reports.

Reiner, who directed such movie hits as “When Harry Met Sally” after notably playing “Meathead” Michael Stivic on TV’s “All in the Family,” appeared on Piers Morgan “Uncensored” in late September following Kirk’s assassination at a Utah rally earlier in that month.

Reiner, a liberal political activist, paid more than lip service to the shooting of Kirk, a get-out-the-vote advocate for young conservatives, when Morgan asked Reiner for his gut reaction to the assassination.

“Absolute horror and I unfortunately saw the video of it,” Reiner replied. “It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution so solving problems.”

“And I felt like what his wife [Erika] said at the service at the memorial they had, was exactly right,” he continued. “I’m Jewish but I believe in the teachings of Jesus and I believe in ‘do unto others’ and I believe in forgiveness and what she said to me was beautiful. She forgave his assassin. And I think that is admirable.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
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There's a video clip of Reiner's words at the link.
1 posted on 12/15/2025 6:29:34 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I know Reiner was a liberal zealot, but there seems to be a divide between an older generation of liberals who (it amazes me that I have to say this) didn’t want to actually harm their ideological opponents and a newer breed who literally want to kill their opponents. Reiner had crazy liberal ideas but it never entered his mind to physically harm a conservative. You get a glimpse of it every once in a while. There are some liberals who are very patriotic and do USO tours. Reiner’s generation is being replaced by Fascist thugs who think violence is an acceptable political tool.


2 posted on 12/15/2025 6:34:17 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

There are some liberals who are very patriotic and do USO tours.


Robin Williams immediately comes to mind. I still miss him.


3 posted on 12/15/2025 6:35:15 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Reiner has had some monumental TDS outbursts. His TDS was sky high. But sorry he
met such a foul end. The real piece of work is his sonny boy, the psychopathic tranny.

4 posted on 12/15/2025 6:36:13 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It all comes down to respect for life. If you can kill a baby in the womb, you can kill anyone. Liberals and Islamists do not respect life.


5 posted on 12/15/2025 6:38:46 AM PST by FatherofFive (We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
I know Reiner was a liberal zealot, but there seems to be a divide between an older generation of liberals who (it amazes me that I have to say this) didn’t want to actually harm their ideological opponents and a newer breed who literally want to kill their opponents.

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

6 posted on 12/15/2025 6:38:54 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.


Now those types are the cultural mainstream.


7 posted on 12/15/2025 6:39:46 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
...but there seems to be a divide between an older generation of liberals

It's called SSRIs.

8 posted on 12/15/2025 6:40:01 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Stab wounds?


9 posted on 12/15/2025 6:40:35 AM PST by toast
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
The real piece of work is his sonny boy, the psychopathic tranny.

His son was a tranny? Was it female to male, or male to female?

Either way, they take hormones that make them nuts. Or I should say "more nuts."

10 posted on 12/15/2025 6:40:36 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I remember Rob Reiner called for someone to assassinate Trump, so he gets no sympathy from me.


11 posted on 12/15/2025 6:41:12 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: FatherofFive

* It all comes down to respect for life. If you can kill a baby in the womb, you can kill anyone. Liberals and Islamists do not respect life.*

Very true. Surprised I hadn’t considered this before.


12 posted on 12/15/2025 6:42:30 AM PST by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
"The real piece of work is his sonny boy, the psychopathic tranny"

Does anyone have any evidence that Nick Reiner is suffering from sexual dysphoria? Oops, I mean "trans". I keep seeing that comment here, but can't find anything to support it.

13 posted on 12/15/2025 6:42:42 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“That should never happen to anybody.”

Unfortunately, that came true in his own death.

Patricide and matricide simultanaeously — horrifying across all cultures.


14 posted on 12/15/2025 6:43:04 AM PST by odawg
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To: CodeToad

“And yay, though the Hindus speak of Karma, I implore you, give him a break.”


15 posted on 12/15/2025 6:43:29 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Yes. Reiner was a “meathead”. But I have to agree-he wasn’t what you see on the Left today.

Odd. I always opine that the radical Leftists from the Sixties and early Seventies cut their hair, put on suits, and began to take power.

That was right around the time of All In The Family”.

Before the mid-Sixties, the Left had not gone fully off the rail in the open public. One could find people in the Democrat Party who, while having differences in various social policies and spending priorities, still loved America and what it stood for.

Today, I do not believe there is a person on the Left who loves the principles this country was founded on. (This preceding comment refers to people on the Left, people I refer to as “Leftists” not the run of the mill “Liberals” in the electorate who aren’t very grounded in specifics, are lazy or too busy to educate themselves on the issues, but vote on emotion and tradition)


16 posted on 12/15/2025 6:43:42 AM PST by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: dfwgator

There are some liberals who are very patriotic and do USO tours.

Robin Williams immediately comes to mind. I still miss him.

These are real liberals. What we have today are radical marxist leftists, fixated on bringing down America. They are not the same, but unfortunately the old guard liberals still think the new wave are on their team and vote them in.


17 posted on 12/15/2025 6:44:47 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Sicon

Don’t you know that every murder now is committed by a Trans person in Freepers minds. It’s either a trans or Yogi and BooBoo. Whether it’s true or not some folks just make shit up around here.


18 posted on 12/15/2025 6:46:01 AM PST by chuck allen
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To: FatherofFive

“If you can kill a baby in the womb, you can kill anyone.”

You nailed it.

Now they are saying that white lives don’t matter—and many folks can’t believe they really mean it.


19 posted on 12/15/2025 6:46:11 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?; usconservative
“Absolute horror and I unfortunately saw the video of it,” Reiner replied. “It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution so solving problems.”

This is the correct sentiment.

20 posted on 12/15/2025 6:47:33 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Rob Reiner had a gun and was willing to use it, he'd be alive today.)
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