Greg Gutfeld absolutely unloaded on Jessica Tarlov during Monday’s episode of The Five after she tried to trot out the tired “both sides” argument in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. For Gutfeld, and frankly for most conservatives, the idea that this tragedy can be chalked up to “heated rhetoric from both sides” is an insult, and he wasn’t about to let it slide.
The clash came when Tarlov suggested that the political climate as a whole needs to cool down, implying that both the Left and the Right share equal blame for where the country stands. To illustrate her point, she even referenced Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman’s death, attempting to fold it into the conversation. That’s when Gutfeld erupted.
“We don’t care about your ‘both sides’ argument. That s**t is dead!” he shot back. “On your side, your beliefs do not match reality so you’re coming up with these rationalizations. ‘What about this, what about that?’ We are not doing that because we saw it happen. We saw a young bright man assassinated and we know who did it!”
Gutfeld’s frustration boiled down to one central truth: conservatives are sick of being gaslit. Charlie Kirk was targeted because of his political beliefs. He spent his career engaging in debates, asking questions, and advocating for God, family, and country. That does not put him on equal footing with those who cheer political violence or paint their opponents as “fascists” and “Nazis.” Yet the media, and voices like Tarlov’s, insist on clouding the picture with false equivalencies.
“The media is dead to us on this story,” Gutfeld continued, hammering home his point. “They built this thing up. We are dealing with it, we are going to act. We don’t care what the what about is anymore, that s**t is dead!”
This exchange wasn’t just television fireworks. It captured the frustration conservatives feel toward a political establishment and media class that refuse to confront left-wing extremism head-on. Instead, they default to “both sides” platitudes, which end up excusing the very ideology that fuels violence.
Charlie Kirk’s death has become a breaking point. Gutfeld spoke for millions of Americans when he said enough is enough. Conservatives don’t want balance or spin, they want the truth acknowledged and the violence condemned without caveats. The “both sides” game is over.
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