Fetterman Refuses to Demonize Charlie Kirk After Couric Presses Him on “Extreme” Rhetoric

NEW YORK, November 10, 2025 — A contentious exchange on camera between Katie Couric and Sen. John Fetterman has drawn strong backlash after Couric repeatedly pressed the senator to criticize the late Charlie Kirk’s “rhetoric,” with Lara Trump calling the segment “disgraceful,” “disgusting,” and an indirect attempt to justify political violence.

During the interview, Couric asked Fetterman whether he had “issues” with Charlie Kirk’s words during his life and suggested that many found Kirk’s rhetoric “extreme.” Fetterman admitted he didn’t follow Kirk closely and had not “done a deep dive,” yet still agreed with Couric’s framing. Couric continued emphasizing discomfort over Kirk’s language — even as the conversation culminated with an acknowledgment of the brutal reality: Charlie Kirk was publicly executed on camera.

FOX host Martha MacCallum later highlighted the hypocrisy, noting that Couric ended a segment criticizing speech by glossing over “the most horrible political violence we’ve seen in a very long time.”

Lara Trump responded forcefully, saying Couric clearly didn’t understand who Kirk was. “Charlie Kirk stood for freedom of speech. He walked into liberal campuses and engaged peacefully and respectfully. He believed in America, in God, in Jesus. There was nothing outrageous about what he said,” Trump stated.

She argued Couric’s line of questioning appeared designed to secure Fetterman’s validation for Kirk’s assassination. “The idea that she was essentially trying to get justification for his murder is outrageous,” Trump said. “This is how we ended up here — a young father assassinated in cold blood — because people keep pushing the idea that someone’s words make them a target. It was shameful, disgraceful, and disgusting.”

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