A Fox News panel discussing the assassination of Charlie Kirk attempted to “both sides” the issue by claiming political violence is the fault of both parties, and that the deceased conservative icon was “not a saint.”

Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college in Utah. His body has not even been buried, yet Fox News host Howard Kurtz believed this was the appropriate time to malign his character.

“Charlie Kirk was not a saint,” Kurtz said, before bringing up Kirk’s defenses of the Second Amendment.

WTF.

Fox News’ Howard Kurtz says political violence “is not unique to one side or one party,” then feeds into the disgusting leftist narrative that Charlie Kirk’s anti-gun control stance was somehow a contributing factor to his assassination.

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The episode was Kurtz’ final show on Fox News, after 12 years at the network.

His departure from the airwaves is not related to the comments made during that episode.

Mediaite reports:

There are numerous recent examples of Kurtz criticizing the president. Last month, he said “not much was accomplished” by President Trump’s Alaskan summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and in July, he said the president’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal was drawing more attention to the report he penned a “bawdy” letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

The 72-year-old host also thanked his fans for making the show number one in its time slot for the past 12 years, and he also thanked his wife and four daughters “for putting up with all those lost weekends over the years.”

Kurtz’s farewell came a few days after Fox News announced a number of changes to its weekend lineup. Those changes include giving White House correspondents Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich a new hour-long show, The Sunday Briefing, which will air at 11:00 a.m. ET on Sundays — the time slot that has been occupied by Kurtz.

Former Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is also getting a new program and Tomi Lahren’s role is expanding to be the permanent co-host of The Big Weekend Show, alongside Johnny “Joey” Jones.

Kurtz will remain at Fox News, writing columns, hosting the MediaBuzz podcast, and appearing on air for analysis.

“I’ve had a pretty long run in a pretty tough business, and well, time marches on,” Kurtz said during the episode. “I appreciate you being such a loyal audience. Our Sunday get-togethers have been a privilege. Thanks for watching.”

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President Donald Trump has stated the opposite view of Kurtz, acknowledging that leftist violence and extremism is the actual problem.

“If you look at the problem, the problem is on the left. It’s not on the right,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place—that’s the left. That’s not the right.”