Washington Week: After Kirk's Murder, Trump Using Govt to 'Crack Down on Dissent'

Clay Waters | September 22, 2025
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Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic featured regular roundtable journalist Vivian Salama of The Atlantic discussing the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, or rather, the GOP’s supposedly frightening and hypocritical reactions to Kirk’s assassination: "President Trump puts television networks on notice and stokes fears that he`s using the government to silence his critics after ABC abruptly suspends Jimmy Kimmel."