WATCH: CBS's Nate Burleson Blames Political Violence On Rhetoric Of Charlie Kirk, Trump & Republicans

Nick Kangadis | September 11, 2025
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CBS's Nate Burleson felt his second-string NFL career qualified him to talk about how Charlie Kirk, President Trump and Republicans' words might be what's been leading to political violence. After Kirk was heinously murdered by a domestic terrorist on Wednesday, Burleson tried to take former Republican congressman Kevin McCarthy to task, asking him whether Republicans need to examine the "rhetoric" they use that has led to political violence, like Kirk's shooting death.

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