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| Senior 47 makes it hard for people to mourn his eventual demise. |
The President of the United States supported Americans being fired for expressing their opinions about the shooting of white nationalist Charlie Kirk. The president called that man a hero and a patriot.
When a critics say Rob Reiner is stabbed to death, President Donald J. Trump takes a cheap shot at the victim. Why? Because Reiner criticized Trump during his first and second term. Reiner took credit for blacklisting Trump from films.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance react to the shocking death of legendary film director Rob Reiner. Reiner and wife Michele were stabbed to death by their son, Nick.
Nick is currently in custody.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The incident likely involved a domestic dispute. I am going on the speculation that Nick got into a heated argument over his drug addiction and endless grievances. Rob threatened to kick him out or have him removed from the home. Nick decided to get a machete and stab Rob in the chest and head numerous times. As he was screaming, Michele ran in and tried to restrain the man. Nick would shove her and start stabbing her as well.
The son would soon see his two parents on the ground bleeding to death. He calls 9-1-1 and literally crash out saying he murdered his parents.
Reiner loved his children. All four of them. Even when they were struggling, Rob let them know he had their back. He often had sympathy for the poor and needy. After all, he learned the rules of the game from Norman Lear and Carroll O'Connor.
The GOP blowback came largely from swing-district members, as well as from Republicans who have previously faced Trump’s ire for speaking against his policies.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) — two of the four House Republicans who joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition to compel the administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein — pushed back against the president’s statement.
“This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies,” Greene said, responding to Trump’s post.
The Reiners were found stabbed to death in their home this weekend. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, has been “booked for murder,” according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell. The younger Reiner is being held on $4 million bail
It was revoked as of tonight.
“Rob Reiner and his wife were tragically killed at the hands of their own son, who reportedly had drug addiction and other issues, and their remaining children are left in serious mourning and heartbreak,” Greene said in the statement.
“Many families deal with a family member with drug addiction and mental health issues. It’s incredibly difficult and should be met with empathy especially when it ends in murder,” she added.
Massie called Trump’s post “inappropriate and disrespectful” but said he expects his GOP colleagues to ignore the statement “because they’re afraid,” adding: “I challenge anyone to defend it.”
Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Don Bacon (R-NE) — two of the three House Republicans elected in districts that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 — spoke out against the president’s Truth Social post.
“This statement is wrong,” Lawler wrote on X. “Regardless of one’s political views, no one should be subjected to violence, let alone at the hands of their own son. It’s a horrible tragedy that should engender sympathy and compassion from everyone in our country, period.”
Bacon reposted Lawler’s statement. He also reportedly told CNN’s Jake Tapper: “I’d expect to hear something like this from a drunk guy at a bar, not the President of the United States. Can the President be presidential?”
The blowback comes after Trump responded to news of Rob Reiner’s death by nodding to the director’s career of advocating for progressive causes and donating to Democratic candidates.
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Monday morning, using a term he frequently employs to dismiss criticism from political opponents.
“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before,” Trump continued. “May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
Rob Reiner was an outspoken critic of the president and warned of Trump’s effect on democracy.
“Make no mistake: We have a year before this country becomes a full on autocracy and democracy completely leaves us,” he told MSNBC, now known as MS NOW, in September.
In a separate interview with The Guardian in February 2024, Reiner called Trump “a criminal” who “basically lies every minute of his life.”
Other Republicans also condemned Trump’s words.
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| Rob and Michele with his four kids. Nick (center) murdered them. |
“A father and mother were murdered at the hands of their troubled son. We should be lifting the family up in prayer, not making this about politics,” said Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK), who represents a solidly Republican district.
Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis, who played a key role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, condemned Trump’s post, writing on X, “This is NOT the appropriate response.”
“The Right uniformly condemned political and celebratory responses to Charlie Kirk’s death,” she continued. “This is a horrible example from Trump (and surprising considering the two attempts on his own life) and should be condemned by everyone with any decency.”
Prominent right-wing journalist Laura Loomer, however, came to Trump’s defense.
“Psychosis is a real thing. Rob Reiner had a level of TDS that likely exuded a level of craziness around those he spent time with,” Loomer wrote on X.
“Many people who have crazy kids have psychiatric issues themselves,” she continued, saying celebrity children often become “total dead beat losers because many were raised to have no accountability by parents who subscribe to hardcore liberalism.”
“Trump is right. Reiner himself sounded insane when he would speak. Imagine how crazy his own kid was… on drugs. We have a mental health crisis in America,” Loomer said.
