"He then rounded on Coates: I'd like to extend the presumption of grace to people and you know that guy was not speaking on teleprompter. He was speaking off the top of his head. So maybe he regrets saying what he said, but f*ck him because [Kirk] was not a hater. Just not. Just manifestly not. And there's so much evidence on the public record."
"He continued, saying that there many issues of disagreement that he had with Kirk, but that he was not a hater. Rounding on Coates again, he added: [Kirk's] got a widow and two young kids and so many friends who loved him. And this guy's on the national town square talking bullsh*t about someone he didn't know and saying really hurtful things."
Ta-Nehisi Coates publicly labeled Charlie Kirk a hatemonger and criticized Klein's suggestion that liberals could appreciate Kirk's willingness to debate. Coates wrote a Vanity Fair rebuttal and reiterated on a podcast that Kirk reveled in open bigotry and produced destructive content. Emily Jashinsky asked Mark Halperin to respond. Halperin said he had been moved to tears after the assassination and defended Kirk, urging a presumption of grace. Halperin insisted Kirk was not a hater, cited public-record evidence, rejected Coates's public attacks as ignorant and hurtful, and emphasized Kirk's widow, young children, and many grieving friends.
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