Overview

• Snopes traced the footage to a Sept. 14 Instagram post by Republican strategist Nicole Kiprilov from a Bedminster gala and found no evidence of manipulation.
• Kiprilov told Snopes that Trump was recounting someone else’s words, saying the viral snippet omits his prior remarks.
• A longer version shows Trump segueing into comments about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing at the Hope Through Education event.
• USA TODAY reported the White House defended Trump’s remarks and blamed “radical leftists” for inspiring violence in a statement from spokesperson Abigail Jackson.
• Authorities investigating Kirk’s death have not confirmed a motive, though law enforcement has described the suspect as holding a leftist ideology and becoming more political in recent years.