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Fox News Host Has Intense Discussion During Segment
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Fox News Host Has Intense Discussion During Segment

On a charged episode of The Five, Greg Gutfeld finally said what millions of Americans are already thinking: enough with the false equivalence. The segment, centered on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, quickly escalated as Gutfeld clashed with liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov over the narrative surrounding political violence. When Tarlov offered up another “both sides” argument, Gutfeld didn’t just push back—he incinerated the entire premise.

And the mood shifted instantly.

“This isn’t about both sides,” Gutfeld snapped. “It’s not about balance. It’s about the truth—and the truth is, this is a Left-wing problem.”


The panel had been discussing the tragic September 10 assassination of Kirk, who was gunned down while speaking with college students at Utah Valley University. The shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested two days later. Within hours of the killing, prominent liberal commentators and social media activists began spinning the theory that Robinson was a right-wing extremist—a Kirk supporter who somehow turned on the very man he admired. The theory was preposterous on its face, and Gutfeld made clear just how insulting and incoherent it was.

“This guy was such a big Charlie Kirk fan that he killed him? Is that really your argument?” Gutfeld asked, incredulous. “That disqualifies your entire worldview. You're unserious people. You don’t get to be in this conversation anymore.”

Tarlov, trying to draw a parallel to other acts of political violence—including the summer murder of Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman—only seemed to dig the hole deeper. Gutfeld, visibly furious, dismissed the comparison as “irrelevant.” Hortman, he pointed out, was killed by someone she knew—a tragic, personal crime, not a political execution in front of a student audience.

“There’s no cognitive dissonance on our side,” he said. “We’re not trying to rationalize murder. We’re not inventing backwards conspiracy theories to dodge responsibility.”

The tension in the studio was palpable. But online, Gutfeld’s takedown went viral within minutes. One clip circulating on X was captioned simply: “Gutfeld just launched Tarlov into orbit.”

His monologue turned into a full indictment of the ideological rot driving radicalized violence: organized doxxing campaigns, anti-family rhetoric, and online communities that dehumanize conservatives with impunity. He cited the mainstream media’s muted reaction to Kirk’s murder, the social media celebration of it, and the disgraceful attempts to muddy the motive.

And he didn’t stop there.

“Your people are killing us,” Gutfeld said bluntly. “Your people are out of control. Get a handle on your rabid dogs, or we will.”

That line—delivered with cold, deliberate force—was not a threat of vigilante justice, but a declaration of policy intent. Gutfeld called for a mobilization of state power: FBI task forces, National Guard deployments, digital surveillance, and counter-terrorism operations directed inward, at what he described as a “domestic enemy class” embedded in far-Left ideology.


This was no offhand rant. It was a crystallization of a sentiment rapidly hardening on the Right: that Left-wing extremism is no longer fringe, no longer academic—it is violent, organized, and openly encouraged by institutional cowardice.

And then came the double standard. Gutfeld noted that after the murder of Democrat Melissa Hortman, no one on the Right celebrated. No one made excuses. And when Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was attacked in his own residence, liberals went conspicuously silent—because the attacker was pro-Hamas.

But when Charlie Kirk was assassinated?

There were teachers cheering. Therapists joking. Journalists equivocating. And not a single apology.

“Your counterpoints aren’t valid,” Gutfeld said, flatly. “They’re pseudointellectual crap. And we’re done pretending otherwise.”

Written by Arthur Higgens - September 16, 2025