David French, a conservative writer and analyst, said on The Bulwark that hosts of The Charlie Kirk Show accused the left of wanting Renee Good killed for political advantage, calling the claim “incredibly dangerous” and “fundamentally at odds with reality.” The remarks came during a Bulwark video posted by The Bulwark, an outlet with two hundred forty-three thousand followers, in which French discussed a recent appearance by Tim Miller on the Kirk program.
According to the transcript of the Bulwark video, Miller told French he had visited The Charlie Kirk Show the previous day. Miller said he had argued that certain interior enforcement tactics were not conservative, specifically criticizing “having guys in masks, menacing people, menacing protesters.” Miller said the hosts became upset and told him that ICE agents would be deployed and that the public would have to live with mass agents in the streets. Miller then said the hosts “basically said that Renee Good deserved what she got.”
French responded by focusing on what he described as the hosts’ accusation against the left. “What I saw them saying was that the left wanted Renee Good to be killed,” French said. “That was a direct quote from one of the guys.” French argued the exchange revealed how the hosts attribute malice to opponents without evidence. “They say they hold this repugnant belief system,” French said. “They have this horrific view. Where do I get the idea that they have this horrific view? No citation needed. They just have this horrific view. They wanted Renee Good to die.”
French said he and Miller interact with conservatives and with liberals, including people far to the left, and that he had never heard anyone express anything other than anguish about what happened to Renee Good or Alex Freddie. “At no point have I ever heard the furthest left person I know be like the plan has worked,” French said. “You could not have a more low opinion of people than to say they wanted this woman to die or they wanted this man to die just to make a political point.” He concluded: “It’s incredibly dangerous and it’s wrong. It is fundamentally at odds with reality.”
The Bulwark’s post was one of several reactions that circulated after the Kirk show segment. Crooks and Liars, a left-leaning media criticism site, published an article under the headline “Charlie Kirk Show Host: ‘Nobody Wanted Renee Good To Die More Than The Left.’” The Crooks and Liars piece described Kirk’s replacements as “just as miserable and disgusting as he was, without the little bit of charisma Kirk had.” Raw Story reported that the program “erupted into a shouting match” after Miller challenged the hosts’ claims about President Donald Trump’s record, identifying the co-hosts as Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff.
The Kirk show itself promoted the segment differently. A post titled “Tim Miller Tells MAGA the Truth on The Charlie Kirk Show” described Miller’s appearance as a trip “into the lion’s den” and said Miller joined Neff and Kolvet “for a spirited debate about Trump’s record.” According to that post, Miller pushed back on the idea that Trump has delivered and argued the president has broken promises.
The underlying claim that the Kirk show hosts said Renee Good deserved to die, or that the left wanted her killed, is not independently confirmed. Next News Network could not independently verify the statements attributed to the Kirk show hosts. The Bulwark video presents Miller’s account of the exchange and French’s reaction to it, while the Kirk show’s own promotion of the segment characterizes it as a debate over Trump’s record.
The episode drew attention across ideological lines. The Bulwark, which describes itself as a conservative outlet, amplified French’s criticism of the Kirk show hosts. Crooks and Liars, which frequently criticizes conservative media, used the exchange to attack the Kirk program’s current hosts. Raw Story framed the segment as a confrontation between Miller and the MAGA-aligned hosts. Each outlet carried the story with a different emphasis, but all centered on the exchange between Miller and the Kirk show hosts over the treatment of Renee Good.
The Kirk show, formerly hosted by Charlie Kirk, is now co-hosted by Kolvet and Neff, according to Raw Story. The program has continued to draw controversy since Kirk’s departure. The Bulwark video and the coverage that followed suggest the show’s approach to heated political topics remains a subject of intense debate among media observers.
French’s remarks reflect a broader argument among some conservatives about the tone and substance of political rhetoric. By accusing the left of wanting Renee Good killed, French argued, the Kirk show hosts crossed a line from criticism into imputing malice without evidence. French said such claims are “fundamentally at odds with reality” and “incredibly dangerous,” a view he attributed to his own experience interacting with people across the political spectrum.
The Bulwark video was posted on October twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-six. The Crooks and Liars and Raw Story coverage appeared the following day. The Kirk show’s own promotion of the Miller segment did not address the specific claim about Renee Good that French and Miller highlighted.
Our Take
This episode is a case study in how quickly a heated cable-news exchange can become a proxy fight over political malice. French and Miller are right to demand evidence before accusing opponents of wishing a woman dead for political gain. But the same standard should apply across the board: the Kirk show hosts deserve a chance to answer the specific allegation, and the public deserves a full transcript rather than dueling clips. Until then, what we have is one side’s account of a conversation, amplified by outlets with their own axes to grind. The lesson is not that one side is uniquely guilty of bad faith; it is that accusations of bad faith are cheap and verification is expensive. Conservatives should be the first to insist on proof before imputing murderous motives to fellow Americans, and the first to reject the lazy habit of assuming the worst about the left. French’s warning about attributing malice without evidence applies to everyone, including those who now quote him to score points.
