9/22/25: Charlie Kirk funeral goes fascist as Trump threatens everyone

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss political violence, free speech, discerning fact from fiction online, and much more -- At Charlie Kirk's memorial, Donald Trump, Erika Kirk, Stephen Miller, and others turn the service into a showcase for authoritarian themes -- Trump rambles about vaccines and corruption during a bizarre late-night press event -- Gavin Newsom signs the No Secret Police Act to stop masked ICE raids and challenges Trump's deportation regime -- Karoline Leavitt vanishes from press briefings as Trump's White House spirals into chaos -- Trump stumbles through an interview with Peter Doocy while joking about violence and media control -- Trump shields Tom Homan after he is caught on video taking a $50,000 bribe -- David contrasts Jimmy Kimmel's censorship with Roseanne Barr's firing following MAGA allegations of hypocrisy -- Trump claims negative media coverage of him is illegal while ignoring free speech protections -- On the Bonus Show: Trump wants Bagram air base back from the Taliban, lawmakers want trans people Institutionalized, AOC weighing Senate or presidential run, and much more... 🔊 Babbel language learning: Get up to 60% OFF at https://babbel.com/pakman 🍷 Naked Wines: Use code PAKMAN to get 6 bottles for $39.99 at https://nakedwines.com/pakman 💪 AG1 is offering you a FREE $76 GIFT when you sign up at https://drinkag1.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow (00:00) Charlie Kirk memorial turns authoritarian (09:03) Trump's late-night vaccine & corruption rant (13:26) Newsom signs No Secret Police Act (20:17) Karoline Leavitt disappears from briefings (26:10) Trump's interview with Peter Doocy (35:17) Trump shields Homan after bribe (40:04) Josh Shapiro Interview (57:07) MAGA accuses David of hypocrisy (1:01:36) Trump claims negative media coverage is illegal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I can't believe this is what we're starting with today, but this is where we find
0:11.0	ourselves right now.
0:12.9	Last night, the funeral or maybe better said memorial service for Charlie Kirk, Donald
0:17.7	Trump spoke, Stephen Miller spoke, Don Jr. spoke.
0:21.3	And it was truly one of the most fascistic and disgusting events of any kind, never
0:26.8	mind a memorial or funeral service, one of the most disgusting and fascistic events of any
0:31.0	kind that I have seen.
0:32.4	Now, there are people who are offended.
0:34.2	The people who used to say, David, being offended isn't an argument.
0:39.7	Now they are offended with me.
0:42.5	Because I had the audacity to tweet last night, quote, the Charlie Kirk funeral is absolutely
0:48.6	disgusting.
0:50.6	Riddled with speeches that only dial up the temperature, Stephen Miller's was particularly vile.
0:56.8	And I invite you.
0:58.0	Look at the comments and you'll see these rabid maga right wingers saying, but David, Erica Kirk
1:04.9	forgave the shooter.
1:08.0	It was an unbelievable event.
1:10.5	Well, the analogy to me is imagine you order eggs Benedict and they go, it's great eggs
1:18.4	Benedict.
1:19.4	Look at this perfectly poached egg.
1:20.8	But then you look at it and the Holland days is rotten to the core.
1:25.0	The English muffins got maggots crawling all over it or whatever, right?
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