This week has been quite challenging due to the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. This event has sparked significant discussion about dangerous rhetoric and the importance of security.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump visited Washington, D.C., for a meal to showcase the improvements in city safety following his efforts to combat crime. He dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab, located near the White House. His actions have seemingly made D.C. streets safer, earning him applause upon his arrival.

🚨 BREAKING: CHEERS ERUPT for President Trump outside a Washington DC restaurant. Liberals are furious tonight.

47 just went out on the town and proved his crime crackdown WORKED. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/434qkqu8KN

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 9, 2025

During Trump’s time at the restaurant, an unsettling incident occurred that questioned the effectiveness of the Secret Service. As Trump, joined by Vice President JD Vance and Cabinet members, was being seated, they were vocally confronted by Code Pink activists who labeled Trump as the “Hitler of our time.” Trump responded with laughter, and the protesters were eventually removed.

‘TIME TO GO!’: President Trump remains unfazed by ‘Free Palestine’ protesters who crashed his private dinner in DC. Secret Service eventually ejected the protesters. pic.twitter.com/BT5eIzCUBO

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 10, 2025

This incident raised significant questions: how did the protesters manage to get so close to Trump, and was there an informant? The restaurant should have been secured by the Secret Service. Given Code Pink’s history of protests, the Secret Service and Capitol Police should recognize their members. It’s crucial for the Secret Service to investigate how the protesters received their tip-off.

In response to these events, Bill Maher spoke up in defense of Trump on his HBO show “Real Time” on Friday. He reiterated a point we’ve been emphasizing all week: the left needs to stop demonizing Trump by calling him “Hitler.” “First of all, a**holes, [Trump] is not Hitler,” Maher bluntly stated.

Bill Maher delivers a brutal message to Democrats still calling Trump “Hitler.”

Kirk is dead, and Maher has had enough of this sh*t.

“Okay, first of all, assholes, he’s not Hitler. Okay? An insult to everybody in the Holocaust, to begin with. Second of all, calling somebody… pic.twitter.com/WAN0HiJf0q

— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) September 13, 2025

Calling him Hitler downplays Hitler and the Holocaust, and it makes it easier to justify things like assassination attempts. “Let’s put a s***load of that away,” Maher said. That’s what all Democrats should do. They didn’t do it after the attempts on Trump’s life; they should do it now, after Kirk’s assassination. It’s good that Maher is saying it to them as bluntly as he is. 

I should note that the audience cheered when he said that. Most Americans are not crazy radicals, even though this week on X, it seemed as though there were a lot spewing hate. Maher called out any of those people who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death, saying he has “no use for you.” He also pointed out how Kirk was killed under a tent that said “Prove me wrong,” and that people want to “eliminate you for talking altogether.”

Bill Maher: “[Charlie Kirk] was shot under a banner that said ‘Prove Me Wrong.’… To many people, the way to do that… is to just eliminate you from talking altogether. So the people that mocked his death or justified it — I think you’re gross. I have no use for you.”

Ben… pic.twitter.com/AjKxcYBxbM

— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) September 13, 2025

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro replied it was horrific that Kirk would be literally shot in the throat while debating, “We’ve come to some place incredibly dark in our nation’s history. I weep for the country and I weep for Charlie.”

Unfortunately, some on the left seem to have been at war for at least 10 years, which is a big reason why some have become so twisted. So you have to call them out, as Maher did, and keep doing it. If the left truly wants to bring down the temperature, that’s the first step they can take.