Michael Savage Breaks From MAGA to Question the FBI's Story on Charlie Kirk's Killing
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Michael Savage Breaks From MAGA to Question the FBI's Story on Charlie Kirk's Killing
Two podcast hosts react to a viral clip of talk radio veteran Michael Savage, a longtime Trump ally with no history of criticizing him, breaking ranks to say he doesn't believe a word of the official account of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Savage argues the physical details of how the rifle was allegedly broken down, hidden, and later found don't add up, and lashes out at Kash Patel, Sean Hannity, and the administration itself for freezing him out after years of closeness with Trump. The hosts dig into who Savage actually is, born Michael Weiner with an academic background in ethnomedicine and a son who founded Rockstar Energy, before circling back to other loose threads people have raised about the case, including a private plane that reportedly went dark near the scene and conflicting details about how the suspect was transported.
The hosts play a clip of radio host Michael Savage, describing him as a right-wing MAGA figure with no history of criticizing Donald Trump, delivering an unusually raw monologue questioning the official investigation into Charlie Kirk's killing. Savage says he knows he's taking a risk by going up against what he calls the MAGA FBI, but says something about the story he watched play out simply doesn't add up.
Savage's Case Against the Official Story
Savage focuses on the physical mechanics of the case, saying that footage showing a person jumping from a rooftop did not show a rifle in hand, and argues that the type of rifle involved does not break down or reassemble easily or quickly. He pushes back on the idea that the shooter could have removed the barrel, fit the receiver and stock into a backpack, and hidden the barrel in his pants leg within seconds, noting that reinstalling a rifle barrel and keeping it accurate afterward is not simple. He also points out that photos of the rifle allegedly recovered in the woods show it fully reassembled, meaning the official story requires believing a man on the run paused to put the weapon back together before leaving it to be found.
Turning His Fire on the Trump Administration and Sean Hannity
Savage says he has effectively become persona non grata within the current White House despite once flying with Trump on Air Force One and considering himself close to him, claiming he has been frozen out and cast aside by an administration that doesn't want real truth tellers nearby. He singles out Sean Hannity by name for repeating the official narrative without question, accusing him of abandoning any real scrutiny of the story. Listening to the clip, one host jokes that they're thoroughly enjoying the spectacle of a MAGA-on-MAGA falling out.
Who Is Michael Savage?
The hosts go on to explain who Savage actually is: born Michael Weiner, he holds graduate degrees involving medical botany and anthropology from the University of Hawaii and a doctorate in nutritional ethnomedicine from the University of California, Berkeley, and has written books on natural medicine. They note he once had a personal and professional connection to 1960s counterculture figure Timothy Leary, and that his son founded the Rockstar Energy drink company, making the family independently wealthy. One host says Savage reminds him of his own father, a fellow Bronx Jew, except that his father was a committed communist while Savage became an arch-conservative, joking that Savage feels like a Bizarro-universe version of his dad, right down to the mannerisms and sense of humor.
Other Loose Threads in the Official Narrative
The hosts run through several other details that have struck people as odd, cautioning that not everything circulating is easy to verify. They mention reports that a private plane took off from a small airport a short distance from the shooting shortly afterward and allegedly turned off its transponder for roughly an hour before communicating with air traffic control again, which one host says they don't understand how was even permitted to happen. They also mention hearing that the suspect was placed into an SUV rather than an ambulance, and note broader confusion over multiple reported outfit changes, saying it's difficult to know which details are solid and which aren't, especially when official sources haven't exactly built up a reservoir of public trust.
Grading the Rest of the Field
The conversation shifts briefly to Utah Governor Spencer Cox, with the hosts noting that despite his mild-mannered, more moderate Republican image, the bar for looking reasonable has simply gotten very low. One host recalls being surprised at how normal Senator James Lankford seemed in a recent interview, despite having supported challenges to the 2020 election results, comparing him favorably only because the alternative is someone like Stephen Miller. The host adds a personal anecdote about Lankford once getting upset over a comment comparing his appearance to a fetus in a past piece, which the outlet declined to remove.
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