Did Rob Reiner ever say that he wishes the Asassins bullet wouldn’t have missed

1. What the record actually shows about Reiner’s public stance on political violence

Across multiple mainstream accounts, Rob Reiner is documented as consistently condemning political violence and urging compassion: outlets citing his response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination report that Reiner condemned the killing and praised Kirk’s widow for forgiving the assassin, noting Reiner spoke “with grace and compassion” in public comments after that attack ^{[1] [2]}. Major news coverage of reactions to Reiner’s own death emphasized that he had publicly opposed violence and that his public persona in recent years included fierce but nonviolent political criticism, without any published instance in the available reporting of him endorsing or wishing harm upon political opponents ^{[3] [1]}.

2. Claims appearing in the aftermath of Reiner’s death and why they matter

After Reiner and his wife were found dead, President Trump and some commentators injected partisan commentary into the tragedy; Trump’s social‑media post suggested — without evidence — that Reiner’s anti‑Trump activism had contributed to the couple’s deaths, a statement that drew bipartisan criticism for its timing and content ^{[4] [5]}. That polarized response produced a cascade of partisan citations and social‑media takes, which increases the chance that misattributions or invented quotes circulate, but the reputable outlets cited here that catalogued Reiner’s public remarks do not record him making the quoted “wish” about an assassin’s success ^{[4] [5] [3]}.

3. Absence of evidence is not proof of opposite intent — limitations in reporting

The reporting assembled for this analysis—major U.S. outlets and news aggregators covering the deaths, reactions, and Reiner’s prior comments—fails to produce the alleged quote; that absence in established coverage is strong evidence the quote was not part of Reiner’s public record, but it cannot entirely prove he never uttered such a line in an obscure or unreported setting. The sources reviewed document his condemnations of violence and his praise for forgiveness and civility rather than any endorsement of assassination, and they also show how his death itself became a focal point for partisan rhetoric ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.

4. Motives and misinformation vectors to watch for when a charged quote circulates

Partisan actors and social platforms often amplify shocking attributions because they advance a narrative — whether to delegitimize an opponent or to justify prior attacks — and the post‑death political brawl documented in these sources demonstrates why false or out‑of‑context quotes can spread rapidly: conservative backlash against Trump’s mocking of Reiner, and left‑right sparring over responses to earlier violence, both created incentives to spin statements about who “deserved” what ^{[6] [2]}. Established outlets here highlight that many prominent figures criticized attempts to politicize the deaths, underscoring that confirmation from primary reporting is crucial before accepting inflammatory attributions ^{[5] [4]}.

5. Bottom line — direct answer and journalistic judgment

There is no credible evidence in the cited reporting that Rob Reiner ever said he wished an assassin’s bullet “wouldn’t have missed”; contemporary, mainstream coverage records the opposite tone—condemnation of political violence and calls for compassion after the killing of Charlie Kirk—and the inflammatory quote appears nowhere in those records, which makes the claim unsupported by the available sources ^{[1] [2] [3]}. If new primary evidence surfaces (a recording, contemporaneous interview, or a reliable transcript) that contains the alleged remark, that would alter the record; absent that, the responsible reading of the material at hand is that the quote is a misattribution or fabrication amplified by partisan conflict after Reiner’s death ^{[4] [5]}.