What did rob reiner tweet or post after the assassination attempt on trump?
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Executive summary
There are no credible reports in the provided sources that record any tweet or social‑media post by Rob Reiner responding to an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The coverage instead documents Reiner’s public response to other political violence (notably the assassination of Charlie Kirk) and the inflammatory reaction by Trump after Reiner’s own killing [1] [2] [3].
1. What the sources actually report about Reiner’s public comments
The assembled articles describe Rob Reiner as an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and note that, in at least one public instance, Reiner publicly counseled compassion after political violence — specifically following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Multiple outlets cite Reiner responding “with grace and compassion” to Kirk’s death and praising forgiveness at Kirk’s memorial [1] [4] [5] [3]. Those items show Reiner’s posture on political violence but do not document any reaction to an assassination attempt on Trump.
2. No source documents a Reiner post about an assassination attempt on Trump
I searched through the supplied results for any direct quote, screenshot, or paraphrase of a Rob Reiner tweet/post responding to an assassination attempt on Donald Trump and found none. The articles focus on two separate narratives: (a) Reiner’s own statements about political violence and forgiveness (e.g., in relation to Charlie Kirk) and (b) President Trump’s controversial social‑media post after Reiner and his wife were killed, in which Trump mocked Reiner and invoked “Trump derangement syndrome” [1] [2] [4] [5] [6]. The supplied items do not show Reiner addressing any attempt on Trump’s life.
3. Context that may explain the confusion
Two contextual facts in the coverage could explain why someone might expect a Reiner reaction to an attack on Trump:
- Reiner was publicly vocal about politics and had commented about political violence before; outlets cite his measured response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination as an example of his stance against celebrating political killings [1] [3].
- The news cycle included sharp, immediate reactions by political figures — especially President Trump’s own post after Reiner’s death — which has been widely reported and criticized [2] [7] [6]. That intense back‑and‑forth can make it appear as if both sides were trading posts about multiple violent incidents, but the sources here show no record of a Reiner post about an assassination attempt on Trump.
4. What the sources do attribute to Trump and others (relevant to the timeline)
After Reiner and his wife were found dead, outlets quote a Truth Social post (and related comments) from President Trump that characterized Reiner as “tortured and struggling” and blamed his death on “the anger he caused” and so‑called “Trump derangement syndrome” [2] [7] [8] [6]. That post drew bipartisan condemnation and comparisons to prior episodes in which public figures were criticized for uncivil responses to deaths. Several conservative voices also condemned Trump’s remarks as inappropriate [9] [10] [11].
5. Bottom line
Based on the provided reporting, there is no documented tweet, post, or public statement from Rob Reiner responding to an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The sources instead show Reiner responding with compassion to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and document Trump’s controversial post after Reiner’s own killing; they do not cover any Reiner message about an attempt on Trump’s life [1] [2] [3].