For years, Reiner poured out venom, hoping for Trump’s demise and stoking the left’s relentless campaign against him. Trump simply states the obvious (Reiner was gripped by severe Trump Derangement Syndrome) and now the hypocrites are feigning shock? Not buying it. By publicly calling out Rob Reiner’s severe Trump Derangement Syndrome in his post about Reiner’s death, Trump is reframing the narrative and setting it straight that Reiner was far from a saint, but a vocal antagonist whose own rhetoric (such as accusing Trump of mass murder and calling for his “arrest” as a “killer”) mirrored the kind of demonizing language that fueled deranged individuals to attempt assassinating Trump multiple times. This forces people to confront how such inflammatory words from Reiner and others directly contributed to the environment that got Trump shot.

Here are several well-documented examples of inflammatory or violent rhetoric from left-leaning celebrities and figures directed at Donald Trump, similar to Kathy Griffin’s 2017 photoshoot where she posed with a bloodied, severed head resembling Trump. These instances span years and highlight a pattern of escalating hostility that often went unchecked or was even celebrated in certain circles. Kathy Griffin: In May 2017, the comedian posed for photos holding a fake, bloodied head of Trump, which she later said was meant as a statement against him. The image sparked widespread backlash but also support from some on the left.

Madonna: At the 2017 Women’s March, the singer stated she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House” in response to Trump’s election, framing it as a metaphor but drawing Secret Service scrutiny.

Johnny Depp: In June 2017, at a UK festival, Depp asked, “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” in reference to Trump, later apologizing but not before it amplified calls for violence.

Snoop Dogg: In a 2017 music video for “Lavender,” the rapper depicted shooting a clown version of Trump (called “Ronald Klump”) in the head with a toy gun, defending it as artistic protest.

Pearl Jam: For a 2018 concert poster, the band illustrated Trump’s rotting corpse on the White House lawn being pecked by an eagle, as a fundraiser for a Democratic senator.

Anthony Bourdain: In 2017, when asked what he’d serve Trump at a summit, the late chef quipped “hemlock,” a deadly poison, in a TMZ interview.

Larry Wilmore: On his 2016 Comedy Central show, Wilmore joked about denying Trump “oxygen,” clarifying he meant it literally as suffocation.

Marilyn Manson: In a 2016 video teaser for “Say10,” the musician showed a beheaded figure resembling Trump.

Big Sean: In a 2017 freestyle rap, the artist referenced “murdering Trump” before his inauguration.

Moby: In 2017, the musician posted about imagining blowing up Trump Tower.

Robert De Niro: Multiple times, including in 2018, the actor said he’d like to “punch [Trump] in the face,” repeating violent fantasies in interviews.

Rob Reiner: The director repeatedly demonized Trump, including a 2020 post accusing him of “shooting and killing hundreds of thousands of Americans” and vowing to “arrest the killer,” alongside calls for treason charges implying the death penalty.

Other left-leaning figures on social media: Recent examples include a Portland activist making videos explicitly wishing for Trump’s death, and broader celebrations of violence like praising Charlie Kirk’s assassination or implying harm to Trump supporters.

Many of the voices now positioning themselves as arbiters of tone and righteousness are the same ones who, in recent years, dismissed or minimized real violence when it cut the “wrong” way. We were told prayer was performative after a Catholic church filled with children was attacked. We watched victims’ names fade quickly from the conversation when their stories did not serve a preferred narrative. We saw cruelty excused as commentary, and grief treated as something to mock rather than mourn.

That selective outrage matters. Moral credibility is not built on volume; it is built on consistency.

Imagine, honestly, how differently the cultural reaction would look if the political roles were reversed. You know it. Many of you feel it even if you will not say it aloud. Silence would replace sermons. Context would replace condemnation. And the same standards now being demanded would quietly disappear.

What frustrates people on the right is not a call for decency; it is the asymmetry. For decades, conservatives tried to meet hostility with restraint, believing politeness would be returned in kind. Instead, restraint was interpreted as weakness and decorum as surrender. While one side treated politics like a blood sport, the other kept insisting on etiquette.

That era is ending (not because conservatives suddenly hate civility, but because they have learned it cannot be one sided).

To Christians who worry about tone, the issue is not abandoning moral conviction; it is refusing to confuse gentleness with passivity. Scripture calls for truth spoken in love, not truth silenced out of fear of offending those who never intended fairness in the first place.

This is not about hatred. It is about clarity. It is about recognizing that what is at stake (families, faith, free speech, and the future of the nation) is too important to keep pretending that norms exist where they no longer do.

You do not have to agree with conservatives to see this. But if you care about justice, consistency, and honesty, it is time to stop pretending the rules are applied evenly; and to understand why many are done playing by standards that only ever bind one side.

-the Conservative TAKE