Andrew Kolvet
Role at the time: Host, The Charlie Kirk Show
Statement summary
Charlie Kirk Show host Andrew Kolvet and guest Auron MacIntyre defended Bo French against Karl Rove and John Cornyn's condemnation, calling the demographic sentiment behind his post "real" despite calling the tweet itself "unfortunate."
“real... maybe [an] unfortunate tweet”
The Charlie Kirk Show episode with host Andrew Kolvet and guest Auron MacIntyre (Blaze Media), defending Bo French against Cornyn and Rove's condemnation.
Why we used this label
Kolvet and MacIntyre defend French against Cornyn and Rove's condemnation, characterizing the underlying demographic sentiment behind his post as 'real' even while calling the specific tweet 'unfortunate' -- a substantive defense of the underlying sentiment that mitigates but does not retract support for French.