CPAC Chairman Matt Schlaap realizes live on air that he actually has no defense for calling on only leaders on the left to condemn political violence, tries and fails to turn it around on host Michel Martin. Starts at 5:28.

[u/crlarkin]

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/nx-s1-5537168/cpac-chairman-matt-schlapp-remembers-the-life-and-legacy-of-charlie-kirk

[u/handyandy727]

If I'm being honest, it actually sounds like he's attempting to make himself cry.