'Lunatic!' Irate liberal storms off Piers Morgan's show as Charlie Kirk debate gets heated

Prominent liberal academic Cornel West stormed out of an interview on Monday after a MAGA-aligned podcaster accused him of celebrating the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.

West appeared on a new episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Monday to discuss Kirk's killing. The episode aired at a time when political tensions boiled over between right- and left-wing groups. Some MAGA personalities have called for a permanent national divorce after Kirk's murder, arguing there can be "no unity" with people who have different political views.

The show's host, Piers Morgan, asked West whether he agreed that the language used to describe President Donald Trump and those associated with him played a part in Kirk's murder. West argued that Kirk's murder symbolized a deeper cultural issue in America, an argument that Andrew Wilson, host of the MAGA-aligned podcast "The Crucible," vehemently disagreed with.

"They called President Trump's administration a neofascist movement, you lunatic!" Wilson yelled at West. "You people have gone out of your way to do everything possible to cultivate this!"

"Let me make my case!" West interjected.

"It's rhetoric like that from people like you that got that man killed," Wilson said.

"Piers, why did you bring someone on that's not going to allow anybody to speak, man?" West said. "We're just wasting time."

West and Wilson continued to crosstalk until Wet got up and left the interview.

"It's kind of farcical to quit a debate where we're debating the importance of free speech and being able to listen to somebody else's opinions," Morgan said after West left. "It seems to be completely insane."