So Much for the Honeymoon: CBS Crime Drama Takes Jab at Just-Elected Donald Trump

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By Rich Noyes | November 12, 2016 | 11:02 AM EST

Less than 24 hours after CBS and the other networks declared that Donald Trump had been elected president, one of their prime time crime dramas took a thinly-veiled jab at the new President-elect, as [spoiler alert!] a homicidal teenager justifies his murders of entire families as a way to punish high school bullies by citing “some politicians” who say “the best way to handle terrorists is to take out their whole families.”

That’s a clear echo of what Donald Trump told CBS’s John Dickerson on Face the Nation last December. Talking about terrorists, Trump asserted: “They say they don’t mind dying. I think they do mind dying. But I can tell you this, they want their families left alone. We have to stop terrorism.”

In Wednesday’s episode of Criminal Minds, a group of high schoolers who are victims of bullying form “The Anti-Terrorism Squad” to help each other cope with bullies in their class. Then “Kyle,” one of the group, begins invading the homes of his bullying classmates, shooting to death the parents and siblings but leaving the bully to deal with the grief and anguish of having their family massacred.

About 40 minutes into the hour-long episode, “Kyle” and his fellow group member “Zach” are driving when “Kyle” launches into a self-justifying speech about how it’s okay to kill entire families, citing how “some politicians” say it’s “the best way to handle terrorists.”

[Mr. Television]

Glad I dumped this show.

[WalterTheDrinker]

That's awesome. I hope more and more shows do this kind of thing soon.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by WalterTheDrinker

That's awesome. I hope more and more shows do this kind of thing soon.

One of the reasons ratings are down. People are tired of liberal crap in their shows.

[WalterTheDrinker]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

One of the reasons ratings are down. People are tired of liberal crap in their shows.

You don't speak for all people. Don't presume that you do.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by WalterTheDrinker

You don't speak for all people. Don't presume that you do.

I speak for many that don't watch current television anymore.

[WalterTheDrinker]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

I speak for many that don't watch current television anymore.

I speak for a higher number of people, as can be confirmed by facts.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by WalterTheDrinker

I speak for a higher number of people, as can be confirmed by facts.

What facts? The facts that ratings continue to drop.

[WalterTheDrinker]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

What facts? The facts that ratings continue to drop.

Which number is higher -- the number of people watching the show or the number of people who stopped watching because they need a safe space when they watch TV shows?

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by WalterTheDrinker

Which number is higher -- the number of people watching the show or the number of people who stopped watching because they are tired of liberal crap being pushed down their throat on TV Shows?

Considering how high the ratings used to be, the later.

[WalterTheDrinker]

Originally Posted by Mr. Television

Considering how high the ratings used to be, the later. I think I read it on one of my favorite fake news sites somewhere.

You don't provide numbers because you can't.