Justin Giboney on the Christian Response to Charlie Kirk's Assassination

Showing 3 Justin Giboney videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Justin Giboney, an attorney and co-founder of the AND Campaign, argued that Christian leaders overcomplicated what should have been a simple response to Charlie Kirk's assassination: it was tragic, it was wicked, and no one deserved to be killed for expressing an opinion, full stop. He pushed back on commentators who offered that condemnation and then immediately pivoted to a but, and pointed out the selective outrage in demanding every Christian speak up about Kirk's death while staying silent on other tragedies they cared less about. Giboney was equally direct about language on his own side of the debate, noting that calling political opponents fascists when most people using the word couldn't define it is exactly the kind of rhetorical escalation that has real consequences, and he pointed to his own past criticism of specific comments Kirk made as proof his position wasn't uncritical cheerleading. His central concern was less about assigning blame than about what political violence is designed to do: intimidate ordinary people, the ones with families and jobs to protect, out of engaging in public life at all. Giboney framed resisting that chilling effect, staying engaged rather than retreating into safety, as the actual Christian response the moment called for.