Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University During American Comeback Tour

[00:08] Conservative activist and Turning Point

[00:10] USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally

[00:13] shot dead during a public event at Utah

[00:16] Valley University in Oram, Utah.

[00:20] The 31-year-old was speaking as part of

[00:22] his American Comeback Tour when a lone

[00:24] gunman opened fire from a rooftop. The

[00:27] incident sent the crowd into panic with

[00:29] security rushing Kirk to hospital.

[00:32] Ultimately, he was declared dead by the

[00:34] hospital authorities.

[00:37] The killing has been widely described as

[00:39] politically motivated and has drawn

[00:41] condemnation from across the political

[00:43] spectrum.

[00:45] As the news of the shooting came, US

[00:47] President Donald Trump, Senator Mike

[00:49] Lee, and Conservative commentators all

[00:51] called for prayers for Kirk, while

[00:53] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanya

[00:56] and Pete Hexath also posted messages of

[00:59] support. Just after some time, Trump

[01:02] announced about the demise of Charlie.

[01:05] Kirk had often spoken publicly about the

[01:07] threats he faced. On his show, he once

[01:10] questioned whether Ukraine or its

[01:11] supporters might try to silence him.

[01:14] Are they going to go murder or try to

[01:16] murder Steve Bannon or Tucker Carlson or

[01:18] myself?

[01:20] >> Kirk was a fierce critic of Washington's

[01:22] funding of Ukraine, describing President

[01:24] Vadimir Zalinski as an ungrateful,

[01:27] petulant child and a puppet of the CIA.

[01:32] In 2023, after Zalinsky visited

[01:35] Washington, Kirk reacted to comments

[01:37] made by Sarah Ashton Cerillo, an

[01:39] American-born spokesperson for Ukraine's

[01:42] territorial defense forces. She vowed to

[01:45] hunt down Kremlin propagandists,

[01:47] sparking outrage in the US.

[01:49] >> None of us are Putin puppets or Russian

[01:51] propagandists, but the New York Times

[01:52] calls us that.

[01:54] >> Kirk insisted the remark could be

[01:56] interpreted as a direct threat against

[01:58] him and others.

[02:00] And then the person who is funded by the

[02:02] US Treasury says, "We're going to come

[02:04] murder you."

[02:05] >> The backlash led Ukraine to cut ties

[02:08] with Ashton Cerillo, but Kirk remained

[02:10] one of Zilinsk's harshest American

[02:12] critics.

[02:14] Ukraine's center for countering

[02:15] disinformation labeled him a spreader of

[02:18] Russian propaganda points. While the

[02:20] outlet text dua placed Kirk and TPUSA on

[02:24] a list of US figures opposing aid to

[02:26] Kiev.

[02:28] Charlie Kirk's death marks the most

[02:30] violent attack yet against a

[02:32] high-profile conservative activist in

[02:34] the United States. As investigations

[02:37] continue, the shooting raises fresh

[02:39] concerns about political violence, free

[02:41] speech, and the deepening divisions over

[02:44] US foreign policy.

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