Stephen Gardner Reacts to Charlie Kirk's Death, Media Coverage, and the Search for His Killer

[00:01] I open this broadcast with a heavy

[00:03] heart. Charlie Kirk has been pronounced

[00:07] dead after being shot at a Utah Valley

[00:12] University rally for Turning Point USA.

[00:16] Uh in my earlier broadcast, I went over

[00:19] the emergency news of the shooting. We

[00:22] have more details now about the shooter,

[00:26] the event and different sides reaction

[00:29] to this entire thing. Uh so again, it

[00:32] brings me no joy to share that Charlie

[00:35] Kirk, an incredible human being who did

[00:37] so much in his 31 years of life, now

[00:41] leaves his wife and two children behind

[00:44] uh and has tragically

[00:46] uh tragically passed away. President

[00:49] Trump said, "The great and even

[00:51] legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. No one

[00:54] understood or had the heart of the youth

[00:57] in the United States of America better

[01:00] than Charlie. He was loved and admired

[01:03] by all, especially me, and now he is no

[01:06] longer with us." Melania

[01:09] uh and my sympathies go out to his

[01:12] beautiful wife Erica and family.

[01:14] Charlie, we love you.

[01:17] Uh, this is just so so tragic. Um, and

[01:22] now the manhunt for his killer begins.

[01:26] In my earlier broadcast, I showed you a

[01:28] white-haired gentleman that they had

[01:30] arrested and they were dragging away. He

[01:33] was yelling, "Just shoot me. Just shoot

[01:35] me." Everyone assumed it was him.

[01:39] I I didn't know because I I I just kept

[01:41] thinking to myself if he was right there

[01:43] at the top of the crowd,

[01:46] uh he would have either taken his own

[01:48] life or known that he was going to be

[01:50] arrested. Now, they believe that they

[01:53] have found a shooter that was up on the

[01:56] roof. And they're even worried there may

[01:57] have been two shooters. This was

[01:59] definitely a coordinated hit job to

[02:02] remove Turning Point USA CEO Charlie

[02:06] Kirk. Violence is not the way. Violent,

[02:10] horrible rhetoric is not the way. And

[02:12] sadly, we lost one of the good guys

[02:14] today. So now the FBI

[02:17] are fully on the scene. They are combing

[02:20] through video footage, cell phone

[02:23] footage, uh cameras on campus. They are

[02:26] trying to figure out who is the killer,

[02:28] who is the assassin. This was obviously

[02:32] somebody with a lot of experience with

[02:35] shooting from long distances. Uh sadly

[02:38] this is gruesome but the bullet went

[02:40] right to the left of his trachea and

[02:42] right through where the corateed artery

[02:44] and jugular vein are. Uh he was rushed

[02:48] off by heroes and taken to the hospital

[02:51] where they thought they had stabilized

[02:53] him but unfortunately had he had passed.

[02:55] So what do we know? We know that one or

[02:58] two assassins plotted the uh the killing

[03:02] of Charlie Kirk. We don't know who they

[03:05] are. I'll show you what we do have so

[03:07] far. Um this is a horrible tragic event.

[03:10] I see your comments. I I want you guys I

[03:13] don't want you guys to think I'm

[03:14] ignoring you. Please feel free to

[03:15] comment. I will read those uh throughout

[03:18] the broadcast. But I just wanted you

[03:20] guys to know. Um, so

[03:23] just just moments before the tragic

[03:27] shooting, I just want to show you who

[03:28] Charlie Kirk is. Um, because such a

[03:32] human such an incredible human being. So

[03:34] right before, I'm talking minutes before

[03:37] he's handing out hats and somebody calls

[03:40] for him to come over and he he walks out

[03:42] of his way to get a hat to a man with

[03:45] special needs.

[03:52] [Music]

[03:55] There you go.

[03:57] >> So just just an incredible human being.

[04:00] Uh was trying to do good, give courage

[04:03] to uh the the youth, the the coming

[04:06] generation. All right. Now, here's what

[04:08] we know. Let me let me show you this. Uh

[04:11] this is somebody from far away. Here's

[04:14] the shots. Um, I wish I could zoom in a

[04:17] little bit better, but this is believed

[04:20] >> Yeah. You think he'd already be placed?

[04:23] >> Right there. They see somebody lying.

[04:24] This is towards where Charlie Kirk was.

[04:27] >> Just saying.

[04:28] >> He just ran from uh

[04:31] >> over Where's my finger?

[04:33] From over there. Ran in.

[04:37] So uh from where they were you have the

[04:40] event and then directly back about a 100

[04:43] plus yard are these multi-story

[04:45] buildings. He is believed to have been

[04:48] front and center looking right at

[04:50] Charlie. Charlie would not have seen him

[04:52] because of the tent that he was under in

[04:55] order to give shade to his eyes. Um let

[04:58] me show you what we have here from Alex

[05:01] Jones.

[05:04] You can see the shootings happened.

[05:06] Everyone ducks

[05:08] >> and then right there running away. Right

[05:11] there. Right there.

[05:14] Get right up.

[05:15] >> Yeah. You think he'd already be in

[05:16] place?

[05:17] >> You would think that. So, there's

[05:20] somebody on the roof right there.

[05:22] Just saying.

[05:23] >> He just ran from uh over.

[05:27] So you can see right there the the

[05:30] person running running away. Now it's

[05:33] believed that this is a younger person

[05:36] based on how quickly they jumped up and

[05:38] they were able to run away from the

[05:41] situation.

[05:43] Um here's a here's another one. Let me

[05:46] show you this

[05:48] right there. You can you can see this is

[05:51] this is right to the right of Charlie.

[05:53] Somebody was filming him for Tik Tok.

[05:55] turned their body and you can see the

[05:58] the shadowy figure uh run running away.

[06:03] So the FBI Cash Patel is saying that

[06:06] they are

[06:09] deploying resources to the area in order

[06:12] to get uh this criminal. So the man the

[06:16] manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin uh

[06:19] is definitely underway. Now, I want to

[06:21] show you what some of the heartless

[06:24] people are saying about Charlie Kirk.

[06:26] How they're blaming Donald Trump.

[06:28] They're blaming Charlie Kirk, saying

[06:30] that he's the reason that he got shot.

[06:33] Let me just show you what uh some of

[06:36] these goblins had to say

[06:40] >> because um as we were just talking about

[06:43] a moment ago with with Allen after one

[06:47] of the Doge uh employees was allegedly

[06:50] attacked in Washington DC. That's what

[06:52] Donald Trump used as a justification to

[06:55] send in

[06:56] federal troops into Washington DC to to

[06:59] get things under control. the carjacking

[07:01] situation. He used that and I I know

[07:04] it's hard to predict the future, Mark,

[07:05] but you can imagine the administration

[07:07] using this as a justification for

[07:09] something.

[07:11] >> I I must admit I'm I'm I'm at a loss to

[07:14] guess as to what happens next.

[07:16] >> All right, I know what happens next. You

[07:18] goblins go on and you defame Charlie

[07:22] Kirk and you defame President Trump and

[07:26] you say that this is their own fault.

[07:28] These people are literally wicked. Now,

[07:31] I'm wearing the hat that I got from

[07:33] Charlie Kirk's event, this bright white

[07:36] hat with gold 47. I donated to his

[07:39] group. Um, I'm I'm terribly upset about

[07:42] the whole thing. Uh, I apologize for the

[07:45] earlier broadcast where I struggled to

[07:47] compose myself. Um, this has been

[07:50] really, really, really rough. Now, uh,

[07:53] again, here here is, uh, MSNBC

[07:56] talking about Charlie Kirk saying maybe

[07:58] one of his own people shot him. You

[08:00] know, Republicans, they're so wild with

[08:02] guns, they just shoot him in the air.

[08:04] >> Um, in which a shooting like this

[08:06] happens.

[08:08] >> Yeah. And again, emphasize what you just

[08:10] emphasized. We don't know any full

[08:12] details of this that we don't know if

[08:13] this was a supporter shooting their gun

[08:15] off in celebration or so. We have no

[08:18] idea.

[08:18] um in which a shooting like this.

[08:21] >> So it could have been one of his own

[08:24] fans

[08:25] shooting a bullet off in celebration of

[08:28] Charlie Kirk being great.

[08:32] The these people ought to be ashamed of

[08:34] themselves. This is just so tragic. Let

[08:38] me show you what CNN was saying about

[08:41] Charlie Kirk.

[08:42] >> He's also a controversial figure at

[08:44] times. He goes into these various

[08:46] college campuses, uh, pushes

[08:48] conservative issues, gets into back and

[08:51] heated back and forth often with these

[08:53] students on these college campuses. But

[08:55] of course, uh, none of that is violent.

[08:59] >> None of that is violent. Uh, Charlie

[09:02] Kirk was one of the few people willing

[09:05] to hold civil debate. He never backed

[09:08] down. He went to England and debated. He

[09:10] debated all over the United States of

[09:13] America.

[09:14] Um, he really believed that you could

[09:18] solve problems through talking them

[09:20] through and taking action, not through

[09:22] violence, not through shooting guns.

[09:26] Um, the these people are crazy. I see

[09:29] your comments. Um, I just want everyone

[09:32] to know that's watching, I love you. Uh,

[09:35] I am sorry if you are hurting. I am

[09:38] hurting. Uh, this this is very painful.

[09:41] I feel so bad for Charlie Kirk's wife,

[09:44] Erica, and their two children.

[09:48] Um, they don't they don't have a dad

[09:50] now. And um, that is a tragedy. That is

[09:55] an absolute tragedy. Uh, let me show you

[09:58] what else these goblins over on MSNBC

[10:02] were saying about Charlie Kirk.

[10:04] >> Talk to me about the environment um, in

[10:07] which a shooting like this happens.

[10:10] Yeah. And again, emphasize what you just

[10:12] emphasized. We don't know anyful details

[10:14] of this that we don't know if this was a

[10:16] supporter shooting their gun off.

[10:17] >> Oh, my apologies.

[10:19] That was a a duplicate. Um, let me move

[10:23] over to this one. Oh, this is uh

[10:26] Governor Pritsker of Illinois.

[10:30] He says uh that he's sorry. It's a fake

[10:33] sorry. He then blames Donald Trump and

[10:36] then you can see him smirk this guy.

[10:40] Watch this.

[10:41] >> My sympathy to uh Charlie Kirk's family

[10:44] and to Charlie Kirk who obviously um has

[10:48] you know uh

[10:51] become a target for somebody. I don't

[10:53] know whether it's political violence

[10:54] because I don't know who did it. Uh I

[10:56] know they seem to have somebody in

[10:57] custody. But I will say that political

[11:00] violence unfortunately has been

[11:03] ratcheting up in this country. We saw

[11:05] the shootings, the killings in

[11:07] Minnesota. Uh we've seen other political

[11:09] violence uh occur in other states. And I

[11:12] I would just say uh it's got to stop.

[11:15] And I think there are people who are

[11:17] fermenting it in this country. I think

[11:19] the president's rhetoric often fments

[11:21] it. Uh we've seen the January 6th

[11:25] rioters uh who clearly, you know, uh

[11:28] have tripped uh uh a new era of

[11:33] political violence.

[11:35] >> You see that? See that smile? He

[11:37] couldn't hide that smile.

[11:40] >> Uh uh

[11:42] >> blames blames Donald Trump.

[11:45] Uh says that Charlie Kirk brought this

[11:48] on himself.

[11:50] Um, these people are are just absolute

[11:53] goblins. Let me show you another goblin.

[11:56] Just absolutely disgusting to me. Um,

[12:00] you know, I don't wish any I don't wish

[12:01] anything evil on this woman, but listen

[12:05] to what she had to say.

[12:07] >> Live by the sword, die by the sword. He

[12:09] did say that gun deaths were an

[12:11] acceptable side effect of gun rights.

[12:15] Live by the sword, die by the sword. He

[12:18] did say that gun deaths were an

[12:20] acceptable side effect of gun rights.

[12:25] Oh, that is Hillary Clinton's laugh.

[12:29] I I can't believe this. There's another

[12:31] lady out there that's like, "Listen, I

[12:33] know we're not supposed to celebrate

[12:36] uh when people are gunned down, but let

[12:38] me just do it on your behalf.

[12:41] These people are sick. Our country is

[12:44] full of mentally ill people. They have

[12:47] Trump derangement syndrome. Some of them

[12:49] have apparently Charlie Kirk derangement

[12:53] syndrome.

[12:55] It's very very sad

[12:58] uh what what we are seeing here. So um

[13:02] the manhunt is on in Utah. They do not

[13:05] have a lot of leads. Uh but they are

[13:09] doing everything that they can to track

[13:12] this down through cell phones, through

[13:15] cameras on campus.

[13:18] Um I I will continue to to keep you

[13:21] updated uh as as we know more. Um let me

[13:26] show you something uh here. This is uh

[13:31] Speaker Mike Johnson tried to call for a

[13:35] moment of silence and a prayer for

[13:38] Charlie Kirk and his family. And then

[13:41] Democrats literally start screaming.

[13:45] They start screaming, "This is

[13:46] inappropriate.

[13:48] This is this isn't what Congress is

[13:50] for." Well, I'll I'll just let you guys

[13:52] watch. I'm going to fast forward because

[13:54] it's a little bit long.

[13:56] The chair would ask that all members

[13:57] present in the chamber and those in the

[13:59] gallery please rise for a moment of

[14:01] prayer for Charlie Kirk and his family.

[14:05] >> All right. Now I'm going to skip

[14:06] forward.

[14:16] >> Saying prayer is inappropriate.

[14:25] Then they start screaming and yelling.

[14:28] >> Wait a minute. The house will be in

[14:29] order. The house will be in order.

[14:34] >> The house will be in order.

[14:43] >> We

[14:46] the house will be in order.

[14:49] I'm sorry if it's hard to hear, but

[14:51] they're they're just

[14:52] >> We will join for prayer right after

[14:54] this. Okay.

[14:57] >> The chair lays before the house.

[14:58] >> All right. So, they uh they they had to

[15:02] basically uh switch gears on on what

[15:05] they were wanting to do. Uh here here's

[15:08] something from uh William Wolf. This

[15:12] gets even worse when you consider that

[15:15] Charlie Kirk, more than anyone else in

[15:17] America on the right or the left, built

[15:20] his platform making a good faith effort

[15:24] to model civic uh civil political

[15:28] discourse

[15:29] and debate in the public square. His

[15:32] entire project was built on reaching

[15:34] across the aisle. And Vice President JD

[15:37] Vance says this is such a good point. If

[15:40] you actually watch Charlie's events as

[15:43] opposed to the fake summaries, they are

[15:45] one of the few places with open and

[15:47] honest dialogue between left and right.

[15:51] He would answer any question and talk to

[15:53] everyone. And that is true. The only

[15:55] political event I've ever been to in my

[15:59] entire life was a Charlie Kirk event.

[16:04] And during that Charlie Kirk event, he

[16:06] had Sank U from the Young Turks on. This

[16:10] guy hates Donald Trump. He's liberal.

[16:13] He's anti-Israel.

[16:16] Uh and they came together and they had a

[16:19] really incredible discussion

[16:22] about what are the things that we could

[16:24] do

[16:26] to build our communities and build back

[16:29] our country. It it was a really actual

[16:32] beautiful thing.

[16:33] Um, but that doesn't seem to be what the

[16:36] left wants. Uh, they're going to Here,

[16:40] here's something else to point out to

[16:41] you guys.

[16:43] Remember, uh, about 10 days ago or so, I

[16:46] had to cover that horrible tragedy where

[16:49] that transgender person shot up a

[16:52] Catholic school on day one, literally

[16:54] shooting children in the middle of

[16:57] prayer. And then they went on TV all

[17:00] night saying, "Screw your prayers. F

[17:03] your prayers. Where was God? Just angry,

[17:06] angry, angry, right? Those same people

[17:09] are now putting on Twitter. Our prayers

[17:11] are with Charlie Kirk. Our prayers and

[17:14] thoughts go out to Charlie Kirk and his

[17:16] family. Give me a break. Bunch of

[17:19] hypocrites. I don't pretend to know how

[17:22] prayer works, but I still believe in it.

[17:24] And now, now that Charlie is gone, my

[17:27] prayers shift over to his family and to

[17:30] our country.

[17:32] people die. It's It's horrible. This is

[17:34] horrible. Today is a horrible day.

[17:37] But it's much worse for Erica and these

[17:41] two children. So now my prayers transfer

[17:44] not from not from saving Charlie Kirk,

[17:47] but to helping his family get through

[17:50] this tragedy.

[17:52] You know, you you you pray that a

[17:54] mountain will be moved so that you can

[17:56] move forward. But once you realize

[17:58] you're on that mountain, you just pray

[18:00] for the strength and energy to climb it.

[18:02] So the manhunt is on in Utah. They don't

[18:06] know whether there was one or two

[18:08] shooters. Right now they have video of

[18:11] the one

[18:13] uh and uh they are going to be going

[18:17] after uh this. I'll just show this one

[18:20] more time uh before I sign off with you

[18:22] guys.

[18:29] right there. Right there.

[18:32] Right there.

[18:34] >> Get right up.

[18:35] >> And this is the uh profile.

[18:38] >> You would think that

[18:39] >> of that same building.

[18:42] So if you believe in prayer, which I do,

[18:45] pray for the FBI to find this person.

[18:49] Pray for the FBI to bring this person to

[18:52] justice. Pray for

[18:55] Charlie Kirk's wife and and his

[18:58] children.

[19:00] Oh man. H

[19:03] this is crazy stuff. I just want you

[19:05] guys to know I love you. If you're

[19:06] hurting, I am sorry. I wish I could take

[19:08] that hurt away. Um it's very very very

[19:12] sad. Okay, as I know more, I will come

[19:15] on uh and and share more with you. Um,

[19:20] someone is saying they have him in

[19:22] custody. Uh, unless that's like breaking

[19:24] news. There was an older gentleman that

[19:26] they brought into custody that was

[19:28] yelling shoot me, shoot me. He was not

[19:31] he was not a part of it. So unless

[19:33] there's breaking news if in which case I

[19:36] will I will come on uh again. But as of

[19:39] right now, the manhunt is on. They do

[19:41] not know who did this. They are tracking

[19:43] every lead that they can. And the left

[19:47] seems to be celebrating one of President

[19:50] Trump's biggest voices, Charlie Kirk's

[19:54] death. It's really, really gross to me.

[19:56] All right, I love you guys. Stay

[19:58] amazing, and I will see you on the next

[20:00] video.