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The Horrific Assassination of Charlie Kirk: A Political Murder That Shook America
In a shocking act of political violence, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by an assassin while speaking at Utah Valley University. The Turning Point USA founder was murdered in front of witnesses during a campus debate event, with the shooter firing from a rooftop approximately 200 yards away. As law enforcement launched a massive manhunt and eventually took a person of interest into custody, the nation grappled with another political assassination. This tragic event exposed the growing tolerance for violence on the left, with some celebrating Kirk's death while Democrats in Congress shouted profanities during a moment of prayer. Kirk, who built a conservative empire starting at age 18, leaves behind his wife Erika and two young daughters.
The Assassination That Changed Everything
Charlie Kirk is dead, murdered, assassinated. The shooter fired from a rooftop at Utah Valley University, striking Kirk in the neck with a single, high-powered round while he was speaking at a debate hosted by his organization, Turning Point USA. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition but later succumbed to his injuries, leaving behind his wife Erika and two young children.
The shooting occurred during what was supposed to be the first stop on Kirk's American Comeback Tour. Ironically, Kirk was answering questions about mass shootings and gun violence when the assassin's bullet found its mark. A questioner had just asked about transgender mass shooters, and Kirk had responded before a single shot rang out, ending his life.
The Manhunt and Investigation
Utah Valley University was immediately evacuated and remained closed as authorities launched a massive investigation. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that a subject was taken into custody, though initial reports caused confusion when law enforcement released one person, George Zim, who was detained at the scene but was not the shooter. Zim was later booked for obstruction of justice.
The actual person of interest was apprehended later, dressed entirely in black. Security camera footage captured the suspect, though the quality was limited. Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bo Mason confirmed the investigation was being co-led by state authorities and the FBI, with full resources devoted to finding everyone involved.
Governor of Utah addressed the press, calling it unequivocally a political assassination. He emphasized that Kirk believed in free speech and debate, and that university campuses should be places where ideas are formulated and discussed. The governor warned whoever was responsible: "We will find you. We will try you and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law." He reminded everyone that Utah still has the death penalty.
Security Failures and Investigation Details
The event had significant security presence, including six officers from Utah Valley University Police Department and Kirk's own security team. Police Chief Jeff Long described the venue as an open-air setting in a bowl area surrounded by buildings, with over 3,000 people in attendance. Despite their preparation, the shooter managed to fire from a rooftop location approximately 200 yards away.
Chief Long, visibly devastated, called it "the police chief's nightmare." He explained that they had plain-clothes officers in the crowd and had coordinated with Kirk's security team, who traveled with him regularly. The fact that someone could position themselves on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle represented a catastrophic security failure.
Federal authorities, including the FBI, ATF, NSA, and multiple federal agencies, descended on the scene. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others were actively monitoring the situation from Washington. The FBI established a digital media tip line for witnesses to submit information and evidence.
President Trump and National Response
President Donald Trump issued a statement calling Kirk "great and even legendary," noting that "no one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie." Trump ordered all American flags lowered to half-mast until Sunday evening at 6 p.m. in honor of Kirk, calling him "a truly great American patriot."
The response from Congress was mixed and disturbing. Representative Lauren Boebert requested a moment of prayer on the House floor for Kirk, which was met with shouting and profanity from Democrats. Video captured what appeared to be Representative Jasmine Crockett shouting obscenities during the solemn moment. Similar scenes played out in state legislatures, with Michigan state Democrats Joey Andrews and Emily Devonorf refusing to stand during prayers for Kirk, with some witnesses claiming they were snickering.
Charlie Kirk's Legacy and Impact
Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 when he was just 18 years old, skipping college to build what would become a conservative empire. His organization fundamentally changed the political landscape in America, particularly among young people. Kirk was known for his enthusiasm, optimism, and ability to engage with students on college campuses across the country.
Foster Friess, now deceased, was one of Kirk's early supporters, meeting him on a stairway at CPAC when Kirk was still a teenager. Friess was so taken by Kirk's drive and vision that he wrote one of the first checks to Turning Point USA, helping launch what would become a political force.
Kirk was a modern-day evangelist who saw promise in young people when others dismissed them. He regularly spoke about the Christian revival happening among Generation Z, noting they were returning to church in record numbers. His infectious enthusiasm for the future and his belief that conservatism could be fun and exciting again resonated with millions.
Laura Ingraham noted that Kirk had been on her show just 48 hours before his murder. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who also received numerous death threats, said Kirk was irreplaceable and that his murder was intended to silence an effective advocate for conservative values.
Media Response and Democratic Rhetoric
The media response to Kirk's assassination was widely criticized as disgraceful. MSNBC called Kirk "divisive" and "polarizing" just minutes after his death. One MSNBC commentator bizarrely suggested the shooter might have been "a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration" who accidentally hit Kirk.
Another MSNBC segment blamed Kirk himself for getting shot, with a commentator stating: "You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place." The suggestion was that Kirk's rhetoric somehow justified his murder.
Former President Barack Obama issued a statement saying "we don't really know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk," despite the obvious political nature of the assassination. Many conservatives pointed out the absurdity of claiming ignorance about motive when a political figure was murdered at a political event while giving a political speech.
Katie Tur on MSNBC suggested Trump would "exploit" Kirk's death as justification for federal intervention, framing concern about political violence as a political calculation rather than a legitimate response to assassination.
The Left's Celebration and Tolerance for Violence
Social media revealed disturbing celebrations of Kirk's death. One account, belonging to someone named Omar who attended Utah Valley University, had posted the day before: "Charlie Kirk is coming to my college tomorrow I really hope someone evaporates him." The account added: "Let's just say something big will happen tomorrow." After the shooting, the account was protected.
Another woman posted a video laughing about Kirk's death, saying "live by the sword, die by the sword," suggesting Kirk deserved to be shot because he supported gun rights. The video showed her laughing and appearing gleeful about the assassination.
These reactions reflected broader research showing growing tolerance for political violence on the left. A survey by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University found that among self-identified liberals, 55% said murdering Trump would be justified, while 29% said murdering Elon Musk would be acceptable. The research, published in April 2025, warned that America was entering "uncharted territory" regarding political violence.
Political Implications and Calls for Action
Many conservatives argued this assassination should be a wake-up call for Republicans to stop seeking reconciliation with Democrats and instead focus on defeating them politically. They pointed to a pattern of left-wing violence, from the attempted assassinations of Trump to the shooting of Representative Steve Scalise to the murder of Kirk.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, himself a survivor of political violence, spoke about the tragedy and the importance of not letting Kirk's movement die. Representative Chip Roy and others called for unity but also accountability.
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who credited Kirk with recruiting her to politics, said the Democratic rhetoric calling Republicans fascists and Nazis created the environment for this violence. She urged people to share pictures of Kirk's family and legacy rather than the graphic video of his shooting.
Secretary Pete Duffy and his wife Rachel issued prayers for Kirk before his death was confirmed, asking Jesus to "wrap your loving arms around Kirk" and "deliver our nation from political and religious violence."
The Family Left Behind
Charlie Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika and two young daughters. According to reports, at least one of his children was present at the event when he was shot. His family learned of his death through a police officer visiting their home, a devastating notification that Police Chief Long described as tragic.
Kirk had recorded videos for supporters' children, including one for Laura Ingraham's daughter Maria when he visited Texas A&M, showing his personal touch and connection with young conservatives. These small moments now serve as painful reminders of what was lost.
The outpouring of love for Kirk's family came from around the world, with people sharing memories of how Kirk had touched their lives through his work, his faith, and his unwavering optimism about America's future.
A Nation at a Crossroads
The assassination of Charlie Kirk represents more than the loss of one man. It symbolizes the breakdown of civil discourse in America and the normalization of political violence. Kirk was murdered while doing exactly what made America great: engaging in debate, sharing ideas, and exercising free speech on a college campus.
The governor of Utah captured the moment's gravity, asking Americans to look in the mirror and question whether this is what 250 years of American history has led to. He pleaded with those who celebrated Kirk's death to find "a better angel" within themselves.
But many conservatives argued that prayers and reflection are not enough. They called for Republicans to use their political power to investigate the networks and funding behind extremist ideologies, to enforce laws equally, and to ensure consequences for those who incite and celebrate violence.
Charlie Kirk spent his adult life believing in America's promise and young people's potential. He built an empire on optimism and engagement. His murder by an assassin's bullet is a stark reminder that not everyone shares that vision, and some are willing to kill to silence voices they oppose.
Video Transcript
Yes. Hello, my friends. What a horrific day. Charlie Kirk is dead, murdered, assassinated, and the shooter is still at large. We are horrified by what happened, sick, and enraged, as I'm sure many of you are. They say they have a press conference for us that's going to be happening in just a few minutes. And so, we'll go through this and get through this together. We have the news panel up and we can see that there is a lot of coverage about this and you may have seen the footage and we just pause to pray for Charlie. May he rest in peace and for his family, his wife, his daughters, all of his friends and everybody who is impacted by his work and his movement. and we'll keep our eye on what's coming out. You can see Turning Point just came out with the statement. They said it's with a heavy heart that we confirm that Kirk has been murdered by a gunshot. We ask everyone to keep his family and loved ones in our prayers. And we ask that you please respect their privacy and dignity at this time. And so, as you can see, they're getting ready to tell us what the latest is on this. And we want to know what is happening because the shooter apparently is still at large. And we've got a lot of reaction. There's been an outpouring of love for Charlie and his family and for all their efforts from people all over the world. And it is a beautiful thing to watch. We've got reaction from the media that is largely disgusting. We'll go through that. We also had some stuff happening in Congress today and we're keeping our eye on what's happening on the cables. Now, this is what Fox News Live has for us. They're talking to AOC. I don't really care what she has to say right now. The president posted this. The great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. No one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by all, especially me. And now he is no longer with us. Melania and my sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erica and family. Charlie, we love you. And flags are going to half mass until Sunday. In honor of Charlie Kirk, a truly great American patriot, I am ordering all Americans flags throughout the United States lowered to half mass until Sunday evening at 6 p.m. AP has the latest updates for us over here. Shooter still at large. This was earlier when he was in critical condition. Now he's been shot and killed. one of the final photos before an assassin's bullet exploded his neck right in front of his wife and kids. Believe his one kid was there at least. Charlie Kirk, close ally to Trump and more killed. Death was announced on social media from Trump. The suspected shooter has not been arrested. The mayor said a person who was taken into custody by law enforcement at the university where Kirk was speaking was not the suspect. And there were a bunch of videos going around of some dude who got arrested and he was invoking his right to remain silent and all the things. And so many people thought it was him, but it wasn't. The person is still at large. Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into the microphone. Single shot rings out. Kirk is seen reaching up. We're not going to play the video here, but you should see it so you know what we're dealing with and recognize the evil that is out there. Charlie Kirk was an innocent man having a political conversation and someone shot him in the neck. The AP was able to confirm videos were taken at the Sorenson Center at the Utah Valley University campus. He was speaking at a debate hosted by a nonprofit political organization and he was taking questions literally before the shooting about mass shootings and gun violence and then somebody shot him. Here is where it looked like Kirk was speaking here. The university stated the shooter file fire fired from the lassi center. Okay. So, the shooter was on the roof, a sniper 200 yard out. Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years? Said somebody in the audience. Kirk responded. He said, "Too many." The questioner followed up, "Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?" Kirk said, "Counting or not counting gang violence?" Then a single shot ran out and Charlie was dead. He was in critical condition. They transported him to the hospital, but he passed. Utah Valley University was immediately evacuated. Remains closed. Officials have been seen looking at a photo on their phones and showing it to people to recognize if they have a person of interest. The event was the first of Charlie's The American Comeback Tour. online petition from lunatics said, "We don't want to hear from you because we hate free speech." He said, "What's going on, Utah?" And now he's dead. Now they're giving us Gavin Newsome quotes for whatever reason. Former Utah Congressman Jason Chavitz, a Republican who was at the event, said in an interview, "Seemed like it was a close shot." Someone else said Utah is one of the safest places on the planet. We don't have these types of things happening. Turning Point founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk when the dude was 18 years old. And this dude was a force of nature. He built an empire that changed the landscape of our political arena and he had 40 years at least ahead of him and they cut him out, man, because they're cowards and they couldn't just go to the mic and ask him a question. Despite early misgivings, Turning Point enthusiastically backed Trump and more. Hannah Shonbomb is writing that story over from CNN. Let's see what they've got reporting for us. We still don't have the shooter. They said they had the shooter. We still don't know. Charlie shot and killed. A manhunt is underway. They should be briefing us very soon. Two federal law enforcement officials tell CNN the initial search has not recovered the gun used in the shooting. A law enforcement briefed on the matter told CNN. So, the sniper took the weapon with him. Authorities are expected to hold a news conference shortly. They're going to have updates, of course, we're going to cover that live. They have not identified a suspect. We'll see if they give us one. Investigators don't have a suspect identified, they say. Bondi said that the agents from the bureau are out on the scene. Law enforcement officers can be seen in the videos combing through buildings, including rooftops, at the perimeter of the open air venue where the shooting occurred at Utah Valley University. An apparent effort to collect evidence. Police are still looking for the suspect and so we'll get more hopefully very soon. Cash Patel posted this. We are closely monitoring reports of the tragic shooting involving Charlie Kirk. Our thoughts are with Charlie, his loved ones, and everyone affected. Agents will be on the scene quickly for ongoing response and investigation and help in that arena. Pam Bondi also said FBI and ATF agents are on the scene. Pray for Charlie. A lot of this was posted before he passed and so hopefully we get an update very soon. Now, Jackie Heinrich says that the NSA and others were actively engaged in this. Okay, so the whole of the federal government is looking like it's being activated. Situation Room and NSA Rubio are actively engaged in monitoring the situation. They're also in contact with state officials to try to track this dude down. Secretary Kennedy had some posts saying, "We're praying for you." Todd Blanch saying, "We're investigating this." Eric Trump said, "Charlie Kirk is a great friend." Kevin McCarthy praying for Charlie Kirk and his family. Secretary Duffy, he said, "Rachel and I are in complete shock. We don't know what else to do at this moment other than pray for a miracle for this devoted Christian and patriot before he passed. Jesus, King of the Universe, please wrap your loving arms around Kirk now more than ever. Please heal him and deliver our nation from a political and religious violence that has afflicted us." Amen to Secretary Duffy. Now, the media was horrific. And before we get into that, let's just check in with the cables and see what's happening over here because it looks like Laura Ingram is doing some reporting now. No, no. These young people, these young people mean business and they are on fire with their faith, returning to family, uh becoming more serious about what America is now and what she should be in the future. So, he was on our show Green. Even people that didn't agree with him would come um ask questions, even argue with him. Um, it was it was he was always about the debate. Uh, and Charlie Kirk was never for violence and to see him murdered in in such a graphic way uh, in front of the camera and that video is too gruesome. Honestly, I hope it gets taken down. I I don't I don't think his wife or children one day should ever see it. I really hope it gets taken down. But, um, >> it's horrible. >> I I'm at a loss for words and I'm not often at a loss for words. How concerned are you about your own safety in the wake of this attack? I mean, you know, he's a giant on the right. You you were a giant on the right. >> Yeah, he had asked me that, too. Um, of course, I am very concerned. I have some of the most death threats in Congress and they're always ongoing, but again, today I really it's not about me today. It's about Charlie and his life and his family and everyone that's mourning his loss. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Congresswoman. >> Thank you, Mr. Congress. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green there uh speaking. >> They're going to look at that to see whether there's any indicator there of any of anybody who might have been perhaps making threats against against Charlie Kirk. And then of course uh looking at cell phone towers. They can dump out pretty much every cell phone that has connected to a cell phone tower in that vicinity to try to identify an anomalies. people who may not go belong to that to that area or go to that university. Again, this is how they begin essentially uh trying to find a needle needle in a hay stack in an investigation like this where there are no obvious suspects. There's nobody who clearly was detained uh there and and they that they believe uh could have carried this out. Jake. >> All right, Evan Perez, thanks so much. And on that matter, on that subject of the FBI, let's bring in Andrew McCabe, who is a former deputy director. >> Andrew McCabe is a live attack criminal. Get him off your channel. Well, he should be in jail. All right. So, they bring on a corrupt FBI agent to come talk about Charlie Kirk's death. This guy hates Charlie Kirk cuz Charlie Kirk talked about what a corrupt piece of garbage he is. So, well done Jake Tapper, you piece of crap. Now, there's a lot more that's happening out there. We have Barack Obama with a ridiculous exost and he said the following. He said, "We don't really know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk." >> I wonder what it is, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie's family tonight, especially his wife Erica and their two young children. Yeah. So, he's getting rad over the coals appropriately. Mike Cernovich says, "Hey, Barry, you were a member of the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist organization that firebombed targets across the country. Or maybe you weren't a member but only an admirer and you worked closely with the leader Bill Ays Sour Patch. It was you your rhetoric your party. May you never know a moment's piece again. We got Cardier the rhetoric of the Democratic party are what motivated this 100%. Emily Austin did this bro just say we don't know what motivated it. He was a Democrat and we don't even know that. We don't know if the person is a Democrat. We don't know who it is yet. The point is, you can't infer the motivation. Somebody tried to shoot Trump in the head and and they said the same thing. Charlie Kirk was a political leader. He was giving a political talk at a political event. Somebody shot him in the neck and he's killed. We know what it was. They didn't want him to continue to speak. They were trying to silence a very effective advocate for America. And they just play dumb. I get so sick of this crap. They just play dumb all the time. Well, we don't know. Gun violence. It's just gun violence. No, it's not. It's much broader than that. They are a death cult. They have a penchant for death. They from top to bottom, they want you dead. If you have a baby that you don't want, kill it. Euthanasia will just kill you when you're a senior. They bring in illegal aliens to rape and murder our people. They weaponize the health care system to poison our people. They release criminals onto the streets to slice people's necks open. Luigi Manion shoots some CEO in the back and gets like a heography essentially from people like Taylor Loren saying, "Well, it's kind of exciting. They are sick and every time something like this happens, they just try to pass the buck to somebody else. We don't know what motivated this person." Okay, I think we know. You don't want to admit it, but it's your party. You guys are the same people screaming constantly that the right is filled with radicals and right-wing extremism. You're shooting people, not us. Barack Obama, idiot. So, that was out. Let's see. Charlie Kirk is speaking right now. Let's listen to this >> event to send those to the FBI. They'll assemble. The FBI is capable of assembling a massive >> it is Brett and I think those who would carry out these evil acts and vi this type of violence they they want to push people indoors and away from that type of evangel evangelization because Charlie was so effective just like Trump twice they tried to kill him. So he's so effective. Anyone who is effective and in the public eye, you're a target. And and I think the message, and it probably is a message of intimidation. No, you won't go in public. No, you won't go to this part of of the country. And Utah is obviously a conservative place, but they want to drive people indoors and to isolate them from the rest of the public. Charlie would not do that. He knew the threats, by the way. He was very aware of the threats. He had security. He knew people. You had you have to be with people to make a difference. He was and that's why so many young people here and as you pointed out around the world are in mourning tonight because he touched their hearts and their minds. That is really hard to do. Really hard to do. And he did it night after night, day after day. >> And he was doing it with big figures. I mean, he had Gavin Newsome on the show and the back and forth with the governor of California who, by the way, put out a statement, you know, obviously lamenting this violence and and saying it can't happen and for mourning uh his death and condolences for his family. A lot of Democrats have obviously put out statements tonight. >> Well, I'm infuriated though, Brett. I mean, in in my in my unconsolable on the sadness front. >> Me too, Laura. I'm outraged. And I heard from so many young people, they're infuriated that this happened. They're angry. They want to channel it in a positive way. But this cannot continue. And Democrats and Republicans have to get together and issue a state. And there should be a joint statement by Thoon and and all the Democrat leaders, Pelosi and Hakee Jeff and all of them get out there in the public and say this is it. >> Yeah, that's not going to happen. They're scum also. So we've got some reaction here. This was a unbelievable moment on the House floor clipped over courtesy of town hall and you see this is what they captured. So in Congress today, Representative Lauren B Boowbert requested a moment of prayer for Charlie Kirk. Can we just pause and just pay respects for somebody who got shot in the neck and killed in front of his family? Here's how that sounded from these psychos on the left. And I'm pretty sure it's Jasmine Crockett who you can hear dropping the fbomb on the House floor doing what you know talking in whatever language she talks sounding like this. >> For what purpose gentle lady from Colorado rise Wow. Okay. So, you hear that uproar so a little bit I'll I'll back this up a little bit and let's see if we can boost this volume up here so we can really hear some of the audio and you can hear it's the the woman from Colorado is called Lauren Boowerbert and she says, "Hey, I think it just be appropriate right now." You can hear she's talking in the back over here and then as soon as she says moment of prayer, the Democrats start screeching. So, let's see if we can boost this volume up so we can hear the good stuff. For what purpose of prayer? [Applause] >> Let's let's let's wait a minute. Wait a minute. The house will be in order. The house will be in order. The house will be in order. Shh. Okay. Sorry for the loudness of this that gave. We [Music] the house will be in order. We we will join prayer right after this. Okay. That I'm pretty sure that was Jasmine Crockett. You could hear it. >> Let's hear that. What was that? That was Jasmine. >> Let's Let's Let's >> Wait a minute. >> Did you hear her say the fbomb? Y'all something effing something. And then he comes out. Man, I would like a transcript of that. She's a maniac and she's dropping fbombs. She can't even pause for two seconds because a political figure in America got shot in the neck. Sick people. that's on the floor of Congress. So, how can you how can you call for, you know, like uh reconciliation with the Democrats or like we should come together and like have a conversation about this. There are many of them who will not even stand up. That's how sick they are. Here was another one from these lunatics in the media. Let me see where this one was. I got so much of it. Here you go. Mostly peaceful memes just shared this video here or this image explaining the Michigan State Legislature is currently praying for Charlie Kirk who was just shot. Here are two Democrats called Joey Andrews and Emily Devonorf who couldn't be bothered to stand because they're too in favor of Charlie being shot. In fact, they were snickering, said somebody. Right? That's kind of how we're dealing. This is the opposite party. They want you dead. During COVID, if you didn't get the jab, they said you shouldn't get medical treatment. In fact, some of them said you should be forced to take it or you should be locked up in prison. Remember that. They want people dead. And it's not this is not just, you know, an observation that we should just, oh, okay, I guess that's happening to us. I guess we'll just sit here and express calm and clarity and prayer. Or should we be outraged about this and demanding that our politicians do something aggressive about this and take the reigns away from this psychotic death cult party or else it's a suicidal party. And if anything comes from today, man, I hope it's a freaking reckoning for the Republicans who are in elected positions. You're not playing with a fair set of rules. They will shoot you in the neck to take out your one of your top political guys. And I would never call for violence, but I do want repercussions and I want justice. And so, let's check back in. Let's see where we're at with this briefing because I saw the podium was scheduled up, but we don't have the podium now. That was where this was. Uh let's hear what this guy has to say and see if what he is reporting now. >> But primarily I'm just so heartbroken. Charlie's Charlie's been such a wonderful voice. He's such a a bright young man, faithful and and just full of uh smart and articulate and able to able to persuade people. He was a force of nature. We're going to >> miss him dearly. >> All right. So >> yeah, unequivocal. And I really appreciate what Fox is doing. It looks like they're giving us a little montage. And so let's listen in on this. >> No, I do not agree. >> Oh, so so small humans know human rights. Grown humans human rights. >> A small human, it's an embryo. >> It has a heartbeat. It has brain waves. >> Make it a child. >> The excuses given for abortion is dehumanization. Oh, it's just an embryo. Guys, that's just using different language to justify the massacre of something smaller than you. Uh Turning Point's growth is in no small part thanks to its savvy use of social media and online media to meet young people where they are, including with viral clips like that. And the organization's grassroots efforts have become a political force and is credited in part with helping President Trump perform so well with young voters in the last election. Brett >> Garrett Tenny in Chicago. Garrett, thank you. Let's bring in former New York police inspector, Fox News contributor Paul Morrow. Uh Paul, you know, you're down covering the Ryan Ruth uh case and uh >> yeah, another assassin. >> I want to talk to you about the hunt for this shooter and where you think this is right now. Originally, they thought they had a suspect in custody that authorities said there's somebody in custody. It turns out it wasn't him. It was some guy that was running away. It was not this guy. As you look at this video and you see what looks like a high-powered round from the the university says from a a distance away, where do you think this hunt is right now at this moment? >> Well, unfortunately, the early reports that somebody was apprehended may excuse me have stilled the investigation a bit because people that might have had something salient and important might not have come forward. So, let's take this assuming that we're starting with >> All right, we got breaking news here. We got Cash Patel just posting this. The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk, he posted this minutes ago, is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with the FBI. We will provide updates when able. Yeah, we want the name. We want to know who did this and who supported this and who his co-conspirators were and who was funneling him money or resources or information or knowledge or weapons. We want to know what his family was involved in. We want to know if he went to the gun range every single social media post. We don't want to cover up like we have had many times over here in multiple assassination attempts. They burned the butler assassin Thomas Krooks immediately and we got no information about that. But now we've got a new FBI director in charge. So hopefully we find out who is behind this type of criminal network that the Democratic party has become and we're happy to see he's in custody. So that might be why the press briefing is delayed a little bit because we now have that news. While we're here, let's take a look at what Pam Bondi had to say. If anything, she may have an update for us. Let's check out her ex account and see if there's anything more from her. Nothing else. FBI and ATF agents are on the scene and so pray for Charlie. Now, I think we might have somebody speaking over We do. Let's get to it. Here it is. Courtesy of Well, let's go over here, shall we? Introduction. And now the update. Hello everyone. I'm Bo Mason, commissioner for the Utah Department of Public Safety. to date to approximately 12:20 Mountain Standard Time. Political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at the Utah Valley University. He was taken by private vehicle to Tempgus Hospital where he later passed. The Utah Department of Public Safety will be co-leading this criminal investigation to find this killer along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We are working in unison with the county sheriff's office, the local police department, and the university police department, all of which have been very cooperative and fully engaged in this process. Shortly after the shooting, we did have a suspect in custody, George Zim, but he was released from custody after we identified that he did not match the shooty suspect um and was not an accurate person of interest. However, he has been booked into the uh county jail by Utah Valley University Police Department for obstruction of justice. We do still have an active investigation for the person of interest. This incident occurred with a large crowd round. There was one shot fired and one one victim. While the suspect is at large, we believe this was a targeted attack towards one individual. >> What? >> He's still at large. This is a tragic moment in our state and in our country. As we heal, we encourage everyone who is struggling with news of the instant to call 988, our state mental health crisis line. In addition to that, our partners with the FBI will also be discussing other ways we can communicate through the public for tips and other information. Thank you. >> I thought Cash just said they got it. >> Good afternoon. On behalf of the FBI, we extend our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Charlie Kirk. Our thoughts are also with the people who witnessed this traumatic event. We know that you what you experienced was very difficult. Our thoughts are with you as well. As soon as we heard about the shooting, special agents and personnel from the Salt Lake field office responded immediately. We have full resources devoted to this investigation, including tactical, operational, investigative, and intelligence. To be clear, the FBI will fully support and co-lead this investigation alongside with our partners. We are working on setting up a digital media tip line, and as soon as it's established, we'll get that information out to everyone. I know there's a lot of questions. This is very much an active case, and this investigation is in its early stages. We are following all the leads and all the evidence. >> Anyone has any information, please report it to the FBI or local law enforcement. Thank you. >> This is bizarre. Cash posted this 9 minutes ago. You can see it on my >> behalf of President Tumz who we've been communicating with and she's on her way back right now. I >> say that on behalf of Utah Valley University, we are shocked and saddened by the tragic passing of Charlie Kirk. We express our sincere condolences to the Kirk family. We agree with our students, faculty, and staff who bore witness to this unspeakable tragedy. He was invited by the student group Turning Point USA to speak on our campus. We firmly believe that UVU is a place to share ideas and to debate openly and respectfully. Any attempt to infringe on those rights has no place here. We do not condone any form of violence at EVU and seek to make our campus a safe place for all. Yeah, this is live right now all across the cable. So, this is real time. >> Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us on this uh on this dark and and tragic occasion. I want to thank our law enforcement officers who are leading this investigation. Starting with Chief Long uh and and his uh his response here with the UVU Police Department. Um, we're grateful for your leadership and uh and your team and again to the the speakers that you've just heard from who are are co-leading this investigation. I also want to recognize Sheriff Mike Smith who has been an invaluable partner as uh as this investigation moves forward. I've been in touch with uh with with President Trump, with FBI Director Cash Patel. Um, we are completely aligned with our state and federal partners as uh as we work through this case. Now, this is a dark day for our state. It's a tragic day for our nation. I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination. >> Yes, it is. We are >> tell Obama that >> celebrating 250 years of the founding of this great nation that founding document the Declaration of Independence that this this great experiment on which we embarked together 250 years ago that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. The first one of those is life. And today, a life was taken. Charlie Kirk was first and foremost a husband and a dad to two young children. He was also very much politically involved and that's why he was here on campus. Charlie believed in the power of free speech and debate to shape ideas and to persuade people. Historically, our university campuses in this nation and here in the state of Utah have been the place where truth and ideas are formulated and debated. And that's what he does. He comes on college campuses and he debates. That is foundational to the formation of our country, to our most basic constitutional rights. And when someone takes the life of a person because of their ideas or their ideals, then that very constitutional foundation is threatened. Now, we have a person of interest in custody. >> Okay? >> The investigation is ongoing, but I want to make it crystal clear right now to whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law. And I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah. Our nation is broken. We've had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the governor of Pennsylvania and we had an attempted assassination on a presidential candidate and former president of the United States and now current president of the United States. >> Yeah. Two really. Second guy. >> Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken. >> Nobody can. Nothing I can say can bring back Charlie Kirk. >> Nope. >> Our hearts are broken. We mourn with his wife, his children, his family, his friends. We mourn as a nation. If anyone in the sound of my voice celebrated even a little bit at the news of this shooting, I would beg you to look in the mirror >> and may you burn in hell >> and to see if you can find a better angel in there somewhere. >> That's nicer statement. >> I don't care what his politics are. I care that he was an American. We desperately need our country. We desperately need leaders in our country. But more than the leaders, we just need every single person in this country to think about where we are and where we want to be. >> We need to win. >> To ask ourselves, is this is this it? Is this what 250 years has wrought on us? >> It could be. I pray that that's not the case. I pray that those who hated what Charlie Cook stood for will put down their social media and their pens >> and pray for his family. >> They won't. They're dropping f bombs in Congress >> and that all of us all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans. >> Yeah, that's nice statement. With that, we're happy to take a few questions. >> The FBI director is posting that a social that a suspect is in custody. I would just like clarification. Do you or do you not have a suspected shooter in custody? >> We have a person of interest in custody that is being interviewed right now. >> That is not George Zinn. >> That is not George Zinn. That is correct. >> Are you still searching looking for another shooter or anybody else related? Yes, we are actively looking for anyone and everyone who has any any possible information relating to this shooting. >> Can you tell us details about the suspect being taken into custody? Where, you know, how long ago? >> We we cannot at this point, but we will get you that information when when we can. >> Is there believed to be a second individual involved in the shooting? At at this point there is no information that would lead us to believe that there is a second person involved. >> Do we have the possible shooting? >> Um we do you want to talk about what we know there? >> Yeah. >> The only information we have on on the suspect uh the possible shooter is taken from closed circuit TV here on campus. Um we do have that. We're we're analyzing it. Um, but it is security camera footage, so you can you can u kind of guess what the what the quality of that is. Um, but we do know uh dressed in in all all dark clothing. Uh, but we don't have much better description other than that. >> Where the shot came from. >> The shot came from here on campus um from a a location um at a roof >> uh potentially from a roof. Yes. Longer distance shot from a roof. So to clarify, with the security camera footage you have and the person of interest that's in custody, do those does that match up? >> That's what we're trying to decipher right now. >> Did the FBI or DHS have anything on the threat board this morning? >> I can't speak. >> I'll just say that the investigation is ongoing and as soon as we have further information, we will be sure to release it. >> Any indications for an intelligence involvement? >> As of now, I can't comment on any of that. >> Can you talk a little about the security of the event itself? who was there securitywise and and what happens on these kind of events. Chief Long. >> So, my name is Jeff Long. I'm the police chief here at UVU. And I'll tell you right now, we are devastated. We're a small uh small police department. Uh we have a very large campus. We have over 40,000 students and we love our students. We love our visitors and we're devastated by what happened today. This is the police chief's nightmare. Um I'm I'm very saddened for the Kirk family. >> Nightmares. Yeah. Um, I know his uh his wife and parents uh found out about this. You know, obviously he's away from home. He's here in Utah. They find out uh by police officer uh that visits their home. That's tragic. Nobody wants that. But I can tell you about our venue today. This was an open venue. This is outside. Uh we did have um six officers working that event. Um we had probably over 3,000 people that were in attendance. Um it sat down in kind of a bowl area here on the central campus. We have a waterfall area and so he was kind of in a a lower area uh surrounded by uh by buildings. Um you know we we had um uh some plain closed police officers that were in the crowd as well. You know we train for these things and and you think you you have things covered and um you know these things um unfortunately they happen. you try to get you try to get your bases covered and unfortunately today we didn't and because of that we had this tragic incident. So we did have officers there. We had Charlie Kirk's team. Um he has a security team that travels with him and they were here with him when when he was shot. >> Was the gun recovered? >> I'm sorry. See, >> was the weapon recovered? >> Um I at this point I I can't disclose that. >> There was a question being asked about mass shootings. Was that person apprehended? And do you know who asked that question? >> Say the question again. I don't know if I understand what you're saying. >> When Charlie Kirk was shot, he was answering a question about mass shootings specifically. Was that person apprehended? And do you know who asked that? >> Yeah. Was that a time? >> Uh I do not we do not have that at this moment. >> Ladies and gentlemen, we have time for just one more question. So thank you. >> Yeah. Um a question for the chief as well. Um, was it your team or Kirk's team or a combination of both that kind of set the security protocol for the event? >> So, we worked together. You know, he has his team and they do this all over the country. We all know that this is not uncommon for them. Uh, they're very comfortable on campuses and I was coordinating with his lead security guy and um, uh, so yeah, we were working together. >> Was this a shooter type shot? >> Was this? >> Ladies and gentlemen, that's that's um, those are all the questions that will be answered today. Um, again, thank you for for covering this. Uh, we will be uh we'll be updating you as soon as we have additional information through uh through normal channels, working with law enforcement. Again, our our deepest uh condolences uh to the uh to the Kirk family and uh and to the students who were who were there today. Um and uh I would I would just ask everyone everywhere to please pray for their family and uh and to pray for our country. Um we need it now more than ever. Thank you. >> All right, just listening. >> So that is what we get out of that. So if you missed it, there was some questions about what Cash Patel was saying and what they were saying. And so I pulled up Cash's post just so we can do a little compare and contrast over here. And he posted this, so I know many people are watching back east, but it's 3:42 right now. And so he posted this where I'm at. He posted this at 3:21. And he said the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. So he might be overselling it. I don't know. Or the other people who were there on the scene are underelling it. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership. We'll provide updates when we are able. So we don't have a name. We don't know anything more about the guy. Let's see what the cables have to say in response to that. when able. Again, we don't have any information about that person other than he was dressed in all black uh and that the shot likely came from a rooftop in that venue in the university. Let's go back to former New York City uh police inspector and Fox News contributor Paul Morrow. Paul, you listened uh to that. It sounds like they may have their person uh but they're calling him a subject at this point. Your thoughts? Jonathan. >> Well, I don't think that Director Patel would put that statement out so unequivocally unless they felt pretty confident that they have their man. Uh there are a number of ways that they can confirm this. But let's just say that once you have the body and you're pretty sure that this is the person, they will nail that down quite quickly. As they did with Ryan Ruth in the courthouse behind me, whose trial is ongoing. They pulled him over and they knew in short order, this is our guide. There's a number of things you can do. You can chest the check the hands for powder burns. You can go through a whole series of things, but you go backward into the person's life and you're likely going to find various uh strong clues that indicate that you do have this person. And you hope now is that if this is in fact the person, it's the only person and that this is not a part of something larger. >> Yeah. And Paul, that's the key is that they were asked if there were other people involved. They don't know. They think there was one shooter. They say they were he was dressed in black. Likely a shot from the rooftop. You suspected that that was kind of a longer uh range shot looking at what everything you saw online. >> Yeah. I mean uh you know, look, and I don't mean to be too graphic, but a lot of us have seen that video, and if you haven't seen it, I don't recommend it. Um but that said, it's very clear that that's not a handgun shot. >> That's what they'll do. um that argues a a long gun, a very highowered gun, which means it's going to be from a distance because if somebody pulled that out in a crowd, a long gun, you're going to have multiple witnesses. Probably somebody tackles them or follows them, and this would have been rolled up a lot more quickly. That's why uh in some of my early commentary, as soon as I learned about this, I was a little skeptical of the first person that they got in custody who now sounds like he's in custody just for some sort of an obstruction charge, probably due to some of the statements he made. But I think that, you know, it was a logical conclusion that it came from someplace further away because the person wasn't apprehended the power of the round. But that also again is a clue. And I'm sure that they started ripping videotape. you have a various vectors that you can go down and it speaks to the level of commitment here of the task force that they undoubtedly threw together quickly that they got somebody this quickly. >> Yeah, Paul Mora, we appreciate it. Thank you very much. >> All right, so we'll check back over there. There's a lot of people on X right now who are digging around and trying to figure out if there's some evidence about who this dude is. And this was a curious one. and wokeness flagged this guy called Omar at najir najra gals posted one day ago and this person's account has gone silent now okay so they have now protected their posts and they posted this the day before today says Charlie Kirk is coming to my college tomorrow I really hope someone evaporates him literally 158 psychopaths posted yeah we love that yeah literally Democrats lots of them and lots of views. A lot of them probably would like it if they could. Omar says, "Let's just say something big will happen tomorrow." And then he posts this picture of this smiling dog cuz I guess what what is the big thing going to be? You're going to execute somebody. You're going to murder and assassinate somebody cuz you're a coward. Let's just say something big will happen tomorrow. So people are flagging the FBI on that. Check this out FBI. Go get this dude. I'm sure Bondi is on it. Tiffany says, "This guy protected his thing." And I don't want to say it's this guy because he's non-binary. Whatever it is, they them non-binary goat of all time. I'm 17. Is that a Mexican flag? Get out of here. You're kidding me. That's what a shocker. So, if that is him or somebody connected to him right now, the posts are protected and goes to Utah Valley University. Yeah. And appears people are now saying the shooter was on the roof. See, there's a photo there's a video of the shooter who they're thinking was on there. And there's other video of somebody running across the roof. And you know, it's not a it's not a close shot. Got to get on the roof. You got to bypass a bunch of security. I mean, was this a more of a professional individual or is this a crazy teenager or something? I don't know. But it's a strange situation and it would be very very surreal if Charlie Kirk in the middle of a question about trans shooters was shot by a trans shooter. And maybe that was a tag team. Maybe the person came up to ask the question. Once that question got called, there was the bullet. So it's just a sickening and horrific horrific day. But the media was also talking about this in a repulsive way. And here's just a couple of clips from some of the highlights from our scumbag media. We're up volume. Let me make sure we got the volume situation over here. Oh, Chip Royy's out. Let's listen to Chip Roy for a second. See what he has to say. >> We're here for something bigger and greater than all of ourselves. Charlie put it out three days ago about his let's >> Wait a minute. I think that was another audio that we also have going on. And I don't know where that one is. I'm going to have to figure that one out. Oh, yeah. It's over here. All right. So, let's check out what the cables have to say and see what's happening here. >> This is to kill them. And it's just not, you know, even third. Um, it shouldn't happen. >> We're going to be careful. We're not going to characterize the ideology or the motive. Uh, we know there's a sus subject in custody, a person dressed in black. The shot came from a roof. But you can extrapolate from that that it's one shot. It's an assassination bullet >> meant for what some reason. >> Yeah. What's the reason you see it's clear that it was, as the governor depicted, a political assassination. Yeah. um you know when when you have somebody uh at a distance on a rooftop uh you know whether it was 200 yards away but you know clearly a high-powered rifle uh in in one shot meaning they were intending to to take out Charlie and uh it's alarming again it it angers you disgust you but um but there's no doubt that was the intention we will find out more I'm glad the FBI is working so closely with law enforcement and they moving swiftly to to get answers and and ultimately to bring those responsible to justice. >> You know, I said to Laura earlier that this moment feels different. It feels like a kind of a a big moment. >> Um, and I don't know what's next. >> What do you see? I mean, you work across the aisle up on Capitol Hill. >> There's a lot of pointed elbows. >> U, but there's also a lot of vitriol around the country >> at this moment. What do you think the message should be um to America? Well, the message should be number one, let's let's look in the mirror for sure and everybody ought to know like what makes our country great is that we do have political differences and we can express them. But how do you express them? You express them >> vocally. You can vote by the way. Part of the most powerful way you can express differences is by voting. Uh but violence is not the answer to any kind of violence. you know, whether it's shootings, stabbings, uh, hitting somebody, that's not the way we resolve our differences. And everybody ought to denounce that, Brad. I think that's the first thing we all should do is denounce what just happened to Charlie Kirk, regardless of what you think of his politics, that nobody should think that's okay. And for anybody who's thinking of doing something like that, uh, go just just check what the foundation of this country is really about. And it's not that. >> Laura said to us, It's also not about just accepting your people getting murdered. So, uh, we'll come back to that. But here is Luna. She's now out on the Capitol Hill talking about this. Let's see what she has to say. >> And let us pray on the floor for Charlie Kirk's family now and the rest of the people that have been impacted by this terrible loss. >> You said they caused this. You said >> most certainly. Yes, they did cause this. That type of rhetoric. You calling people fascists. You basically saying that we're Nazis, taking away people's rights. Charlie Kirk was literally murdered and you can see that footage online and I would encourage people instead of sharing that please share pictures of his family and the legacy that he left. >> Congresswoman, he recruited you to politics. Can you talk a little bit about your early experience with Mr. Kirk? >> Yeah. Um I was supposed to go to medical school and he convinced me that politics would be a better option. So we'll help continue that fight and for the movement. >> Thank you. >> Wow. All right. So Luna's out. Scaliss is talking. Let's go back to Scaliz. >> Charlie's gone and it's going to hurt all of us. But his legacy will never be forgotten and we can't let that movement uh die because it's it's so important that young people feel attached to uh what what they believe in and not be afraid to express it whether it's on a college campus or supporting a candidate of their choice. >> Mr. Leader, we thought it was important to bring you in today especially with your unique perspective and we really appreciate the time. >> Thank you. >> Bless you. Thank you, Brett. Let's bring in our panel. Fox News contributor Guy Benson, Democratic campaign. >> All right, so we've got that. Let's go back to some of these media clips because we've got these queued up here. And you can see what MSNBC was saying about a lot of this. They were calling Charlie Kirk divisive and polarizing just minutes after his neck got shot by an assassin. Here is their sound. >> Tommy Richard, whatever. and the investigation. Um, and the investigation. Um, Charlie Kirk is a divisive figure. Um, polarizing, lightning rod, whatever. And the investigation, >> whatever. Whatever. So, you know, he probably should have got shot in the head, in the neck. Not a big deal. Here's another one from Town Hall. Says, "OMG, MSNBC just said the shooter might have been a supporter who's actually shooting their gun off in celebration. Accidentally hit him in the neck from the roof across the street. Fake news is blaming MAGA already, right? MAGA is responsible. Listen to these psychos on MSNBC with this stupid clip >> um in which a shooting like this happens. >> Yeah. And again emphasize what you just emphasized. We don't know any the full details of this that we don't know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration or so we have no idea about >> um they were celebrating with firearms just popping them off at a a turning point college debate. Are you psycho? So they just don't want to accept responsibility for it. They don't want you to know that their side is killing our side. So, they just like to spread it around. What's the motive? Says Barack Obama. Have no idea. It was a political assassination. Everybody knows what it was. Now, this is a big clip that's capturing a lot of attention cuz this guy's also a maniac. MSNBC is now blaming Charlie for getting shot in the neck. here is what this psychopathic demonic freak had to say >> which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that's the environment we're in that that people just you can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place and that's the unfortunate environment we're in. >> I I Turning Point USA has confirmed that he was shot. Um and there are a number of >> Okay, so she didn't even like push back on that at all. He just says, "Well, if you run your mouth and you offend some trans freaks, then you can get shot in the neck and you should just expect those consequences." So, that's how they think. All right? And this is a pattern that exists throughout the Democratic party. And we've talked about this a lot, but there was a a post over here from Powerline that was written back on April 7th, 2025. And Charlie Kirk actually posted about this article which shows that the Democrats have a much higher predisposition to literally murdering Republicans. And we've already seen this, right? It's a suicidal ideology. They bring in illegal aliens to rape and murder our people. They release criminals from jails to slice women's necks wide open in the middle of a metro. They force you to lock down and comply with their mandates. Or else Democrats, there's plurality polls and majority polls with a list of things that they would be acceptable with if you don't get the jab. A a majority of Democrats, if I remember the poll right, said you should be denied medical care. If you get in a car accident and you're bleeding out, do you have your VAX card on you? No. Well, then you should just die. Many of them thought that. Many of them thought you should be rounded up and put in jail. Then they censor you. Then when you react to being censored and you protest for 4 hours and have a riot, then they come out and weaponize the entire whole of government to come after you and lock you down. So why are we seeking reconciliation with this party and these people and not just outright defeat? Okay, we can't you can't reason with them anymore. They'll just shoot you and they'll shoot you in the back. They'll shoot you in the neck. They'll be like cowardly judges who go talk to the media. These people will win at all costs. And now they're shooting people in the neck. And so I again I'm forcom. I don't want any political violence. I do support the prayers and all the thoughts and things like that. But I hope our freaking Republicans wake up and re recognize who they're playing with because they've been doing this for generations. brainwashing the youth into accepting affirmative action, accepting trans ideology and DEI nonsense and you just have to sit and take it. All of us have to just sit here and take it. And then you got morons like Barack Obama gaslighting the entire Democratic party. I wonder why it happened. And many of them will say the same thing. Many of them are actually gleeful and giddy. I haven't pulled up a lot of it, but there's a lot of anonymous accounts, man, over on Reddit and various places who are giddy. giddy as heck because this happened. How can you reconcile or have any negotiations with a party like that? And it's really a sad state of affairs that we have gotten to this position in this country. But they started shooting CEOs. They shot Trump in the head. They shot and killed Charlie Kirk and we're not supposed to do anything. We're not we're just supposed to be calm and just kind of oh just catch your breath, okay? And everything's going to be fine tomorrow. We are tired of it. We've been screaming for indictments of some of the criminals who enable all of this. We want the financial networks discovered, all the billionaires who are funding this, all the George Soros crap that creates these disgusting ideologies to percolate in our countries. We're in charge. We have all the power now. And so the Republicans should use it to end this demonic political party peacefully and politically. But here is their ideology here. powerline put this, let's kill the Republicans. It's been a while since Democrats have assassinated a Republican president, but they assassinated Charlie Kirk. But that peaceful interlude may be ending soon. You have likely heard of a survey report by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Ruters about examining growing tolerance for violence in American society or on America's left. Here's an excerpt. Political violence targeting Trump and Elon is becoming increasingly normalized following the July 13th attempted assassination of Trump. Tolerance and even advocacy for political violence appears to have surged and people like Taylor Loren are enabling it every time they come out like you're a Nazi and you're you're literally killing people. remember with the all their stoa stochastic terrorism and things like if you're a terrorist and you're killing trans people then the trans people are justified in shooting you in the neck is their argument. Well, Charlie's not killing anybody. He's making a public policy argument and having a conversation about a very preient issue in America. But it all has surged now. This is a broader trend and it's surging amongst the left because did you think that they were going to go quietly into the good night? Of course not. They're not going to give up power. They weaponized the entire apparatus to go after fellow Americans. Half the country, Joe Biden came out and said, "You're all going to have a winter of misery or death unless you do what I tell you to do from the gates of hell outside on the military compound, wherever that was." They have been doing they tried to imprison Trump multiple times, tried to bankrupt him, tried to throw him off the ballot. They censored the hell out of all of us. They arrested and put solitary confinement on a bunch of J6ers who were there peacefully protesting or had crimes that were akin to trespassing like at a local bar. They arrested the abortion people, the school teachers. They went crazy and they lost and were all just like, "Well, I guess we're in charge now and I guess they'll just like give us power and they'll just allow us to execute our agenda." No, not at all. We've got a judicial coup happening. We've got cowardly judges talking to the media, hiding under anonymity so that Trump cannot even get them recused from his cases. We have a judicial insurrection. We've got enablement of murders the media doesn't want to talk about if Arena gets hacked to death by an inconvenient raced person. And now Charlie Kirk, Barack Obama has no idea why this stuff's happening. They must be defeated. It's just that simple because this is what they think. Here's justification for murder of Elon and Trump. Left of center for Trump, according to this survey, 55% of them said it's justified to murder Trump. The percent who say destroying Tesla dealerships, Tesla dealerships is partially acceptable, 57.6%. How do you negotiate and reason with these people? They'll kill you. They'll kill you. We saw it today. Literally, this chart and I don't know who did it. I'm sure they'll come out, the shooter, they'll come out, he's a Republican. He voted for Trump or something like that, right? You said, "Well, that's weird." And they'll try to spin it. But whatever comes out, we know what the motive was. Did Charlie Kirk owe him some money? Did Charlie Kirk cut him off on the way to the grocery store or something like that? Is that why he came on the roof and shot him in the neck? Or was it a political assassination? We know what it was, but they are such propagandists, they won't talk about it in the same way. And so we have to do it and we have to stand firm and hold the tension here. So again, perceived justification for the murder of Trump. So in summation, among those who say that they are slightly liberal or farther to the left, 9% think the murder of Elon would be completely justified. 13% say it would be completely justified to eliminate Trump. And so pretty much 29% of those who say there are liberals are pretty much okay with murdering Elon. Okay, almost a third. And over a third, 41%, nearly half are okay with murdering Trump. This was in April. This was a report that came over from Ruters University Social Perception Lab, noting we're on uncharted territory, and now we have political assassinations happening here. And it's a scary situation that is developing. And the question is, who are we going to let take the reigns on this madness? And so we've got most of the clips here that we've covered. I think we got that one. And shooting the gun off. We got that one. Yeah. Yeah. And so here's another one from MSNBC saying that Trump's just going to exploit this. Charlie Kirk, just like with Arena, MAGA is going to latch on to this horrific assassination, this horrific murder, a race crime against Arena, a political assassination against Charlie Kirk. And they're Trump's just going to like call for more law enforcement or something like that and just exploit Charlie's death rather than acknowledging it for what it is. Here's this lady. I mean, she's just must be filled with evil. Katie Catty Tur >> after one of the Doge uh employees was allegedly attacked in Washington DC. That's what Donald Trump used as a justification to send in federal troops into Washington DC to to get things under control. The carjacking situation, he used that. And I I know it's hard to predict the future, Mark, but you can imagine the administration using this as a justification for something. >> I hope it's justification for waging political war on the Democratic Party, investigating all of their networks, all the funding of these deranged ideologies that result in this insane perversion of the mind of the Democratic party. They're nuts. They've got TDS on the brain and they just now apparently are okay with shooting and eliminating people and even Jasmine Crockett will shout out bombs on the floor of the Senate of the House of Representatives. And so that's some of the updates here today, my friends. Let's check back in on the cables and see what's cooking over here. >> If an atheist wants to march alongside of us to say no men and female sports, they're more than welcome to be able to do that. But atheist for liberty is an interesting phrase because I don't believe you can have liberty without God. Cuz liberty is not man's idea. It is God's idea. That's just my own personal belief. And it's also >> absolutely right. >> Charlie did not just talk though. He acted because he had the guts. He had the drive. He had the focus to go out there day after day, night after night and fight for what he believed in. Now the threats on his personal safety were well known. He knew them. But he wouldn't stop because he believed that being with people in public, especially on college campuses, talking with conservatives, debating liberals, it made conservatism fun and exciting again. And he died today, taken by an assassin's bullet, doing what God put him on this earth to do. >> It's true. I said it with Brett earlier and and and he and I were both crying in our offices and embracing a lot of people around here are. Um the word came to me irreplaceable. He was irreplaceable. And I I believe he was murdered and you heard the governor talk about this at the press conference earlier. He was murdered because he was so effective at what he did. >> Yeah. >> He was a modern-day evangelist. And while so many adults, you know, they can roll their eyes at Gen X or Y or Z, Charlie saw the promise in young people today. >> Comment down there. >> His enthusiasm for the future, I I found it personally infectious. And I believe that no one other than Donald Trump himself in recent memory has had a more profound effect on the political thinking of young Americans than Charlie did. Now, a few months ago, my son, my 15-year-old son, Nico, was watching something on the computer when we were on a flight. He was supposed to be reading, of course. So, I was annoyed at him. I looked over. Then I saw it was a Charlie Kirk video. So, of course, um I took a photo of it and I sent it to Charlie and he and I got a big kick out of it. And then when my daughter Maria heard Charlie was coming to Texas A&M last spring, she was over the moon. So, Charlie brought her and her buddies backstage and he recorded this video to send it to me. >> I found someone here at Texas A&M. >> Hi, Mom. and uh she's really she's doing very well. She's not making any trouble and I approve of all of her friends. So things are going great. See you soon. >> Uh those girls who were laughing with Charlie and so many other students across the country, like millions across the globe, uh are devastated tonight. But Charlie would have loved to know that they're all going to mass. They're going to church. They're praying in their dorm rooms and their common areas. They're praying for the repose of his soul and for his family now in mourning. The beautiful family. Our hearts break for them tonight above all else. Now, while so many across the political divide, and I can be prone to pessimism, too. You know, it could be pessimists. Charlie decided, no, I prefer optimism. >> Jesus is honestly the most important thing. We are seeing Gen Z go back to church in record numbers. We are seeing a Christian revival that should give everyone in this audience hope. It's the greatest news happening in America right now. >> He loved talking about where things were going and he saw it because he was there. He felt it. He engaged with it. There's simply no one else like him. I can't believe I'm saying it was past tense. I mean, how can how can this be? He was on air with us just 48 hours ago. >> Good question, Laura. and he and I were just texting yesterday about his conference in December that I was going to and chatting about that, laughing about a couple things, but I was joking with each other. But I remember the first time I met him, I think he was 19. He might have been 18, but he was at least 19. And I kept hearing about this teenager who decided to skip college and start an organization for young conservatives. At the time, I kind of like rolled my eyes like, "Oh, okay. What is it?" But my late friend Foster Freeze met Charlie on a stairway at CPAC back in I think it was 2011 or 12 when Charlie was still a teenager. And and and he heard that this kid had this dream of wanting to change the way young people thought about politics. And Charlie told Foster about this. Foster himself was such an optimist, but he was so taken by Charlie Kirk and the enthusiasm and the drive that this young kid had. No college, he knew he was something different. He was something special. So Foster and Lynn Freeze and a few others wrote the first or second check to Turning Point and the effort, the organization, the force that it became was born. >> Incredible. So, we all watched him grow from a teenager into a man to a husband and a father and a political force like we had never seen before. >> Well done, Laura. >> Here with me now is Alex Marlo, Breitbart editor-inchief, Betty Johnson, host of the Benny Johnson show. >> Yeah, so lots of reaction happening over there. What's up to Benny Johnson? Now, there's also this going on over on X. So, we're starting to get the left reaction. I'm not going to play this, but Wall Street Apes clip this one. So, apparently you've got this really disgusting woman. Looks like Angela's right official who made a video saying live by the sword, die by the sword. He did say that that gun were acceptable gun rights or, you know, I guess gun deaths. She's like censoring it. Yeah, gun deaths were an acceptable side effect of gun rights. So she says Charlie deserved to be shot in the neck because he was an advocate for gun rights. That's what they're doing out there. That's the political party that people are saying, "Oh, just be calm and let's figure out how to rekindle our society with them." Look at her laughing like laughing about this. This is their party and it is shocking to see them so flagrant about it. The dude's body is not even cold yet. And she's now making giddy, laughing videos about it. What a monstrous, disgusting, repulsive person. And we'll see if there's any consequences for that. But that's what's happening out there. And it's just a horrific thing. So I understand calm. I understand uh prayers. And I understand those things, but we also have to just stop them from having any political power for the foreseeable future. And all we got to do is just enforce the law. That's it. No one's above the law. That's all we got to do. So, my friends, here was another clip. House Democrats objecting to the