Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of conservative campus organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed today while speaking to students at Utah Valley University. This much has been widely reported.
Kirk was making the first stop on a multi-campus speaking tour he called "American Comeback." He was a staunch supporter of MAGA and President Trump who at Truth Social wrote this of Kirk's death.
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.
For those who don't know his work, Charlie was a "movement guy," not a candidate but popular with most Republicans. His life work was helping conservative college students thrive and have a voice in hostile campus environments which begrudge them seats at the table.
As I write this, the shooter has been apprehended but not identified publicly by the FBI. Until proven otherwise, the default presumption is Kirk was killed for his beliefs and his work organizing conservative collegians. Sadly, he didn't have DJT's fabulous luck, but was felled by a single rifle shot from roughly 200 yards.
Charismatic figures attract assassins: JFK, RFK, Reagan, ML King, John Lennon, and Trump. Now add Charlie Kirk to that list. Kirk is survived by his wife Erika and two preschool children.
I blame Democrats' harsh rhetoric toward MAGA figures for this murder and the two attempts on Trump's life. Despite their phony piety following violence, you and I know Democrats are secretly glad when it happens and wish they could celebrate it openly. Theirs is a psychopathic ideology ... of, by, and for sick, damaged people.
Later ... two suspects have been arrested, interrogated, and released. As of eleven p.m. mountain time, the manhunt continues.
FBI Director Kash Patel hasn't said why he was so positive about the second arrestee, who now walks free. Methinks Patel has egg on his face ... again. Appointees at his level don't get unlimited do-overs.
