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Charlie Kirk speaks on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump ally and MAGA pundit Charlie Kirk was shot and killed as he was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “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.” Video of the shooting shows Kirk, seated and speaking into a handheld microphone under a tent before a single shot is heard. Blood gushes from what appears to be his neck. In the moment leading up to the shooting, Kirk, 31, is asked: “Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds right before he is shot. A spokesperson for Utah Valley University told reporters the suspect fired their weapon from a building about 430 feet away from where Kirk was seated, per the New York Times. FBI Director Kash Patel initially said that a “subject” had been taken into custody, but later wrote on social media that the individual had “been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.” Subscribe now Politicians on both sides of the aisle immediately condemned Wednesday’s shooting. House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson called Kirk a “close friend and confidant,” and added that “every political leader must loudly and clearly decry this violence.” Republican Governor Ron DeSantis called Kirk’s killing “a tragedy for our nation.” Former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she was “deeply disturbed” and that “we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.” California Governor Gavin Newsom – who hosted Kirk on his podcast this year – called the attack, “disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.” And New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani also reacted, writing on Twitter that he was “horrified by the shooting” and that “political violence has no place in our country.” Meanwhile, some far-right commentators immediately attempted to blame Democrats for Wednesday’s shooting, despite widespread condemnation from the party. “The Left is the party of murder,” Elon Musk wrote on Twitter. Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer called on the Trump administration to “shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.” Democrats themselves have been targeted in deadly political violence. In June, a Trump supporter shot and killed the former Democratic leader of the Minnesota state House, Melissa Hortman, and her husband, according to police. The suspect is also accused of shooting and wounding another Democratic lawmaker and his wife. Subscribe now The far-right youth organization Kirk co-founded, Turning Point USA, played a huge role in rallying support for Trump on college campuses, gaining its initial prominence during Trump’s 2016 campaign. Kirk was known for his many controversial statements. In 2021, he called for militias to go to the border and prevent the “diminishing and decreasing [of] white demographics in America.” Earlier this year, he accused Muslims of having “conquest values,” calling Islam a “threat to America.” He has also repeatedly urged women to get married at a younger age in order to have more children, and said women who don’t “lash out on the rest of society by voting Democrat.” In the wake of a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2023, Kirk said the cost of “some gun deaths” is “unfortunately” worth it in order to preserve Second Amendment rights, calling it a “prudent deal.” This is a breaking story and may be updated. Share
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah event — Charlie Kirk, founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump said. — Kirk, 31, emerged as one of the most …
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Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Activist, Shot in Utah — Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot in the neck while speaking in front of a large crowd on a university campus. — Here's what to know. — Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Trump and the founder …
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Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Activist, Shot in Utah — Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot in the neck while speaking in front of a large crowd on a university campus. — Here's what to know. — Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Trump and the founder …
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk in critical condition after being shot at Utah college event — Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was in critical condition at a Utah hospital Wednesday after being shot at a college event …
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Charlie Kirk shot while visiting Utah university; Trump says, ‘We all must pray’ — He was at an event at Utah Valley University. — LIVE — In this July 15, 2024, file photo, CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Trump greets Roberts at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images When it comes to how the framers structured the Constitution, federal judges – especially Supreme Court justices – are an inherent danger to democracy. That’s because, unlike presidents and members of Congress, they are unelected. Their personal predilections have profound effects on the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans, yet voters cannot choose them at the polls. Nor can they fire them at the ballot box. Unless they’re impeached, which is nearly impossible to pull off, federal judges keep their jobs for life – even if they issue rulings that seem to violate the Constitution itself. Which over and over again appears to be what’s happening with the far-right justices these days, half of whom were hand-picked by Donald Trump personally. Subscribe now The latest shocker came down on Monday, in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo – an unexplained 6-3 decision that halted a lower court’s injunction staying the Trump administration from picking up people from the streets of Los Angeles based solely on some combination of four factors, including their ethnicity, use of English, or type of work. What the Trump administration is doing looks a lot like racial profiling, which, in 2023, the same majority went out of its way to outright ban in college admissions. The Court nonetheless held that to pause this practice for ICE agents would irreparably harm Trump to the point where he is entitled to an emergency order overriding the lower court’s order that immigration authorities temporarily stop doing this until the legality of the policy is sorted out. Vasquez Perdomo implicates the Fourth Amendment, not necessarily the Fourteenth, but the point is obvious: racial discrimination looks like a one-way ratchet from the perspective of the justices in the majority. ‘Emergency’ Rulings: The Court’s Gift to TrumpMonday’s decision was roughly the 20th “emergency” ruling that this Court has issued to greenlight Trump’s spree of lawlessness since taking office again on Jan. 20.
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