Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk, 31, Dies After Being Shot at Utah Event, Trump Says

‘More BS from the MAGA Cult’: Trump Allies Face Backlash for Dangerous Spin After Right-Wing Activist’s Death—and His Reckless Words Only Made It Worse

Conservative leaders and right-wing media figures are facing condemnation after turning the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk into a rallying cry against Democrats, echoing President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that “the radical left” was responsible. Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA and a close Trump ally, was shot in the neck by a sniper’s bullet during a debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday. He was taken t…

Kirk remembered by Montanans who knew him

Charlie Kirk’s death rattled Montanans he worked with.

Top news outlets underplay right-wing declaration of war against the left

You know what’s a really big news story? That Trump and the far right declared war on the left last night. The response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk from Trump and a slew of right-wing influencers was absolutely terrifying. Trump ascribed Kirk’s murder to “radical leftists” who “compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis” and he vowed to “find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political vi…

Charlie Kirk’s murder is wakeup call for both left and right: We need college free speech

The Utah campus assassination of a right-wing radical should spark a new movement for free speech...for everyone.

Charlie Kirk, Anti-LGBTQ Conservative, Shot Dead in Utah

Charlie Kirk, who declared Pride a “sin” and opposed LGBTQ rights, was killed during a campus event at Utah Valley University. The post Charlie Kirk, Anti-LGBTQ Conservative, Shot Dead in Utah appeared first on Metro Weekly.

Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Crisis of Political Violence

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about political violence, shootings, and the murder of the right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.