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Conservative leader Charlie Kirk He was shot dead at a campus event in Utah Wednesday.
Kirk wrote in an April 7, 2025 article: “Assassination culture is spreading to the left. Forty-eight liberals say that there is at least a reason for the murder of Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same thing to Donald Trump.”
Young husband and two fathers include a link Exclusive Fox News Digital Articles Covering polls from the Cyber Infectious Research Institute (NCRI).
The study found that political violence had a national turn in the last year when Luigi Mangione allegedly murdered a joint health care executive in New York City.
Charlie Kirk was shot dead at a campus event in Utah on Wednesday. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Image)
“Previous taboos have been culturally acceptable, and we see obvious shifts – glory, increased attempts and norms – all gathered in what we define as “culture of assassination.”
Kirk, 31, Been shot dead As part of his “American Comeback Tour”, it was held at the event at Utah Valley University. Kirk was beaten around the neck while answering the audience’s questions. He was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon, triggering grief across the country.
Jason Chaffetz, a former Utah Republican congressman who attended the event with his family, told Fox News that Kirk answered a question about mass shooters when he was shot.
Charlie Kirk warned the left wing of “assassination culture” a few months before his death. (Michael Ho Wai Lee/sopa image/Lightrocket via Get Tomage)
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Turning Point USA Co-founder It has warned that the left has prepared for the “maximum violent response” of any political setback and said it was a natural result of the “left-wing protest culture.” He lamented that California militants were naming the voting measures after Mangione.
“The left is in a craze of violence. Whether it is losing the election or losing a court case, any setback proves the reaction of the greatest violence. This is a natural product of the left-wing protest culture that forces violence and chaos to last for many years. The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials.
Kirk’s murder is the latest example of a wave of political violence against outstanding conservatives and businessmen.
President Donald Trump He was the victim of two assassinations during the 2024 presidential election, one almost deadly. Trump was shot after gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on him and the crowd at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Crooks killed one of Trump’s supporters, Corey Compperatore, and injured two others.
Charile Kirk leaves behind a wife and two children. (Charlie Kirk via Facebook)
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Mangione, 27, left the Manhattan Hotel last December and allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson and faced murder and terrorism charges. Mangione is said to be driven by Animus towards the healthcare industry. Some left-wing social media users The Lionized Mangione As a folk hero, he was accused of killing.
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, were murdered after leaving the event at the capital Jewish Museum in May. Their alleged killer, Elias Rodriguez, is 31, yelling “Free Palestine” before being detained. Milgrim allegedly shot several times in the back as Rodriguez tried to crawl away.
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Shane Devon Tamura, 27, allegedly opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan building in July, which houses NFL headquarters and financial company Blackstone. He allegedly killed four people, including Blackstone executive Wesley Lepatner and a New York policeman.
