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Charlie Kirk Shot

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Prayers for Charlie and his family. The video didn't look like it was a survivable wound.

EDIT: Shooter not in custody.

I'm going to go ahead and release the police/FBI statement before they get around to it: "The gunman's motive is unknown."
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Confirmed dead.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy ... ah-reports

We lost a great American today. His voice resonated, even with the young people. My daughter was first in our family to hear about it- in her high school.
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I am heart sick, and angry. If the left wants a civil war, this is how they get a civil war—by assassinating voices on the right.
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Vol Texan wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 4:11 pm Confirmed dead.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy ... ah-reports

We lost a great American today. His voice resonated, even with the young people. My daughter was first in our family to hear about it- in her high school.
:iagree: Charlie Kirk's fearless speaking of the truth cost him his life. Throughout history truth-speakers have been martyred by liars/tyrants/haters.
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The Annoyed Man wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 4:22 pm I am heart sick, and angry. If the left wants a civil war, this is how they get a civil war—by assassinating voices on the right.
:iagree:

They tried to kill Trump, twice.
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President Trump address to the nation tonight about the assassination of Charlie:

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/19 ... 1718269341
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Sad and angry all at the same time.

As bad as it is, going after a president I understand. I don’t agree with it, but …

But Charlie Kirk?! He wasn’t in political office and had no power except to speak the truth. This is senseless surprisingly upsetting me more and more as the day goes on.
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A sad day for America. RIP.
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I think Nick Freitas said it quite well
I am told that as a state representative this is the moment where I'm supposed to express my heartfelt condolences and then stand in solidarity with those on the other side of the aisle as we condemn political violence and stand unified as one people.
But we aren't "one people" are we?
The truth is we haven't been for some time now, and there is really no point in pretending anymore, if there ever was.
We are two very different peoples. We may occupy the same piece of geography, but that is where the similarities seem to abruptly end.
I convinced myself for a long time that whenever the left called me a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a fascist, a "threat to democracy" for even the most innocent of disagreements, that it was simply hyperbolic rhetoric done for effect.
And now the "effect" is a widow and two orphaned children, because the left couldn’t bear the thought of a peaceful man debating them and winning.
I don’t think they realize it yet, but murdering Charlie is going to be remembered as the day where we finally woke up to what this fight really is.
It’s not a civil dispute among fellow countrymen. It’s a war between diametrically opposed worldviews which cannot peacefully coexist with one another. One side will win, and one side will lose.
Charlie tried to win that fight through argumentation, through discussion, through peaceful resolution of differences.
And the other side murdered him.
Not because he was “extreme” or “inciting violence” or any other hyperbolic slur they hurled at him. They murdered him because he was effective. Because he was unafraid. Because he inspired others and made them feel like they had a voice, that they were not alone. And he did it at the very institutions which have fomented so much hatred toward conservatives.
I don’t want to “stand in solidarity” with the other side of the aisle. I want to defeat you. I want to defeat the godless ideology that kills babies in the womb, sterilizes confused children, turns our cities into cesspools of degeneracy and lawlessness…and that murdered Charlie Kirk.
Social media is aflame right now with leftist celebration of Charlie’s death.
I wonder if any among them understand what has just happened. If there is a Yamamoto somewhere in their midst warning, that all they have done is awoken a sleeping giant.
I doubt it. I think they gave up such introspection and self-awareness long ago.
I don’t know exactly what will happen next. I just know that it won’t be the same as what has happened in the past.
There will be thoughts and prayers…Charlie would have wanted prayers. Not for himself but for those left behind and for the country that he loved.
But then there will be a reckoning.
My Christian faith requires me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse me. It does not require me to stand idly by in the midst of savagery and barbarism...quite the opposite.
So every time I feel tired, every time I feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I am going to watch the video of a good man being murdered in Utah…I will force myself to watch it…and then I will return to the work of destroying the evil ideology responsible for that and so much more.
Rest with God Charlie, your fight is over.
Ours is just beginning.
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C-dub wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:14 pm Sad and angry all at the same time.

As bad as it is, going after a president I understand. I don’t agree with it, but …

But Charlie Kirk?! He wasn’t in political office and had no power except to speak the truth. This is senseless surprisingly upsetting me more and more as the day goes on.
:iagree: Charlie Kirk was the epitome of civil discourse with those whom he disagreed with. Civil discourse was assassinated on 9/10/25.
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Civil War II. The left wants it. At some point they will likely get it. It won't go well for them. I'm beginning to alter my thinking from please never to let's get it over with and be rid of the left once and for all.
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I have a theory about this shooting. I think it was an orchestrated effort with many involved. The two people taken into custody and questioned were distractions to let the real shooter escape while law enforcement dealt with the first guy and the second guy dressed in black and running away was a backup decoy. I read they found the rifle, an old military surplus Mauser, converted to .30/06 caliber. It still had the spent shell used to kill Charlie in the chamber and two unspent cartridges in the magazine. All three were engraved with anti-fascist and transgender ideology phrases. Further shot was taken right after Charlie Kirk was asked a question about transgenders. Just as he was answering he was shot. I'll go out on a limb and say the police need to look into the person who asked the question for any correlation.
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They Murdered Charlie Kirk and They Must Pay
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtsch ... y-n2663112

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We will be tempted to hit back to hurt people who’ve hurt us. That’s not the way. As much as we want to take out our anger on the left, as much as we want to strike out and lash out, that’s not what our Constitution demands. That’s not what Charlie Kirk would want. We’re not terrorists and we’re not murderers. We’ve got the Constitution. Our Constitution addresses how to deal with this situation. We have laws, and we control the federal law enforcement apparatus. We will turn its full weight against not only the perpetrators of this crime, but the people behind the web of subversion from the left. Think of a J6 prosecution-level effort, except it will not be an attempt to frame people by contorting the law and perverting the justice system.
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puma guy wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 9:53 am I have a theory about this shooting. I think it was an orchestrated effort with many involved. The two people taken into custody and questioned were distractions to let the real shooter escape while law enforcement dealt with the first guy and the second guy dressed in black and running away was a backup decoy. I read they found the rifle, an old military surplus Mauser, converted to .30/06 caliber. It still had the spent shell used to kill Charlie in the chamber and two unspent cartridges in the magazine. All three were engraved with anti-fascist and transgender ideology phrases. Further shot was taken right after Charlie Kirk was asked a question about transgenders. Just as he was answering he was shot. I'll go out on a limb and say the police need to look into the person who asked the question for any correlation.
Your ideas sound a bit reaching - but for the life of me I can't argue with your reasoning. Everything you said is within the realm of possibility, given the evil perpetuated by the American left.

As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote as a quote for Sherlock Holmes, "eliminate the impossible and whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth".
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