SOONER OR LATER - IN THIS CASE SOONER - CONSPIRACY THEORISTS WOULD BLAME ISRAEL FOR CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION

Netanyahu dismisses 'insane' conspiracy theory that Israel was behind assassination of Charlie Kirk amid growing swirl of online rumours

 

By Imogen Garfinkel and Kevin Adjei-Darko 

 

Daily Mail

Sep 12, 2025

 

 

Speaking on Newsmax, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the rumours blaming the Jewish state for the shooting as 'insane' 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed the conspiracy theorists who are blaming Israel for the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, dubbing the online rumours 'absurd'. 

Less than an hour after news broke of the conservative influencer's death in hospital, dozens of tweets were published on X blaming the Jewish state for the killing.

'Israel are 1000% behind the death of Charlie Kirk, this has Mossad written all over it,' one person wrote, referring to the Israeli intelligence agency. 'Mossad hit job!' another said.

The 31-year-old conservative activist and media personality was shot in the neck while speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, just after beginning a Q&A session in front of around 3,000 students and supporters. 

Security rushed him from the stage, and he was transported to Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, where he was later pronounced dead. Meanwhile, the shooter was caught on camera dashing across a rooftop in the moments after he opened fire.

Before long, a string of conspiracy theories began circulating around Kirk's death, with some blaming Israel for the shooting.

Speaking on Newsmax, the Israeli leader dismissed the rumours as not only ridiculous, but promoting anti-Jewish hatred.

'That's insane. Israel also changes the orbit of the moon, Israel pushes the sun,' Netanyahu said sarcastically.

 

Kirk was participating in a 'Prove Me Wrong' debate at Utah Valley University when he was fatally shot

 

He continued: 'They have no limits. When you hate Jews, when you hate the Jewish state, you're willing to say anything and promote all these absurd rumours.

'And by the way, they're willing to kill us all the time. Over the centuries - especially in the horrific Middle Ages - the worst things were said about Jews you could possibly believe. We were poisoning the wells, we were drinking the blood of Christian children.'

He described how such antisemitic conspiracy theories - about Jews being akin to disease-spreading 'vermin' - continued right up to the Holocaust and were perpetrated by the Nazi regime.

'And people believed it,' Netanyahu continued, 'and every time they believed it, this was a prelude to a greater and greater massacre, culminating with the worst massacre of them all: the Holocaust.'

He accused the conspiracy theorists of trying to de-legitimise Israel, before referencing a 'detailed' letter purportedly written by Kirk addressed to the prime minister, saying: 'You have to fight the slander. These untruths, these vilifications, [they] have consequences.'

'And he was right,' Netanyahu said. 'We are fighting on the battlefield against the terrorists and winning, and he was fighting on the battlefield of ideas, and I think he was winning - that's why they shot him.'

Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organisation that promoted conservative values, free markets, and limited government to young people, especially on college campuses.

The 31-year-old was just 20 minutes into his debate-style forum during the 'American Comeback' event when a single gunshot rang out, fatally striking Kirk in the neck.

 

Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika Frantzve , with whom he had a three-year-old daughter and a son, 16 months (pictured: Kirk and his family)

A person of interest running on the roof (R) at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, immediately after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk in video footage shared by the FBI

The event, part of Kirk's organisation's 'American Comeback Tour,' attracted around 3,000 attendees

Kirk was shot around 20 minutes after he started speaking, sending the crowd into a state of panic 

 

The shooter was caught on camera dashing across a rooftop in the moments after he opened fire.

A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the identification of the shooter, who is still on the run. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman later said he will add $1million to the FBI's reward.

As the vast manhunt for a shooter stretched into its third day, authorities said their suspect is a college-aged male with a high level of proficiency in handling firearms and a likely familiarity with the university campus in Utah. 

Within hours of the shooting, videos, photos, and eyewitness accounts began circulating on social media, with users rushing to dissect every frame for clues.

Conspiracy theorists have seized on brief clips and images to construct elaborate narratives about what really happened to Kirk, ignoring the advice of law enforcement agencies who have urged the public to rely on official updates rather than online posts.

The storm of public debate hypothesising about the conservative influencer's final moments has not subsided, despite investigators' warning that no verified evidence supports the extreme theories.

One widely shared post emerged on social media shortly after Kirk was shot, suggesting that the perpetrator may have escaped on a private plane.

 

A user took to X to suggest that a plane that allegedly 'dropped off' the radar may have been involved in the attack

 

A user wrote on X: 'Suspiciously 30 mins into the flight it drops off of ADS-B illegally and reappears headed back to Provo approx. an hour later.

'Why did this plane turn off its radar? Where is the shooter?'

The tweet, which has been liked and shared thousands of times, has fuelled speculation among online communities that the flight could somehow be connected to the attack.

While many people debunked the theory, others went as far as tagging the FBI to look into the claim.

Replying to the post, a user said there was a simple explanation as to why the plane may have slipped off the radar.

They said: 'I may not have been a sniper, but I was a radar technician in the Air Force, and I have extensive experience with the airspace around Utah... Just because that plane dropped off of radar, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

'There are quite a few mountain ranges in western and southern Utah that block the radar.

'A plane dropping off the ADS-B is not at all uncommon... looking at the flight path, it appears to me it descended for a landing in Page, Arizona (many Utahns vacation in Lake Powell, right next to Page) and then "reappeared" after having taken back off from that same airport.'

Another theory circulating online focuses on a brief moment captured in video just before the shot was fired.

 

 A user on X questioned two men who were allegedly 'giving hand signals' 

 

A post on X questioned: '…and why are these two guys giving hand signals immediately before the shot? Both standing perfectly to the side of the bullet track.'

In the clip, two men can be seen standing behind Kirk. One appears to be adjusting his hat while holding a phone, while the other moves his arms and glances around.

Observers on social media have speculated that the gestures could be signals related to the shooting.

Investigators have not confirmed any connection, and neither man has been named by authorities as having any involvement in the shooting.

A third theory has emerged from a graphic video showing the moment Kirk was struck. 

One post on X read: 'LOOK CLOSE HERE. Conspiracy theories. This doesn't look like a gunshot. 

'This looks like an explosion inside his shirt.' 

The poster is suggesting that the impact seen in the clip is not consistent with a bullet, but instead looks like some kind of internal explosion or device detonating under Kirk's clothing. 

 

Another theory focuses on Charlie Kirk's shirt, claiming he was not hit by a conventional firearm

 

The gruesome video showing the moment of impact is used as evidence by the poster that the injury was caused by something other than a conventional firearm.

Investigators have received over 7,000 tips from the public so far. Earlier, three police sources informed CBS News that they believed they had identified a person of interest, but that lead was later deemed unsuccessful.

Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, said at a news conference: 'We are investing everything we have into this and we will catch this individual.'

Mason also said detectives were looking at 'good video footage' of the suspect that they have used to trace his movements before and after the shooting.

KIRK'S ASSASSINATION IS A WARNING THAT SOCIETY IS HEADING TOWARD A REALITY IN WHICH ALL THOSE WHO SPEAK UP FOR ANY CAUSE THAT FALLS OUT OF FAVOR WITH THE CHATTERING CLASSES CAN NO LONGER THINK OF THEMSELVES AS SAFE FROM VIOLENCE

Violence is the natural next step of academic intolerance

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at one of his campus debates is a reminder that the culture that normalized violent protests is one step away from far worse tragedies. 

 

By Jonathan S. Tobin 

 

JNS

Sep 10, 2025

Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University shortly before a bullet claimed his life on September 10, 2025

 

Whenever I watched one of Charlie Kirk’s viral videos depicting his events held at various colleges around the United States, I always had the same thought. By plunking himself down in the middle of university campuses under a banner that proclaimed “Prove me wrong,” he was taking an awful risk.

The prevailing culture of academia in recent years has been one in which many faculty members and students took the position that speech with which they disagreed was a form of violence. Given Kirk’s willingness to engage with students who didn’t share his views about abortion, gun rights or Israel, it wasn’t hard to imagine the sometimes-angry responses to his comments overflowing into something other than political discourse.

I’m far from the only one who must have thought that. And tragically, those concerns were justified this week when the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative activist group, was fatally shot by an assailant who has yet to be identified or caught by the authorities. Though shootings and even political violence are far from rare events in 2025 America, his assassination at what could be deemed a safer place at Utah Valley University has nevertheless shocked the nation.

A Rorschach test

His murder has been something of a Rorschach test for politicians, pundits and social-media posters. While most agree that this is a compelling reason for everyone to stop demonizing their political foes, we already know that won’t happen. If two attempted assassinations of President Donald Trump last year haven’t prevented his opponents on the left from continuing to smear him as another Hitler—and therefore logically fair game for violence—what makes anyone think that the gunning down of a young man who leaves behind a wife and two small children will sober anyone up?

Let’s leave aside the question of which side of the political divide is more responsible for the situation. It is patently obvious that both extremes are capable of disturbing the peace. Yet after so many years of alleging that the political right is the main, if not only, threat of domestic terrorism, many on the left only seem capable of admitting this obvious fact if they also demonize conservative victims like Kirk.

That was exactly what The New York Times did in an article about Kirk’s beliefs, in which they falsely accused him of supporting conspiracy theories about illegal immigrants rather than voicing concerns shared by a majority of Americans, and even accused a strong supporter of Israel and friend of the Jewish community of antisemitism. Even less temperate leftist posters on social media just doubled down on the old smears by calling Kirk a Nazi, while a not inconsiderable portion of the crackpot far right started floating farcical accusations about Israel being responsible for the murder.

Regardless of who the murderer turns out to be, relitigating these charges is pointless. What should be the focus of a national conversation is the fact that this tragedy took place on a college campus and that the victim was someone whose mission in life was to promote free speech in venues where that has gone out of fashion.

Indeed, Kirk was something of a purist when it came to speech. He even voiced concerns about the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on campus antisemitism because he opposed any limits on discourse. But, of course, contrary to the assertions of the president’s critics, the target of his efforts is not speech but illegal behavior, in which pro-Hamas mobs took over parts of campuses and sought to intimidate Jews. And if any moral were to be drawn from Kirk’s death, it should be to remind us that the willingness of so many academic institutions to tolerate and even encourage this sort of violence is about more than the feelings of Jewish students. It is a fundamental threat not just to free expression of political discourse but also an inevitable harbinger of far worse.

Challenging ‘safe places’

Kirk’s “Prove me wrong” events are now being widely described as provocations by those who opposed his stands. To the political left, the open expression of anti-abortion, anti-open borders, pro-guns and pro-Israel advocacy on campuses remains an affront to their sensibilities and academia itself, where such views are rarely heard. But that was the point. Kirk’s goal was not merely to promote the ideas he believed in, but to puncture the widely accepted notion that institutions of higher learning should provide “safe places” in which no one should be forced to deal with views that contradicted their own.

The problem is not just that this has created a generation of “snowflakes” too sensitive to debate ideas. The whole point of this notion is not safety but authoritarianism.

Treating ordinary political discourse as a form of violence to be feared is a mandate for silencing opposing views. And whatever anyone may have thought about Kirk’s opinions or his campus roadshow, his plucky glee for engaging those who disagreed with him—and who returned his replies with patent liberal nostrums—was the essence of democracy.

But the intolerance he fought represented more than a plague destroying the free exchange of ideas on which genuine scholarship thrives. It’s also a license for violence.

Current campus culture, rooted in the woke catechism of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), is not only a Marxist inversion of equal opportunity that seeks to perpetuate and widen racial divides and destroy the foundation of Western civilization. It’s also a permission slip for discriminating against any idea or group of people that falls outside of the protected classes of victims it claims to champion, as seen in the two years since the Hamas-led Palestinian attacks on Israel, Jews and Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023. It works to legitimize the cause of destroying Israel and the genocide of the Jewish people.

Even a cursory reading of history leads one to the inevitable conclusion that ideas drenched in Jew-hatred lead to violence against Jews. An uptick in antisemitism started internationally in the wake of Oct. 7. And since January in the United States, instances of violence against Jews include the firebombing of pro-Israel marchers in Boulder, Colo.; the murder of two young Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.; and an arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Harrisburg residence, where his family slept on the first night of Passover.

The cost of intolerance

Just as the impact on Jews is but a sidebar to the threat that DEI and other toxic left-wing ideologies pose to America as a whole, so, too, is intolerance for supporters of Israel and Zionism, merely a warning that anyone who dissents from the prevailing orthodoxies on campuses is also in danger.

As Americans learned in the 1960s, when intolerant radicals found themselves stymied by their failure to convince the majority of people to agree with their ideas, some inevitably resorted to violence. The Weather Underground might have represented only a fraction of those who protested against the Vietnam War more than half a century ago. These days, however, the political culture, coupled with the internet and social media, all work to mainstream extremist thoughts in ways unimaginable in previous generations. The disturbing online reactions to Kirk’s death, similar to the December 2024 assassination of an executive of the United Health Care insurance company and attempts on Trump’s life, illustrate how this normalizes toleration and even support for violence.

In the bifurcated political culture of 2025, we already know that most Americans have stopped listening, watching or reading views with which they disagree. That leads some to conclude that anyone they don’t like is Hitler—someone who should be silenced, if not jailed or subjected to violence. That’s more than a threat to politicians and activists. It can also put a target on the back of anyone who seeks to express their views about the subjects that Kirk spoke about in the public square.

Put into perspective, that makes it clear that his killing isn’t just one more sign that vocal advocacy can be a dangerous profession. It’s also a warning that society is heading toward a reality in which all those who speak up for any cause that falls out of favor with the chattering classes, like that of Israel and opposition to antisemitism, can no longer think of themselves as safe from violence.

That makes the cause of free speech that Charlie Kirk championed, as well as the need to stop demonizing our political foes, not merely a matter of civility in public discourse. It’s a matter of life and death for American democracy.

COUNTLESS MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH POSTS SAYING, 'HE WAS AN ENEMY OF ISLAM AND DESERVED IT' OR 'THIS IS JUSTICE FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL'

A shocking watershed for America

The reaction by liberals to the murder of Conservative activist Charlie Kirk displays the same twisted thinking as their demonization of Israel. 

 

By Melanie Phillips 

 

JNS

Sep 11, 2025

 

 

Charlie Kirk with his wife during a visit to Jerusalem in 2019

 

The murder of the young conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn’t just a horrifying crime. It wasn’t just a tragedy for his family, with a wife’s life shattered and two small children left fatherless. It was also a seismic moment for America and for a West that’s spinning out of control.

Kirk, 31, is being mourned as America’s most reasoned and articulate defender of the West, Christianity and Israel against those enemies of civilization who want to destroy them all.

The organization he founded, Turning Point USA, was all about promoting debate to settle political differences. This week, Kirk was destroyed by the evil he was trying to stem. At the very moment he was discussing political violence, someone shot him dead under a banner that read: “Prove me wrong.”

This terrible act represented far more, however, than just an attack on free speech.

Incidents of political violence in America have been steadily ticking upwards for years. There have been two attempts to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, one of which came within a whisker of killing him.

In June, a Minnesota Democrat lawmaker and her husband were murdered, and a Democrat state senator and his wife also shot and injured by an apparently unhinged Christian. In April, the Harrisburg residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish and a Democrat, was firebombed by a “Palestine” supporter.

In 2017, during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Va., four Republicans were shot by a man said by the state’s attorney-general to have been “fueled by rage against Republican legislators.”

We have no idea at present who murdered Charlie Kirk. The single-shot bullet to his neck, which is thought to have been fired from a rooftop, looked like a highly professional hit job.

But among the general public, a poisonous and dangerous stew is bubbling, composed of ideologues, fanatics, antisemites, obsessives, mentally ill people and others being whipped up by the incitement relentlessly spewed out on social media.

This is fueling a culture that’s now descended into anarchy, nihilism, loss of reason, and a total loss of moral compass. Although this degeneracy crosses the political aisle, it’s not evenly balanced either in type or in scale. It’s being driven overwhelmingly by the left.

Right-wing violence tends to be perpetrated by loners: conspiracy theorists, Jew-haters or fringe individuals who subscribe to the paranoid lies, perversions and dark theories infesting far-right websites.

By contrast, the left, which dominates the culture—in universities, unions, the media, the Democratic Party—has been whipping itself into an unhinged frenzy over Trump, white people, “gender-critical” women, the climate “emergency” and everyone who dissents from progressive orthodoxies.

Such dissenters, all of whom they term “the right,” aren’t regarded as opponents to be argued with but as the embodiment of evil. To the left, the “wrong” kind of speech constitutes violence. It therefore follows that violence used against such dissenters is justified.

Thus, activists are told to take direct action against their targets, such as white people, climate-change “deniers” or “colonialist” statues.

These same leftists are driving the frenzy of antisemitism in the West. Indeed, some of the instant reactions to Kirk’s murder displayed the same warped thinking with which they attack Israel.

They instantly deflected the blame for the murder from their own side onto Kirk himself or his most prominent supporter, Donald Trump.

On MSNBC, Matthew Dowd said that Kirk had been one of the most “especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech … aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

Dowd’s colleague, Katy Tur, called Kirk a “divisive figure” and said the Trump administration would use the shooting “as justification for something.” And the Democrat governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, rushed to blame Trump for inciting political violence.

In exactly the same way, the left blames Israel for its own victimization while sanitizing its Palestinian Arab attackers. That’s why left-wingers excused or ignored the atrocities on Oct. 7, 2023, and seek to prevent Israel from defeating the genocidists of Hamas.

To the left’s Israel-haters, just as Kirk deserved to be killed, so, too, “colonialist” Israel deserves to be annihilated. Israeli residents in the “West Bank” are “illegal settlers” who therefore deserve to be murdered.

The posters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas and other Palestinians were torn down because Israeli Jews aren’t to be considered victims; if they were raped, tortured, murdered or burned alive on Oct. 7, then they had it coming to them just because they were Israeli Jews.

Telling themselves that they stand for virtue, conscience and compassion because they are committed to liberal universalism and the brotherhood of man, left-wingers denounce all who are committed to the West, the nation-state, and Israel as the “right,” “fascists” and “Nazis.”

What should you do with Nazis? Why, destroy them. Thus, left-wing demonization leads straight to murder.

That’s why, after Kirk was shot dead, a list of prominent people hated by the left and who they say should be murdered next sprang up on social media.

Driving this obscenity is the belief that the left or the minorities they support can do no wrong, while conservatives can do no right. So the left excuse, ignore or deny the violence committed by those they support.

That’s why it took two weeks for the media to report the shocking murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, by Decarlos Brown, an African-American vagrant. This was despite a deeply shocking video on social media showing Zarutska sitting on a bus reading her phone when a hooded man rises behind her and slashes her in the neck with a knife, whereupon she bleeds to death.

Brown, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had 14 prior criminal convictions, has been left free to walk the streets and commit murder. Even when liberals finally acknowledged this terrible crime, their sympathies were reserved for Brown rather than his victim. The mandatory narrative of black victimhood effectively erased the evidence that was in front of their eyes.

This is exactly how it’s playing out with the demonization of Israel. The mandatory liberal narrative of oppressive Israel and its “Palestinian” victims has led great swathes of American and British society to fall for the lies that Israel is causing starvation, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, and simply erases the evidence that this is the very opposite of the truth.

Political hatred and violence aren’t confined to the left. The huge difference from the right, though, is the way they respond to acts of violence by their own side.

Mainstream conservatives react with visceral horror to right-wing violence. Within the extreme right-wing echo chamber, such acts are typically followed by the spinning of conspiracy theories (“the Mossad killed Charlie Kirk”) and other nonsensical and bigoted falsehoods.

But the left uniquely turns the political murder of its foes into a moral project to be celebrated, promoted and incentivized.

That’s why most political violence is associated with progressive causes: Antifa, Occupy, Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion, Palestine Action. All these and more make common cause with radical Islamists in their shared agenda to bring down the West, destroy white capitalist society and exterminate Israel.

It’s why countless Muslims have also been celebrating Kirk’s murder on social media with posts saying, “He was an enemy of Islam and deserved it” or “This is justice for supporting Israel.”

It’s why the Oct. 7 attacks produced celebration and jubilation. It’s why almost half of Britain thinks the Israelis are as bad as the Nazis.

In this climate, reason gets you nowhere. And as we have now seen so graphically demonstrated, reason can actually get you murdered.

This is what Israel and the Jews of the Diaspora are now up against. It’s a moral, intellectual and spiritual crisis in the West which threatens its disintegration altogether as a culture.

The forces of evil have been unleashed. They have to be defeated. May Charlie Kirk’s memory be a blessing, and may his devastating murder be the watershed that finally opens the West’s shuttered eyes.

IN TODAY'S ITALY, SUPPORTING ISRAEL - WHETHER JEWISH OR NOT - HAS BECOME DANGEROUS

Marco Carrai and the pogrom politics of Tuscany

Carrai’s ordeal is not just about one man. It is about whether Italy—and Europe—will allow lies and hatred to push us back toward the abyss. 

 

By Fiamma Nirenstein 

 

JNS

Sep 12, 2025

 

Marco Carrai

 

Marco Carrai is guilty of one “crime”: loving Israel. For that, the Christian businessman, philanthropist and honorary consul of Israel in Tuscany and Lombardy is now being targeted with slurs, death threats and posters in his own city branding him a “genocidal Zionist agent.”

In Florence—the cradle of the Renaissance—antisemitism is again scrawled on the walls. Tuscany, once proud of its culture, has instead distinguished itself with disgrace.

This campaign of vilification is not happening in a vacuum. Tuscany’s regional president, Eugenio Giani, pressured Carrai to resign from Florence’s Meyer Hospital board. Florence’s city council voted to sever ties with Israel on the basis of a grotesque document that accused Israel of using rape as a weapon of war—this, after the documented mass rapes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

Local co-ops have joined in by removing Israeli products from their shelves, while demonstrators chant in Piazza della Signoria.

This is not principled dissent. It is political opportunism cloaked in moral language. And it crosses a dangerous line: from rhetoric into incitement to murder. Posters circulating in Florence list Carrai’s name, photo, and birthdate, stamped “WANTED,” and label him an “agent of Zionism” and “complicit in genocide.” Far-left Marxist-Leninist social centers with jihadist ties openly back the campaign.

Carrai is not an isolated target. He is simply one of the most visible examples of a broader problem: in today’s Italy, supporting Israel—whether Jewish or not—has become dangerous. In so-called “red regions,” you live one step away from a pogrom. Crowds are inflamed, unions and activist groups join forces with pro-Hamas voices, and the internet amplifies every lie about Gaza.

The facts are irrelevant. Carrai was among the first to bring Gazan children to Italian hospitals. He facilitated food aid into Gaza via Israel’s port of Ashdod. None of this matters. To the mob, saying the word “Israel” is enough to unleash hatred.

Thankfully, there are voices of courage. One hundred Italian intellectuals and journalists have signed a letter defending Carrai, denouncing the twisted logic of his persecution: “If you are Jewish, or a friend of Jews, you cannot hold public office.” That logic echoes the darkest chapters of Europe’s past.

Meanwhile, others fan the flames. Governors like Michele Emiliano of Puglia, Michele De Pascale of Emilia-Romagna, and Bologna’s mayor Matteo Lepore have rushed to sever ties with Israel, as if Italy were a federal state free to make its own foreign policy. Their moves are not governance—they are a dog whistle to a mob intoxicated by Hamas propaganda and daily fed lies about casualty figures and aid.

Carrai’s ordeal is not just about one man. It is about whether Italy—and Europe—will allow lies and hatred to push us back toward the abyss. Antisemitism is once again dressed up as “progressivism.” But the message on Florence’s walls is clear: support Israel, and you are marked for attack.

The truth must also be clear: this is not a humanitarian cause, nor a fight for rights. It is the oldest hatred, reborn. And unless it is confronted, it will consume not only Carrai, but the very democratic values his enemies claim to defend.

MORE OIL

By Bob Walsh

 

 

 

The formerly great state of California is moving to allow oil producers to uncap as many as 2,000 oil wells in the Tulare County area.  Whether there will be any refineries available to actually refine the oil is questionable.  It is, of course, completely possible that most of the legislature thinks that gas comes out of the ground ready to put in your car.   

CA NANNY MEAL REQUIREMENTS

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Among the more "interesting" bills passed to the governor's desk at the end of the legislative session is one that requires that chain restaurants offer at least one "child's menu" item that meets strict health guidelines with regards to sugar, salt and suchlike.  I am confident the little tykes will just love a raw broccoli sandwich on a whole wheat hard roll with a small dab of low fat mayo.  

It is unclear at this point of the governor will sign the bill, but I wouldn't bet against it.

I'LL BET GAVIN JUST TOTALLY HATES THIS

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Valero is shutting down its oil refinery in Benicia in April of next year. 

 

There has been a story floating around Sacramento for close to a week that the state of California (which for practical purposes means Gavin Newsom and the Democrat-Socialist party) has been trying hard to bribe Valero to NOT close down their refinery next year.

Gavin Newsom hates gasoline and car owners almost as much as he hates guns and gun owners.  He wants to force people to drive electric cars or take mass transit.  It's a religion to him.  He is POSITIVE that he is right and the inconsiderate slugs who want to drive their own gas powered vehicles are morally reprehensible.  But he wants to be President so bad it makes his teeth hurt and he knows that if gasoline jumps to $7 or $8 per gallon in CA next year while he is trying to full his pipe dream he hasn't got a snowballs chance in hell.  Therefore this move.  

It isn't clear just what incentive the state is offering or whether or not Valero is biting.

TWISTED SISTER GOING ON TOUR

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Twisted Sister is getting back together and going on a world-wide tour next year.  Just thought you head-bangers might want to know.  I wouldn't mind seeing them live myself. 

OUR WATER IS AGAIN SAFE ..... FOR A WHILE AT LEAST

By Bob Walsh

 

A drone provides a view of a section of the California Aqueduct within the California State Water Project

 

Gavin Newsom, the God-Emperor of the formerly great state of California, was unable to ramrod a fast-track passage of yet another attempt to steal a shit-ton of water from NorCal and funnel it to the greedy bastards in SoCal who insist on living in a desert and having nice green lawns.

The end of the legislative year is tomorrow so the attempt is dead, for the nonce.  You can count on it being resurrected again and again and again.  Greed knows no decency, nor boundaries.  

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 9/11

By Howie Katz

 

 

As we remember the horrific attacks of 9/11, we should not lose sight of their significance.

The 9/11 attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and on the Pentagon, and the attempted attack on Congress or the White House that was thwarted by brave airline passengers, were funded and carried out by Islamists in their war on the Western World.

The Islamist war on the Western World is still going on with no end in sight. It is centered in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Afghanistan,Yemen and other Islamic strongholds. 

We should forever remember that throughout the Muslim world, people celebrated the news of 9/11. 

We must not lose sight of the Islamist war against the West, and that is the significance of 9/11.  

WHILE I BELIEVE TRANSGENDERISM IS A LOAD OF CRAP, I THINK THAT DON JR. SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF FOR HIS OUTRAGEOUS ACCUSATIONS

Don Jr.'s line in the sand moment about transgender people after Charlie Kirk assassination

 

By Phillip Nieto 

 

Daily Mail

Sep 11, 2025

 

Trump Jr. made his remarks during a Thursday interview with Megyn Kelly

 

Donald Trump Jr. rebuked the transgender community during the anniversary of 9/11 by comparing them to Al-Qaeda terrorists.

The president's son made his remarks during a Thursday interview on the 'Megyn Kelly Show.'

Trump Jr. also claimed transgender individuals are probably responsible for other 'mass killings' that the public is not aware of 'because you're not allowed to talk about the truth.'

'I can't name, including probably like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a group that is more violent per capita than the radical trans moment,' Trump Jr. told Megyn Kelly.

'I'm sure people are totally sane after jacking themselves up on hormones given to them by some rainbow hair freak doctor because they think men can somehow magically become women,' the president's son added.

Trump Jr.'s controversial comments come one day after the violent killing of Charlie Kirk.

The co-founder of Turning Point USA was shot in the throat while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University. The shooter fled the murder scene and is still at large.

An early internal report claims investigators have found ammunition found in the suspected weapon with symbols expressing support for transgender ideology. 

The president's son compared transgender individuals to Middle Eastern jihadist terrorists

 

The report has not been confirmed by the FBI and cited unnamed law enforcement sources.

Trump Jr. and Kirk reportedly maintained a close personal relationship with the president's son, referring to the conservative activist as a 'little brother.'

Vice President JD Vance wrote a heartfelt tribute to Kirk mentioning that Kirk introduced him to Trump Jr. early in his political career.

President Trump attended a ceremony on Thursday at the Pentagon to honor the victims of 9/11.

Trump announced his plans to honor Kirk by posthumously awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

 

President Trump plans to honor Kirk by posthumously awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian award

 

Trump Jr.'s comments come one day after the murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah

 

Additionally, Trump Jr. also blamed far-left rhetoric for the increase in political violence across the country.

'The reality is... we've seen they're not willing to be nice,' Trump Jr. referring to far-left liberals.

'The violence is only going one way.'

GROUNDS FOR KICKING ILHAN OMAR OUT OF CONGRESS

Squad member Ilhan Omar laughs as she mocks Charlie Kirk in callous rant

 

By James Gordon 

 

Daily Mail

Sep 11, 2025

 

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is under fire for mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination and scoffing at claims that his mission was rooted in civil political discourse

 

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is under fire for mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination and scoffing at claims that his mission was rooted in civil political discourse. 

The progressive 'Squad' member laughed during an interview while dismissing tributes to Kirk's legacy, branding his views as 'f***ed up' and accusing him of a decade of spreading hate.

While speaking with Zeteo, Omar poured scorn on the very idea that Kirk had championed civil political dialogue. 

'There are a lot of people who are talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate,' Omar said with a sneer.  'These people are full of s*** and it's important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness.'

Her remarks came just a day after Kirk was killed by a sniper outside Utah Valley University, in an attack that has deepened partisan divisions and triggered a wave of controversial reactions from elected Democrats to public servants and educators, some of whom appeared to celebrate his death.

Omar pointed specifically to Kirk's social media history and public rhetoric - his repeated denigration of George Floyd, his dismissal of Juneteenth, and his claims that efforts to recognize African American historical figures were part of a 'neo-segregationist' agenda. 

'What I do know for sure is that Charlie was someone who once said guns save lives after a school shooting. Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police,' Omar said.

'He would downplay slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist and I think there are a lot of people out there who are talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate.

'There is nothing more f'ed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions haven't been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so,' Omar laughed.

 

In an interview with Zeteo, Omar, right, poured scorn on the very idea that Kirk had championed civil political dialogue. Interviewer Mehdi Raza Hasan is seen, left

 

Kirk, 31, was one of the most visible and controversial figures in the conservative movement. 

He rose to national prominence as the founder of Turning Point USA, which sought to galvanize young Republicans on college campuses through fiery speeches and unapologetically provocative events.

But many on the left saw Kirk not as a thought leader but as a lightning rod for division. 

His repeated attacks on racial justice movements and particularly his caustic rhetoric on George Floyd and Juneteenth have been cited by critics as evidence of bigotry and radicalization.

In 2021, during a live appearance, Kirk dismissed Floyd as a 'scumbag' and repeated falsehoods that Floyd's death was due to a fentanyl overdose, despite the autopsy ruling Floyd's death a homicide due to 'cardiopulmonary arrest,' not an overdose. (Those rulings have been questioned by medical experts who assert that the amount of fentanyl in Floyd's system was what caused his death - ed.)

In a 2023 Instagram post, Kirk blasted Juneteenth as a 'race-based 'holiday,' writing 'Juneteenth isn't about emancipation, which was one of America's great moral achievements. It's about creating a race-based 'holiday.'

On a 2024 podcast, he escalated the claim further, 'The push to elevate Juneteenth is not about unity or justice. It's about anti-Americanism and replacing the Fourth of July.'

 

Many on the left saw Kirk not as a thought leader but as a lightning rod for division. Charlie Kirk is pictured in 2024

 

And just months before his death, in June 2025, he posted bluntly on X, 'Juneteenth should not be a federal holiday.'

Kirk, who supporters have hailed as a 'martyr' for conservative ideals, had an outsized influence in US politics.

He co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 to drive conservative viewpoints among young people, with his natural showmanship making him a go-to spokesman on television networks.

Kirk used his enormous audiences on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to build support for anti-immigration policies, outspoken Christianity and gun ownership, and to spread carefully edited clips of his interactions during debates at his many college events.

RUSSIAN HOCKEY PLAYER TURNS DOWN EIGHT-YEAR $128 MILLION CONTRACT OFFER

Shock as hockey player Kirill Kaprizov rejects biggest contract offer in NHL history

 

By Jake Nisse 

 

Daily Mail

Sep 11, 2025 

 

Kirill Kaprizov has reportedly rejected the largest contract offer in NHL history

 

Hockey player Kirill Kaprizov has stunned fans after reportedly rejecting the largest contract offer in NHL history.

Kaprizov, a 28-year-old forward for the Minnesota Wild, is a three-time All-Star with 386 points in 319 career games.

And his franchise offered him an eight-year, $128million extension, according to reporter Frank Seravalli - an amount that would have made the NHL's highest-paid player ever by average annual value and total money.

But the Russian's representation is said to have turned down the hefty offer during a meeting with the team on Tuesday - which hockey fans couldn't believe.

'This is comical. What does he expect from other teams?' one said on X.

'Bro!! Why would he turn that down, how much does he think he deserves?,' a second asked.

 

The current record for the NHL's richest deal is the 13-year, $124million pact signed by Alex Ovechkin in 2008

 

'This is disrespectful. I would trade him,' a third said.

And a fourth claimed: 'He doesn't want to stay in Min. That's the only reason you turn this down.' 

The current record for the NHL's richest deal is the 13-year, $124million pact that Alex Ovechkin signed with the Washington Capitals in 2008.

While Kaprizov has established himself as one of the league's best forwards since debuting for the Wild in 2020, the franchise hasn't been able to have much postseason success in that time.

The Wild have made the playoffs in four of the last five seasons, but have failed to advance past the first round on any of those occasions.

 

Wild's Kirill Kaprizov is seen scoring one of his two goals that helped Minnesota beat the visiting Canadiens 4-1 on November 1, 2022

 

Kaprizov is currently in the last year of a five-year, $45million deal.

However, Wild owner Craig Leipold recently expressed optimism that his franchise could strike a deal with their star player. 

'I just feel like we're not that far off,' Leipold told The Athletic last week. 

'I kind of think we're there. I like to believe when Kirill comes over and gets a sense again for the excitement and the love of the city, I think we'll be moving forward in a good direction.'

With or without a new contract for Kaprizov, Minnesota will begin their season at the St. Louis Blues on October 9. 

CHARLIE KIRK: A LION-HEARTED FRIEND OF ISRAEL

Israel mourns Charlie Kirk

Conservative Christian commentator was an outspoken voice for Israel. Netanyahu: We lost a “lion-hearted friend.”

 

By Ryan Kones

 

Israel Today

Sep 11, 2025

 

Founder and President of Turning Point Action, Charlie Kirk, speaks at the organization's 'Believers Summit' in West Palm Beach, Florida in July 2024.

 

American Evangelical Christian commentator and activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a public event on Wednesday, sparking an immediate outpouring of grief from Israel and the American Jewish community.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Kirk a “lion-hearted friend of Israel” who “fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization.” Bibi said he spoke to Kirk just weeks ago and invited him to visit Israel. “Sadly, that visit will not take place.”

 

The Knesset lit up in red, white and blue on September 11, 2025 in honor of Israel's friend Charlie Kirk.

 

Minutes after the shooting at Utah Valley University, while medical teams were still fighting for Kirk’s life, Netanyahu tweeted that he was praying for the Christian, as did numerous other members of his cabinet.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon mourned the loss of “a friend and exceptional leader. His unique voice influenced many young people in the United States and left a lasting mark on an entire generation.”

Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir noted that Kirk had been one of the few brave enough to publicly warn about the dangerous “collaboration between the global left and radical Islam.” Ben-Gvir thanked Kirk “for your support of Israel, and for fighting for a better world.”

 

Charlie Kirk (top) and with his wife during a visit to Jerusalem in 2019

Charlie Kirk became widely known in Israel in recent years for publicly confronting and debating pro-Palestinian activists and Hamas supporters.

The American Jewish community also grieved the loss of so strong a Christian voice.

The American Jewish Committee said it was “heartbroken and outraged by the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition called Kirk a “dear friend” of the Jewish people and “a shining light in these troubled times for the American Jewish community.”

The Coalition for Jewish Values stressed that the assassination was not senseless, but rather a “calculated murder to silence one of America’s most powerful voices for morality and truth.”

StandWithUS wrote that it was “deeply grateful for Charlie’s dedicated support of Israel and the Jewish people, and his vocal opposition to antisemitism.”

ISRAEL'S TARGETED OPERATIONS ARE NOT REVENGE ... THEY ARE JUSTICE, DETERRENCE AND SELF-PRESERVATION

From Munich to Tehran to Doha: Israel’s unbroken doctrine of justice

It is the continuation of a policy rooted in the Olympics’ massacre in 1972: Israel will reach its enemies, wherever they hide. 

 

By Stephen M. Flatow 

 

JNS

Sep 11, 2025 

 

A member of the Arab Commando group that seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where the commandos held members of the Israeli team hostage, Sept. 5, 1972. 

 

In September 1972, the world watched in horror as Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic Village in Munich, taking members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. By the time the ordeal ended, 11 Israeli athletes were dead. The world’s reaction was predictable: outrage, speeches and hand-wringing, but little action. The International Olympic Committee hurried to resume the Games. West German officials bungled the rescue attempt and then quietly released three of the captured terrorists.

Israel drew a very different conclusion. Then-Prime Minister Golda Meir authorized the Mossad to pursue every member of the Black September network that had orchestrated the Munich attack. The message was unmistakable: Those who spill Jewish blood will never be safe. Over the following years—in cities from Paris to Beirut to Cyprus—the long arm of Israeli justice reached the perpetrators of Munich.

More than 50 years later, that same doctrine is alive in the aftermath of the Hamas-led massacre of 1,200 people in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The world again saw Jews butchered in cold blood in their homes and at a music festival. The world again expressed sympathy … and then moved on.

Israel, however, has not moved on. And just as in the 1970s, the masterminds of mass murder are discovering that safe houses in Tehran or luxury hotels in Doha are no refuge.

Reports of targeted assassinations of Hamas leaders in Tehran and now Qatar’s capital city, Doha, are not improvisations. They are the continuation of a policy rooted in Munich: Israel will reach its enemies wherever they hide.

The parallels are striking.

In both 1972 and 2023, the murderers believed that distance, politics and foreign patronage would shield them. Black September operatives slipped across European borders, confident that they could disappear. Hamas leaders today rely on Iranian sponsorship and Qatari hospitality. Both miscalculated.

Munich taught Israel—and the Jewish people—that international institutions could not be relied upon to protect us. Oct. 7 reinforced that lesson with painful clarity.

Critics call these killings vengeance. That is a fundamental misunderstanding. Israel’s targeted operations are not revenge; they are justice, deterrence and self-preservation.

Justice, because the blood of murdered Jews cannot be brushed aside with a U.N. resolution or a “peace process” that drags on indefinitely. Deterrence, because future terrorists must learn that planning atrocities against Jews means that they will spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulder. And self-preservation, because allowing terror leaders to live freely and plot the next massacre is to invite repetition of Oct. 7.

The world often prefers Israel to “move on.” After Munich, the International Olympic Committee didn’t even pause the Games for long. Today, the international community demands ceasefires and concessions, as if Hamas were a legitimate negotiating partner rather than the butchers of men, women, children and babies. In both eras, Israel answered with action, not platitudes.

 

 

The photos of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered during the Munich Olympics in 1972.

 

It is also worth remembering who these terror leaders are. The Munich plotters were not impoverished freedom fighters; they were operatives of a well-funded, politically connected terror machine. Likewise, those Hamas leaders who reside in Tehran and Doha are not struggling refugees; they live in opulence while ordinary Gazans languish under their misrule. Their deaths do not deprive their people of leadership; they liberate them from tyrants who profit from endless war.

The principle behind Israel’s campaign is both ancient and modern. The Bible teaches, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justice?” Israel has taken that imperative into its national security doctrine. The long arm of justice, whether carried out by Mossad agents in the 1970s or Israeli operatives today, tells the world that Jewish lives are not cheap, Jewish dignity is not expendable, and Jewish sovereignty has meaning.

When the Munich terrorists struck in 1972, they aimed to humiliate Israel on the world stage. Instead, they birthed a doctrine of deterrence that outlived them all. When Hamas struck on Oct. 7, they sought to terrorize Israelis into paralysis. Instead, they reawakened Israel’s determination to ensure that Jewish blood is never spilled without consequence.

From Munich to Tehran, from 1972 to today, Israel has demonstrated that the Jewish people will not rely on others to secure justice. If the international community cannot—or will not—prevent the murder of Jews, then Israel will act alone. That is not vengeance. It is the meaning of sovereignty.

The names change—Munich, Black September, Hamas, Tehran, Doha—but the principle remains constant: If you slaughter Jews, your day of reckoning will come.

MSNBC FIRES INSENSITIVE KNUCKLEHEAD

By Bob Walsh

 

 

 

MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd yesterday for being an insensitive idiot in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder.

Dowd asserted that Kirk's own "hateful words" likely led to the "hateful act" that took his life.  He also speculated that he may have been accidentally killed by one of his own supporters firing a single round of celebratory gunfire, which is a truly idiotic notion.

I wonder if MSNBC is attempting to claw their way back from the far left edge of the idiot shelf?  I doubt it, but one never knows.

TRULY A DARK MOMENT FOR AMERICA ..... CONSIDERING THE DISTANCE OF 200 YARDS FROM WHICH KIRK WAS SHOT, THE ASSASSIN COULD BE A FORMER US ARMY OR MARINE CORPS SNIPER

Trump issues Oval Office address over Charlie Kirk's assassination: 'This is a dark moment for America'

 

By Stephen M. Lepore 

 

Daily Mail

Sep 10, 2025

 

 

President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the death of Charlie Kirk, calling it a 'Dark Moment for America.' 

 

President Donald Trump delivered a solemn message to the nation in the wake of influencer Charlie Kirk's assassination on a college campus in Utah.  

The president spoke from the Oval Office as he criticized the 'demonization' of political opponents during a four-minute video posted to his Truth Social account. 

'To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror,' the president said.

He then spoke about Kirk as a man of faith who loved his country and talking to the American people. 

'Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America. He fought for liberty, democracy, justice and the American people.'

'He's a martyr for truth and freedom and there has never been anyone who was so respected by youth.'

'Charlie was also a man of deep, deep faith and we take comfort that he is now with God in Heaven. Our prayers are with his wife, Erika, his two young and beloved children and his family, who he loved more than anything in the world. We ask God to watch over them in this terrible hour of heartache in pain.'

Trump turned toward those he saw as responsible for this, as he called Tuesday 'a dark moment for America.'

 

The president published a grave, four-minute statement on Kirk's death from the Oval Office to his Truth Social account

 

'It's long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequences of demonizing those with whom you disagree, day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible.'

'For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today and it must stop right now.'

He compared it to the assassination attempt on his own life, the attacks on ICE agents, the alleged killing of Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione and the shooting of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. 

'Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives,' he said.

He asked Americans to commit themselves to Kirk's values: 'The values of free speech, citizenship, the rule of law and the patriotic devotion and love of God.'

'Charlie was the best of America and the monster who was attacking him was attacking our whole country.'  

Trump said that his administration will find everyone involved with Kirk's killing and all political violence.  

The political world was left stunned Wednesday when influential conservative Charlie Kirk was murdered onstage at an event at Utah Valley University. 

 

Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika Frantzve , with whom he had a three-year-old daughter and a son, 16 months

 

It was Trump who delivered the news of 31-year-old Kirk's death, using his Truth Social network. 

'The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,' Trump posted at 4:40 p.m. '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.' 

'Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!' the president said. 

Trump then ordered the flags lowered - with all three American flags at the White House dropped to half-staff.  

The president had urged the country to pray for Kirk shortly after the Turning Point USA leader was shot in the neck by an unknown gunman while he was engaging in Q&A with students at the Turning Point USA event.

'We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!' Trump said on Truth Social. 

The White House sent out a copy of Trump's post in place of an official statement. 

'Say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy and a young father,' Vice President JD Vance added on X. 

Though talking on the phone to the New York Post, the president had expressed doubt that Kirk could survive. 

Video taken at the scene showed Kirk being shot in the neck and blood immediately pouring out of the wound. 

'He's not doing well…yes, it looks very bad,' Trump said, adding that he was feeling 'not good' about the shooting. 'He was a very, very good friend of mine, and he was a tremendous person.'     

Attorney General Pam Bondi was flying back from an event in Chicago when she heard the news and gathered her team in prayer. 

'FBI and ATF agents are on the scene. PRAY FOR CHARLIE,' Bondi then posted to X. 

Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, was on-site with his family and called into Fox News Channel to recount the shocking turn of events. 

Chaffetz said Kirk was answering a question about transgender shooters when the single shot rang out.  

'He took his first question, which was a religious question. And then he got to the second question, which was about 30 minutes into his presentation, 2:30 local time, and the question was about transgender shooters, mass killings versus people that weren’t transgender,' the Utah Republican said.  

'And when that happened, when that question came out, you know, going to have the interaction, one-shot,' Chaffetz continued. 'I was watching Charlie. I can't say that I saw blood. I can't say that I saw him get hit, but I did see him fall immediately backward into his left.'

 

Stunned spectators are heard gasping and screaming before people start to run away

Images from the scene showed the crowd run as someone fired a single shot 

 

'And I can just hope and pray that somehow he survives that,' the ex-congressman added. 

FBI Director Kash Patel said his bureau was 'closely monitoring reports of the tragic shooting.' 

'Our thoughts are with Charlie, his loved ones, and everyone affected,' Patel said. 'Agents will be on the scene quickly and the FBI stands in full support of the ongoing response and investigation.'  

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom was quick to show bipartisan support for Kirk, condemning the attack. 

'The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form,' Newsom said. 

Kirk was scheduled to debate a progressive influencer, Hasan Piker, at Dartmouth College on Sept. 25. 

On his Twitch live stream, Piker reacted to the news with horror, urging some of his followers to stop making jokes about the shooting, and he expressed fear that he could be similarly targeted. 

'This is a terrifying incident,' Piker said. 'The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.'

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez echoed those worries after Kirk was pronounced dead.

'The assassination of Charlie Kirk risks an uncorking of political chaos and violence that we cannot risk in America,' the New York Democrat said.  

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a friend of Kirk's, said on X: 'A married young man and father, who stands on college campuses and encourages young people to get married, have children, stop abortion, and simply live a life for God.'

'I’m praying that he survives. And I'm praying that this country rises up and ends this,' the Georgia lawmaker said. 

While many quickly shared prayers for Kirk, a subset of shameless social media users appeared to celebrate the attack on the Republican firebrand in the aftermath. 

Rep. Brian Mast told Daily Mail in the immediate aftermath that he 'hopes Charlie is alright', and said he was praying he would not 'lose a friend today.'  

Mast talked to the Mail before Trump announced Kirk's death.  

Rep. Cory Mills also told the Mail: 'It's such a horrendous and just horrific incident to watch. I mean, my thoughts and prayers are obviously with him and his family. 

 

A member of the crowd (pictured) stepped up to the microphone to debate Kirk, who was sitting under a tent, on the matter of mass shootings .

Kirk helped found Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit that has focuses on promoting conservativism on school campuses (pictured: Kirk and his wife Erika Frantzve)

 

'He's been an amazing conservative leader, both in universities and on college campuses, but even with the continuation of the build out of turning point, giving policy advisers and legislators the opportunity to really talk with the youth and understand exactly what we're trying to achieve by saving our country and the constitutionality of it, but we're monitoring it very closely. 

'I've known Charlie for a long time. This is the type of thing we just can't tolerate here in America,' Mills said. 

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna told Daily Mail he was 'saddened' by the shooting, and said 'we need to do better as citizens of this country, the hate and anger that has taken over.' 

The shooting prompted a furious response from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. 

'I am done with the rhetoric this rotten House and corrupt media has caused,' she posted to X. 'EVERY DAMN ONE OF YOU WHO CALLED US FASCISTS DID THIS. You were too busy doping up kids, cutting off their genitals, inciting racial violence by supporting orgs that exploit minorities, protecting criminals, and stirring hate.' 

'YOU ARE THE HATE you claim to fight,' she said. 'Your words caused this. Your hate caused this. Charlie. His family. Those kids. No one deserved this. Enough is enough.' 

Luna worked for Kirk's Turning Point USA before being elected to Congress. 

The horror shooting unfolded Wednesday afternoon at the UVU campus in Orem.

Kirk published a post on X just minutes before the shooting occurred.

'WE. ARE. SO. BACK,' Kirk wrote at 2.23pm EST. 'Utah Valley University is FIRED UP and READY for the first stop back on the American Comeback Tour.'