Charlie Kirk - Reactions
Charlie Kirk wrote 30 April 2024 "For the past 10 years its been "cool" to hate white people, simply for who they are. In the past six months, it's become obvious that Jews are considered "white" as well - and many Jews have become shocked at all the hatred towards them. If you put up group hatred in one way, it will grow into a monster that cannot be controlled. Right now, there is a war on the West and on civilization. The activist left hates Jews, white people, Christians, anyone who thinks the West is best, and any institution or historical figure that proves the West is best. You are seeing leftists for who they truly are."
Dan Bongino, conservative political commentator, radio host, and former law enforcement officer [and later by 2025 Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation] told FOX News host Sean Hannity on 13 June 2020: "This is a warning for everyone out there in the viewing audience. This fight is coming to your door. I don't mean a physical fight, I don't necessarily mean someone's going to knock on your door and try to hurt you. But this fight right now, it's coming to your door. You're going to have to pick a side. I regret to tell you that. There is a right and wrong to this argument. There's no question, and the right side of the side of the good police officers and law and order." (6/12/2020)
Robert Sterling noted 13 September 2025 "Tens of millions of Americans started the week seeing a 23-year-old blonde woman—a young woman in whom virtually every parent watching pictured their own daughter—stabbed in the neck by a career criminal. These people then found out the murderer had been released from jail 14 times over.... When they see footage of Decarlos Brown stabbing a Ukrainian refugee to death, they don’t see just one demon-possessed man. They picture every university administrator, HR bureaucrat, and DEI apparatchik that ever lectured them about systemic racism, the “carceral state,” or the need to release violent crime suspects without bail in the name of social justice. ... their friend at the local YMCA who vents about having to release career criminals because Soros-funded prosecutors aren’t willing to file charges—and they realize everything the left has told them over the last five years has been utter bullshit....
"In response to Iryna Zarutska bleeding out on the floor of a train, you post bullshit statistics about reductions in reported crime, when everyone who’s ever been to a major urban center in the last decade knows that actual crime has skyrocketed, only for victims not to waste their time reporting it to cops that don’t have the manpower to respond and prosecutors that seek to downgrade as many felonies as possible to misdemeanor citations."
Robinson had a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate, who was transitioning from male to female. LGBTQ advocacy group Project Rainbow Utah said in a statement that there had been dangerous speculation about the shooter’s motives and urged “people to step back from assumptions and narratives that endanger and other an already marginalized population.... Unfortunately, many bad-faith actors are intent on demonizing the transgender community to make them scapegoats,” the statement noted.
FBI Director Kash Patel verified 15 Septembe 2025 that DNA extracted from the towel encasing the weapon used in the Charlie Kirk assassination attempt, along with samples from a screwdriver, match those of Tyler Robinson. Patel said the suspect wrote that he had the "opportunity to take out" Kirk and added, "I’m going to take it." Speaking to Fox News, Patel explained that the message was composed before the shooting. According to Patel, Robinson’s family told investigators that he had "subscribed to left-wing ideology."
Reaction to Kirk Assassination
"The Five" co-host Jesse Watters reacted to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. "This is a man who touched an entire generation of Americans and electrified them and made them patriots. And this is not a controversial person. This is not a polarizing guy, a divisive person, a firebrand that he's being described as in the media. Let's put America first because that's all he was about, putting America first. And as Greg said, this hits differently because Charlie was one of us. And Trump gets hit in the ear. Charlie gets shot dead. They came after Kavanaugh with a rifle to his neighborhood. They went after Musk's cars. They just shot two Jews outside the embassy. Think about it. Scalise got shot, barely survived.
"It's happening. We got trans shooters. We got riots in L.A. They are at war with us. Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. What are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? ... And everybody's accountable. And we're watching what they're saying on television. And who's saying what? The politicians, the media, and all these rats out there. This can never happen again. It ends now. Greg's right again. This is a turning point. And we know which direction we're going."
Right-wing radio host Dana Loesch put it on Watters’ prime-time show, that “it's not the right killing the left, it's the left killing the right.” “THIS IS WAR,” posted Libs of TikTok. “Civil war,” was Andrew Tate’s take. “This is war,” commented Ian Miles Cheong. “This is a war, this is a war, this is a war,” Alex Jones said on his livestream. According to Steve Bannon, “We are at war in this country.” “We’re not supposed to say this,” posted Shaun Maguire. “But the truth is we’re at War.”
MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich demanded “congressional hearings now”, which he said should include “every billionaire funding far left wing extremism,” naming George Soros, Bill Gates, and Reid Hoffman. He also called for “massive RICO investigations now” to scrutinize “every dollar” and tagged Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. “I’m choosing my words mindfully, don’t twist them. This is a prediction, not a preference. If Congressional GOP and Trump don’t act swiftly and ferociously, there will be retaliatory actions due to lawful means not being used. This is always what happens. RICO these fucks now!”
FOX News Channel's Greg Gutfeld reacted to the assassination of Charlie Kirk: " if they can do this, they are capable of anything. I think that was the message. I believe that was the message. It's really hard to radicalize Republicans. You know, it's like we're not the radical type, but if you thought that you were going to shut a movement down, you're going to get a rude awakening. You woke us the f*ck up."
Mollie Hemingway with FBN's Stuart Varney, comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk: "We’ve seen a lot of weakness and impotence on the right, so Republican leaders need to not just stand up there and say, “Oh, we must condemn—both sides do these things.” They need to actually take the threat from left-wing activists very seriously. They need to investigate how they’re funded—Antifa, other terrorist groups. They’re going to war against ICE. You know, they tried to kill Donald Trump. They’ve successfully killed Charlie Kirk. This is a serious group that needs to be taken seriously, and people are looking to Republican leaders to do what needs to be done to make the country safe for free speech and the values we hold dear."
Clay Travis, "Outkick" founder and co-host of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," reacted to President Obama's statement on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "I am tired of hearing people say, like Barack Obama did, like Hillary Clinton did, oh we condemn this violence. Guess what? You can't call the President of the United States for 10 years Adolf Hitler, and you can't say that he's a fascist dictator, and you can't say that anyone who voted for Trump or advocated for him like you, me, Riley, and Charlie Kirk are Nazis, and then when someone tries to kill us, you can't suddenly say, oh we condemn this violence. You caused it. Look at me right now. You caused this.
"When you tell people that someone is Hitler, you are telling crazy people, go kill them. And I am sick of pretending that that is anything other than what they're doing. That guy in West Palm Beach, what did he say? He was killing Trump because he believed Trump was Hitler. This is what they do, all right? This left-wing violence, it's out of control, and Charlie Kirk bore the brunt of that left-wing violence, and guess what? But for the twist of his head at the last minute, Donald Trump's head would have been blown off on live television, and that is intentional. They are lighting fires and then claiming, oh what do you know? There's a fire there."
Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, posted 10 September 2025 that “the Democrat party is a domestic terrorist organization” and “terrorist Democrats will not stop. … And until they are stopped—until every single nutjob inciting this madness and cheering it on is held accountable and removed from civil society—it will not stop.”
John Daniel Davidson, a senior editor at The Federalist, wrote "The Trump administration should dismantle the entire ecosystem of left-wing political activism in America. Antifa and BLM groups need to have their assets seized and donor lists scrutinized. The left-wing billionaires who fund these organizations need to be criminally investigated and charged if possible. Groups tied to transgenderism, Palestine/Hamas, socialism and other radical leftist causes should be targeted using every tool available to the Justice Department and federal law enforcement agencies. The law should be applied maximally to these groups and the individuals who lead them and fund them. If the Democratic Party and Democrat leaders are implicated, so be it. It might be that the DNC and the Democratic Party itself need to be destroyed, root and branch.....
" ... the ordinary rules of partisan politics no longer apply. It’s not necessary for the president or Republican leaders to issue statements about “turning down the temperature” or “coming together in this difficult time,” as Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did this week.... You cannot “turn down the temperature” with such people, still less make common cause with them. Their cause is revolutionary and inherently violent, and if we don’t stamp it out completely it will consume and eventually destroy this country.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the Internet a “cancer”; he added that “cancer probably isn’t a strong enough word,” likening social media to the equivalent of “fentanyl” in destroying young minds and taking lives: "We have seen an escalation in violence that has been happening across the country. … I don't think a governor, I don't think a president, and I don't think anyone can change the trajectory of this. It truly is about every single one of us. And I can't emphasize enough the damage that social media and the Internet is doing to all of us. Those dopamine hits. These companies, trillion dollar market caps and the most powerful companies in the history of the world have figured out how to hack our brains, get us addicted to the outrage which is the same type of dopamine, the same chemical that you get from taking fentanyl and get us addicted to outrage and getting us to hate each other."
[William M. Arkin noted "Discord is an extremely popular American chat app with over 200 million users. Far from the niche cesspool of radicalism it’s been portrayed as, the app is basically just WhatsApp for gamers — a group that may once have been a subculture but is completely mainstream today."" ]
“We can honor him [Kirk] and honor his memory and make it a living thing that we use this to take down the apparatus that's well-funded that is at the core of this anti-Americanism,” Steve Bannon said on his streaming show. “It has to be a all-of-government approach. ... Let's go kick down some doors and perp walk some folks today.”
Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist and streamer who has Trump’s ear and regularly gets federal officials fired for insufficient demonstrated fealty to the president, declared 10 September: “It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.” She later added: “All of the Leftist groups that pay for these radical protests need to be prosecuted. … More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
Loomer wrote 13 September 2026 "It’s time to designate the transgender movement as a terrorist movement. Trans people are a threat to society. We can’t allow them to continue killing people. They need to be socially ostracized and the President should make medical transitioning ILLEGAL in our country."
Laura Loomer wrote 14 September 2026 "You cannot be kind to your enemy. I just hope people come to realize this soon. You have to be vicious. There’s nothing wrong with being vicious for the sake of saving our country."
Laura Loomer, also on 13 September, wrote "How much do you want to bet we are going to find out there is a Trans terror cell that groomed Tyler Robinson and possibly even provided him with the gun to kill Charlie? It seems like this was very pre-meditated. There are literally shooting clubs now where Trannies meet up to learn how to shoot rifles and they wear shirts that say “Kill fascists” and “the 2nd Amendment is for shooting cops”. They are training for war. It’s very dangerous. Who provided him with the rifle he used to kill Charlie Kirk?"
Loomer on 15 September 2026 wrote "The Democrats have moved on from cancel culture to assassination culture. And not a single lawmaker has moved to make ANTIFA a terrorist org this week. We really do live in a country of a bunch of do nothing people. Don’t we? It really hits you hard when you think about it."
Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, who alternately has been called the administration’s “attack dog” and “the president’s id,” has a well-known penchant for breathless, overheated language.
"There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved. It is an ideology at war with family and nature. It is envious, malicious, and soulless. It is an ideology that looks upon the perfect family with bitter rage while embracing the serial criminal with tender warmth. Its adherents organize constantly to tear down and destroy every mark of grace and beauty while lifting up everything monstrous and foul. It is an ideology that leads, always, inevitably and willfully, to violence — violence against those uphold order, who uphold faith, who uphold family, who uphold all that is noble and virtuous in this world. It is an ideology whose one unifying thread is the insatiable thirst for destruction.
"We see the workings of this ideology in every posting online cheering the evil assassination that cruelly robbed this nation of one of its greatest men. Postings from those in positions of institutional authority — educators, healthcare workers, therapists, government employees — reveling in the vile and the sinister with the most chilling glee. The fate of millions depends upon the defeat of this wicked ideology. The fate of our children, our society, our civilization hinges on it. Now we devote ourselves, with love and unyielding determination, to finishing the indispensable work to which Charlie bravely devoted his life and gave his last measure of devotion."
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that." Miller also wrote: "In recent days we have learned just how many Americans in positions of authority—child services, law clerks, hospital nurses, teachers, gov’t workers, even DOD employees—have been deeply and violently radicalized. The consequence of a vast, organized ecosystem of indoctrination."
Stephen Miller wrote 14 September 2025 "So when you vote to elect any Democrat you are putting to work an entire governing system: “criminal justice” advocates who will work relentlessly to keep monsters out of prison, officials charged with publicly safety who will instead zealously dismantle it, immigrant lawyers and activists who will work tirelessly to deluge your city with migrants and “refugees”, educators who will indoctrinate your children to hate themselves and their heritage, bureaucrats who are true-believing marxist radicals running the machinery of government, DEI zealots to enforce their agenda at every agency and every business they can extort, regulators to extract the last drop of productivity out of the economy to enrich leftist NGOs, leftist lawyers and leftist community organizers, and a government staffed at every level by those who lack the skill or vision to build anything but relish the opportunity to unravel everything that makes society beautiful, sacred and whole."
Elon Musk proclaimed September 10, 2025: "If they won’t leave us in peace, then our choice is fight or die" – This was a reply in a discussion about non-violent resolutions failing, implying a binary choice in the face of aggression. September 11, 2025: "If killers are not arrested, they will kill" – A stark warning about consequences of inaction against violent actors, posted amid news of crimes or threats. September 13, 2025: "Peace is not possible with people who revel in murder." – In response to a conversation about ongoing conflicts, underscoring that de-escalation isn't viable with certain groups. September 13, 2025: "Either we fight back or they will kill us" – Posted in a thread about escalating tensions, likely referring to political or ideological adversaries.
Musk called out "how much violence there is on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly, the left is the party of murder and celebrating murder.... They are the ones poisoning the minds of our children."
"I am now 100% confident that Charlie’s assassination was carried out by a radical left wing transgender terror cell" Aesthetica wrote. To which Elon Musk replied "Seems likely". "Anyone who’s been in the trenches fighting these trans militants knows that they are inherently violent. On a level far beyond any other political or ideological faction. Deranged, deeply hateful, angry at themselves and the world. Suicidal. The threat they pose is very serious" Matt Walsh wrote. To which Elon Musk responded "This is a massive problem".
On September 15, 2025, Vice President JD Vance guest-hosted a special episode of The Charlie Kirk Show from the White House, honoring the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated the previous week at Utah Valley University. During the 2.5-hour broadcast, Vance invited administration officials like Stephen Miller to discuss Kirk's legacy and broader political plans, including crackdowns on "leftist nongovernmental organizations." Kirk had a history of controversial statements, including a 2023 clip where he claimed "Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously".
He argued that Kirk was highlighting how DEI initiatives "steal spots from qualified whites and Asians" in elite universities, framing it as reverse discrimination rather than overt racism. Vance echoed this by accusing American universities of "racially discriminating against whites and Asians" through affirmative action, calling for the elimination of DEI policies to restore "fairness." He claimed, "It's not racist if we believe it based on facts—look at the stats on admissions and outcomes."
Supporters praised Vance for "calling it like it is" on crime and merit, with one: "JD just dropped the hammer—no fake unity with psychopaths." Outlets like The New York Times described it as Vance laying out plans to "crack down on liberal groups." Vance argued that the assassination was fueled by "left-wing extremism" and that media outlets and certain funders were creating an environment that justifies or celebrates such acts. “This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth we must be told.”
He elaborated by citing unspecified "data" claiming that "people on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence," pointing to examples like a The Nation article that allegedly misrepresented Kirk's views on affirmative action and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Vance also referenced the July 2024 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump as evidence of the "terrible consequences" of this rhetoric. He called for honesty about those "celebrating" Kirk's death and the "financing" behind such narratives, implicitly targeting figures like George Soros.
Donald Trump Jr. talked with Sean Hannity. "His threat wasn't that he was a threat or malicious, or anything it was that he was very effective, and they had to make sure that that didn't continue. They tried doing the same thing with my father.... the violence only goes one way. It only goes one way. We have seen that now, whether it's the assassination attempts on my father's life, whether it's Charlie Kirk, whether it's the threatening of a Supreme Court justice or doxing ICE agents, that goes one way. It is entirely owned by the left. So when I watch the radical left television right now, well, it's really the fault of both sides. No, it's not. It is not the fault of both sides....
"I can't, frankly, name a mass shooting in the last year or two in America that wasn't committed by a transgender lunatic that has been pumped up on probably hormones since they were three years olds because they want to normalize that, and if you say something about it is verboten because we are supposed to trust the science even if it's not science and even if everyone understands it.... They have shown that if we try to be nice and placate them -- we actually have to stand up for ourselves. If we don't, they are more than happy to take us out."
President Trump told "FOX & Friends" on 12 September 2025 that he wants the DOJ to look at making a RICO case and George Soros and "professional agitators" on the left: "You know they have professional agitators. They are professional. I had one the other night. I went into a restaurant and this woman stood up. I looked at her—she had money. They get paid for it. They're professionals from Soros and other people. We’re going to look into Soros. I think it is a RICO case against him and other people. This is more than like protesters. This is agitation and riots on the street....
"The radicals on the left are the problem. They are vicious and horrible—and politically savvy. Although they want men in women’s sports. They want transgender for everyone. They want open borders. The worst thing that happened to this country—I already solved inflation. You could have $2 gasoline pretty soon, I've solved everything. The worst thing is when we let 25 million people in, many of which, and I say 80%, should not be in our country. They empty their prisons into our country. They are emptying mental institutions and insane asylums. That is a mental institution on steroids. They emptied out insane asylums, crazy people, into our country by the millions. It is the hardest thing."
"We’ve seen a lot of weakness and impotence on the right, so Republican leaders need to not just stand up there and say, “Oh, we must condemn—both sides do these things.” They need to actually take the threat from left-wing activists very seriously. They need to investigate how they’re funded—Antifa, other terrorist groups. They’re going to war against ICE. You know, they tried to kill Donald Trump. They’ve successfully killed Charlie Kirk. This is a serious group that needs to be taken seriously, and people are looking to Republican leaders to do what needs to be done to make the country safe for free speech and the values we hold dear."
Trump said on Saturday that he hopes the US will heal following the assassination of Kirk. "I'd like to see it heal," Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News. "But we're dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don't play fair, and they never did". He continued "We'll see what happens. They (the left) don't like what's been happening. We've been winning very big". President Trump responded 15 September 2025 to people who say “BOTH SIDES” are the problem. "The problem is on the left. It's NOT on the right! When you look at the agitators —the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place — that's the LEFT, NOT the right."
The society in the United States is now extremely polarized, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the assassination of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "It is up to American law enforcement to figure out whether these are some isolated incidents or some kind of a trend, which is much worse. But the fact that society is extremely polarized now is true," Peskov told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.
America was founded on violence and war, from the Revolutionary war, and even from the time of the Pilgrims. Recreation has come to be violent sports and hobbies, whether it be pro-football, pro-hockey, or violent video games. On July 27, 1967, the black activist H. Rap Brown, Director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), proclaimed “I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.” In his controversial 1969 autobiography Die Nigger Die!, Brown wrote "This country was born on violence. Violence is as american as cherry pie. Black people have always been violent, but our violence has always been directed toward each other. If nonviolence is to be practiced, then it should be practiced in our community and end there. Violence is a necessary part of revolutionary struggle."
The Purge
A growing number of individuals faced professional consequences, from being fired or placed on administrative leave, for public comments they made in the wake of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Supporters of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead on Wednesday, have launched online campaigns calling for anyone believed to be celebrating Kirk's death on social media to lose their jobs. Teachers, airline employees and military personnel have all been targeted for public comments they made after the shooting. These efforts have targeted teachers, firefighters and even military personnel, some of whom have lost their jobs.
Several historically Black colleges and universities in the US were closed after receiving potential threats, with the FBI confirming it is investigating "hoax threat calls" to multiple institutions, ABC News reported. Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, and Clark Atlanta University in Georgia all announced closures as a precaution.
“Most people think they have a right to free speech … but that doesn’t necessarily apply in the workplace,” said Vanessa Matsis-McCready, associate general counsel and vice president of HR Services for Engage PEO. “Most employees in the private sector do not have any protections for that type of speech at work.” She said that employers were increasingly worried about the impact that their workers' public comments could have on a company's brand.
At least 15 people had been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing online, according to a Reuters news agency tally based on interviews, public statements and local press reports. The total includes journalists, academic workers and teachers. On 12 September 2025, a junior Nasdaq employee was fired over her posts related to Kirk.
Republicans' anger at those disrespecting Kirk's legacy contrasts with the mockery some of the same figures – including Kirk – directed at past victims of political violence. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was clubbed over the head by a hammer-wielding conspiracy theorist during a break-in at their San Francisco home shortly before the 2022 midterm elections. Loomer falsely suggested that Paul Pelosi and his assailant were lovers, calling the brutal assault on the octogenarian a "booty call gone wrong." Speaking to a television audience a few days after the attack, a grinning Kirk called for the intruder to be sprung from jail. "If some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to really be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out," he said.
Calls to run people out of jobs have flooded across X. A newly registered site, "Expose Charlie's Murderers," has 41 names of people it alleges were "supporting political violence online" and claims to be working on a backlog of more than 20,000 submissions.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau warned that Washington may take action against foreigners "praising, rationalising, or making light" of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, adding he had directed consular officials to take appropriate action. "In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country," Landau said on 11 September 2025 in a post on social media platform X. "I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalising, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action." A State Department spokesperson, asked about Landau's post, said: "This Administration does not believe that the United States should grant visas to persons whose presence in our country does not align with US national security interests."
MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd was seen as the first of many figures to face consequences for his comments, but the list quickly grew. Dowd said: "He’s [Kirk] been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in."
MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler: “During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable." Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, President Mike Cavanagh and prospective Versant CEO Mark Lazarus wrote "The tragic loss of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father, husband, and advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him, reminds us of the fragility of life and the urgent need for unity in our nation. Our hearts are heavy, as his passing leaves a grieving family and a country grappling with division. There is no place for violence or hate in our society".
The Carolina Panthers fired an employee, Charlie Rock, who made social media posts following the assassination of Kirk. Social media posts linked to Rock appeared to show him questioning why people were sad that Kirk had been shot and killed. "The views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent those of the Carolina Panthers," the team said in a statement posted to social media. "We do not condone violence of any kind. We are taking this matter very seriously and have accordingly addressed it with the individual."
Anthony Pough, an employee of the Secret Service protective agency, was put on leave after he posted on Facebook, according to several outlets, that condemned those mourning Kirk, saying the conservative commentator "spewed hate and racism on his show." "Especially when we should be mourning the innocent children killed in Colorado," he added.
Laura Loomer, the far-right conspiracy theorist who has Trump's ear, has been one of the most high-profile attackers of Kirk's critics. She denounced an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), who had expressed disgust on Instagram that flags would be lowered for "the literal racist homophobe misogynist". Loomer shared the staffer's LinkedIn profile and said: "These people hate us. They don't belong near the levers of our National Power." Following Loomer's post, FEMA said the employee was placed on leave for making "revolting and unconscionable" comments.
An official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was caught on hidden camera laughing about the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, calling him “a lunatic” who “kind of deserves it,” and saying agency staff were “laughing” at the news and showed “not a ton of empathy.” The official admitted to sharing memes about the attack.
The leftist who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death outside a Washington DC vigil was identified as District of Columbia Department of Transportation employee David Bukowski. Online trackers targeted an Oklahoma teacher, who posted on social media: "Charlie Kirk died the same way he lived: bringing out the worst in people." That teacher was investigated by the state's Department of Education, which described his comments as "abhorrent".
Office Depot said that it fired a worker at a Michigan store who was seen on video refusing to print flyers for a Kirk vigil and calling them “propaganda”. Several Delta Air Lines employees were also suspended after social media posts that “went well beyond healthy, respectful debate”, CEO Ed Bastian said in a message to the company.
Laura Sosh-Lightsy, assistant dean of students at a university in the southern state of Tennessee, found herself in hot water after posting on social media about Kirk's death. "Hate begets hate. ZERO sympathy," she said on Facebook. Middle Tennessee State University's president announced that same night an employee's firing for a "callous" comment about Kirk.
Pete Buttigieg said 14 September 2025 : “Yes, we have to reject those who commit political violence. Yes, we have to reject those who celebrate or promote political violence. But also, in order to deprive political violence of its power, we have to reject anyone who would try to exploit political violence. …An overwhelming majority of Americans left, right, and center believe that the government should not be cracking down on its political opponents because they are political opponents. Not in the United States of America. Not ever.”
Karen Attiah is an American writer, commentator, and former journalist known for her work on global affairs, racial justice, feminism, and international human rights. Her Ghanaian and Nigerian heritage influenced her focus on African and global issues. Attiah gained prominence as a columnist for The Washington Post, where she contributed for over a decade, but she was fired amid controversy over her social media posts following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
On September 15, 2025, Attiah announced on Substack she was fired. Attiah condemned political violence, criticized America's "ritualized responses" to gun violence (like "thoughts and prayers"), and highlighted racial double standards in how white perpetrators are treated compared to others. She described the termination as part of a broader "purge of Black voices" from media and other institutions. As of September 15, 2025, prior to her dismissal she was the last remaining full-time Black opinion columnist at the Post. The Post reportedly deemed the posts "unacceptable," "gross misconduct," and a potential endangerment to colleagues' safety. This occurred amid broader changes at the Post, including an editorial overhaul under owner Jeff Bezos.
Attiah said her firing was “part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media – a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful – and tragic”.
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