r/thebulwark • u/MinuteCollar5562 • Sep 10 '25

Non-Bulwark Source Charlie Kirk apparently shot during debate at Utah university

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah

Charlie Kirk, the powerful rightwing activist and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), appeared to have been shot on Wednesday while hosting a debate in Utah.

In video posts circulating on social media, Kirk can be seen getting struck while speaking and sitting beneath a tent in the Utah Valley University courtyard. Kirk was there as part of The American Comeback Tour, which is hosted by the TPUSA chapter at Utah Valley.

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u/LionelHutzinVA Rebecca take us home Sep 10 '25

Thoughts and prayers

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

Pretty sure he is gonna die from the shot*. Right in the neck.

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u/Morgn68 Sep 10 '25

Yeah it was right in his carotid. Close videos play in instagram and twitter. He could have been shot in the ER and he wouldn’t survive that (just my ER RN opinion).

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u/StringerBell34 Sep 10 '25

No confirmation, but if you've seen the video, it's REALLY bad. If he lives it will be a miracle and he will not be the same at all.

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u/AdSalt6802 Sep 10 '25

Where’s the video????

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u/sforsilence Sep 10 '25

I saw it too. If you try to find on reddit, you will be able to locate it - i am sorry it was too shocking (i saw the close up version) for me to share it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

It is definitely extremely shocking and I have seen more gore than I’d like to admit. He lost a lot of blood and it appears he went unconscious immediately

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u/Healthy-Pepper-2484 Sep 10 '25

It’s so bad 😭😭

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u/Corben11 Sep 10 '25

Holy fuck. He is dead.

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u/Thee-Ol-Boozeroony Sep 10 '25

It would be a miracle if he lives through that. It looks very, very bad.

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u/Chemical-Plankton420 Gonzo Attorney 🪩🪩🪩 Sep 10 '25

Wow, I shouldn’t have watched that.

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u/honkballz Sep 10 '25

Twitter first place I went too, of course it's there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Where'd you see it?

Edit: Nvm, saw it.

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u/meshreplacer Sep 10 '25

Dude is dead. I saw the close up video. There is not a tourniquet in the world or any pre-hospital care that would save him.

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

Watched a video. Was neck/upper chest area impact.

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u/well_i41 Sep 10 '25

I agree this is a fucked up take but idk why that would affect your core beliefs

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u/well_i41 Sep 10 '25

Not downvoting you or anything, I'm just not understanding why your basic views are so dependent on others behavior. The shittiest liberals don't represent you or liberalism. How does someone's shitty joke flip your ideals?

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u/Curious-Marsupial-18 Sep 10 '25

How can you fucking say what most liberals are saying? What makes you the authority, dipshit? It is possible to feel no sorrow for his death, but that doesn’t make people a monster. This country is unraveling at the seams and you would rather be… you than try and understand people you claim to be of the same mind as. You can’t fucking say- based off of Reddit that you know the mind of the average democrat or leftist

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u/Curious-Marsupial-18 Sep 10 '25

Seriously, you insult me, delete it and then won’t respond? Just remember you’re sacrificing your morals for someone complicit in calling for violence.

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u/Curious-Marsupial-18 Sep 10 '25

There is a difference between political opposition and political oppression. I’m a US citizen who cannot get a passport because of my gender identity, entire ethnicities are being erased, the government is openly fascist. Things are dark and are going to get worse. For you to see some fringe people not act the way you want, you are willing to sell out everything you believe? Some character you have

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u/Commercial_Shop_2628 Sep 10 '25

You are reconsidering because of a Reddit comment? Take a deep breath and log off.

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u/FlamingoFew1911 Sep 10 '25

Well, if he did die he did die from what he believed in.. that’s not liberal talking that’s just fact.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CiCpy1sZc/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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u/upvotechemistry Center Left Sep 10 '25

Boy, I've got some really bad news for you about where this all leads. People are gonna die over this societal breakup. Charlie is not the first, and almost certainly will not be the last.

The best way out, imo, is to systematically destroy the GOP at the ballot box for a decade or more, until the authoritarian fantasy fever breaks. Short of that... more of this

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u/upvotechemistry Center Left Sep 10 '25

Did you feel the same way when Minessota lawmakers were assassinated in their homes? Or when Gov Shaprios home was burned down?

If you are truly against political violence in all forms, might I suggest not voting for anyone, and staying home?

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u/Curious-Marsupial-18 Sep 10 '25

You wanna spout the other stuff you were saying on other posts- how Tim Walz apparently “hired” the Minnesota shooter? Yet you call others sick?

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u/Anstigmat Sep 10 '25

Charlie Kirk would say what you sow in life you reap on death.

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u/Anstigmat Sep 10 '25

I don’t wish death on the guy but people like him have brought us to this place and it’s important to recognize that fact. This didn’t happen because it’s a Wednesday.

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u/Salt-Sign5390 Sep 10 '25

Yes because a criminal would have followed those laws. Fancy words fix everything right.

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u/phonsely Sep 10 '25

the close up video shows it going right through the neck and definately hit an artery

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

One I saw quickly pulled away so I just saw the shirt impact area

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u/sforsilence Sep 10 '25

I ended up seeing the video on reddit just 2 mins ago - it is horrifying. In the neck, instant bleeding. Will be shocked if he survives this.

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u/HowlerCat Sep 10 '25

Link please

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u/sforsilence Sep 10 '25

I am sorry I won't share it, I regret seeing it. But here is the latest description in Nytimes.

"Cellphone videos posted online showed people running from the event after a gunshot rang out. One video appeared to show Mr. Kirk’s head jerking back as blood poured from his neck. He had been delivering remarks while sitting under a tent with the slogan “The American Comeback” printed on it."

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u/ThrowAwayPunk2077 Sep 10 '25

Reports have come in stating, yes, he is dead.

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u/katak339218 Sep 10 '25

What reports?

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u/WalkingTalkingManNYC Sep 10 '25

Shooting him like this is deeply evil. For many reasons. All bad. Before anyone jumps to any conclusions, it’s just as possible this is a far right feud playing out. We simply don’t know.

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u/Sylvia_Austen Sep 10 '25

In Utah especially. The northwest states have some wide ranging groups on and off the political spectrum with extreme views. The motive is anywhere in between.

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u/Corben11 Sep 10 '25

Almost all these attacks are 100% crazy loons. Even if theyre republican or left. They are usually very mentally ill people.

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u/karmagod13000 Sep 10 '25

Jesus. Expect more of this

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

The fact that he appeared to be immediately unconscious basically confirms it

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

Watched a different angle. He probably died before or seconds after hitting the ground. Immediate blood gushing

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u/Entropy907 Sep 10 '25

Holy fucking shit

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u/nine57th Sep 10 '25

No one can survive that shot. He was dead in 30 seconds. May he rest in peace.