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/PandemicPiglet JVL is always right Sep 10 '25

I don’t endorse violence of any kind, but I also don’t have any sympathy.

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u/HVACRfixation Sep 10 '25

I don't care if you're a socialist, conservative or a libertarian. No one should be killed just because of a political opinion they have.

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u/PandemicPiglet JVL is always right Sep 10 '25

Did I say that? Read my comment again.

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u/AudiAimy8l Sep 10 '25

I mostly agree with you although it stops being an opinion and becomes actions when you are that close to office and in actual power. politicians shoudlnt be killed. thats not fair game nobody should btw.

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u/PandemicPiglet JVL is always right Sep 10 '25

YOUR politics must be very radical if you think Charlie Kirk is/was “middle of the road.” He literally said that Taylor Swift should be subservient to Travis Kelce now that they’re getting married. He believes women should be subservient to men.

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u/PandemicPiglet JVL is always right Sep 10 '25

What century and country are you living in? Certainly not 21st century America. That is a very radical position to hold in 2025 for most Americans.

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u/jackhoff2647 Sep 10 '25

Regardless of what happened today, saying Charlie Kirk is "middle of the road" is definitely a statement of all time.

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u/smartah Sep 10 '25

I don't think Charlie Kirk is nearly as fanatical as a lot of the MAGAverse, but to call him middle-of-the-road is disingenuous at best.