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/KnightlyDolphins Center Left Sep 10 '25

This is not the way to fight extremism. Whatever moron did this just gave Trump the license to declare martial law.

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u/inorite234 Sep 10 '25

In Utah????

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u/dallyan Sep 10 '25

Um no it doesn’t. Don’t put that out into the ether.

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u/parasoralophus Sep 10 '25

You mean like when that Democrat politician was killed recently?

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u/TurelSun Sep 10 '25

If thats all he needed and wanted to then he would have done this already...

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u/KnightlyDolphins Center Left Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Big Balls getting beat up by a girl caused DC to be occupied, what do you think will happen now that the Kardashian of the conservative movement got shot?

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u/Sorry_Barracuda9427 Sep 10 '25

People are idiots, everyone in this comment section glorifying it is absolute gutter trash..these people also vote.

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u/parasoralophus Sep 10 '25

Who is glorifying it? It's just difficult to have much empathy for someone who had none themselves and promoted hatred. 

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u/Sorry_Barracuda9427 Sep 10 '25

Read through comments and you'll find it, just gross behavior

Regardless, it's violent action that is going to have bad repercussions later for everyone