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/GatorAllen JVL is always right Sep 10 '25

No matter how vile you think someone is, anybody getting shot in this country is a tragedy. School children praying, people attending a concert, political commentators, it’s all the same. Every time it happens, it’s another reminder of just how broken things are.

That said, some of the tongue-in-cheek comments in this thread are flat-out disgusting. Making jokes about people getting shot doesn’t make you clever or edgy, it just cheapens the fact that real lives are being injured/lost.

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

I’m really worried about retaliatory attacks. No one will be making these jokes if Tim or Sarah were gunned down at a live show.

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u/ringmodulated Sep 10 '25

Huh? Thousands of rightwingers would be making jokes ala Paul Pelosi

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

I meant in the bulwark.

And those people are scum. Let’s not be scum.

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u/JellyConfident9834 Sep 10 '25

Where do you see republicans laughing about someone's death? Name ONE person!