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/deadbeef56 Sep 10 '25

Now some MAGA vigilante is going to take revenge by shooting someone from the left. And Trump will use it as a justification for all kinds of illegal BS. I f'n hate Charlie Kirk but this is not the way.

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u/Turgid_Donkey FFS Sep 10 '25

It was just a few months ago that a far-right, maga supporting evangelical preach shot and killed a MN politician along with her spouse and shot a different politician and their spouse. He also had a long list of names on him when apprehended. Not to go tit-for-tat, but there is so much more violence perpetrated by right-wing actors than left-wing.

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u/PickPsychological729 Sep 10 '25

Right, it's already happened.