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Charlie Kirk’s murder the latest in increasing political violence nationwide, from PA governor to SCOTUS
Before Charlie Kirk was gunned down on a Utah college campus, political violence was already increasing domestically, from President Donald Trump‘s attempted assassination to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion being attacked by an arsonist during Passover Seder. Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck by a yet-unknown assassin as he addressed a massive crowd at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Kirk’s death sparked international outrage and mourning from figures including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. CHARLIE KIRK PAINTED AS ‘CONTROVERSIAL,’ ‘PROVOCATIVE’ IN MEDIA’S ASSASSINATION COVERAGE “Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom,” said Netanyahu, who called Kirk a “lion-hearted friend of Israel” who had been planning a trip to the Holy Land before he was assassinated. Trump has faced two assassination attempts in recent years. Ryan Routh, the suspect in the second alleged attempt, is currently in court in Fort Pierce, Fla., after he allegedly staked out a nearby golf course on which Trump was playing. In 2024, Trump was shot in the ear by Thomas M. Crooks while he addressed a rally in Butler County, Pa. Crooks, who had traveled from a Pittsburgh suburb, was shot dead by law enforcement, and Trump said he would have been killed if he hadn’t turned his head at the last second to describe a graphic on illegal immigration statistics. CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING LEADS TO OUTPOURING FROM UTAH OFFICIALS, 2025 NOMS ON BOTH SIDES Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, was allegedly targeted in another attack earlier this year. A man later identified as Cody Balmer of Dauphin County allegedly hopped a security fence, eluding Shapiro’s detail. Shapiro, Pennsylvania first lady Lori Shapiro, their four kids and another family were in the governor’s mansion after just celebrating Passover hours before with members of Harrisburg’s Jewish community. While no one was injured in the blaze, the historic home was severely damaged. “I refuse to be trapped by the bondage that someone attempts to put on me by attacking us as they did here last night. I refuse to let anyone who had evil intentions like that stop me from doing the work that I love.” Balmer’s voter registration was “unaffiliated,” according to The Associated Press, citing Pennsylvania State Police officials who also described the suspect’s use of Molotov cocktails and prior criminal charges. Charged with terrorism, attempted murder and other offenses, Balmer allegedly walked an hour from nearby Penbrook to the governor’s mansion, at the far end of Front Street from the State Capitol. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP After Kirk was shot, Shapiro condemned the attack, saying that Americans “must speak with moral clarity.” “The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying and this growing type of unconscionable violence cannot be allowed in our society,” Shapiro said. While running for governor in neighboring New York in 2022, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin was attacked onstage at a campaign event in Perinton, outside Syracuse. Zeldin, joined by running mate Alison Esposito, was addressing rallygoers when a man identified as David Jakubonis walked on stage sporting a blunt object and shouted to the Republican: “You’re done.” Zeldin, a veteran of the Iraq War, quickly grabbed the man’s wrist and a short scuffle ensued, leaving him with what was described as a “scrape.” After Jakubonis was subdued, Zeldin finished his speech. In 2022, Louisville Democratic Mayor Craig Greenberg and several campaign staffers were attacked by a gun-wielding assailant later allegedly identified as a social justice activist who was running for Metro Council in Kentucky’s largest city. Quintez Brown was later sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges, according to the Justice Department. Several shots were fired in the incident, and Greenberg’s clothing was grazed by a bullet, but there were no further injuries. Brown allegedly wanted to kill Greenberg to prevent him from winning the election, according to The Associated Press. On June 8, 2022, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was allegedly targeted by a California man upset with the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade via the Dobbs decision, as well as recent mass shooting incidents in the U.S. Nicholas Roske planned to break into Kavanaugh’s Chevy Chase, Maryland, home and kill him before killing himself, according to reports. When Roske arrived in the tony Washington suburb, he was noticed by U.S. Marshals stationed at the jurist’s home and left the scene before being arrested.
Trump to award Charlie Kirk Medal of Freedom after campus assassination
President Donald Trump said Thursday he will award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, after the conservative personality was shot and killed on a university campus on Wednesday. “I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The day of the ceremony will be announced, and I can only guarantee you one thing. That we will have a very big crowd. Very, very big.” Speaking at a Pentagon ceremony, Trump described Kirk as “a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of people.” He added that the ceremony date would be announced soon, but promised “a very big crowd. Very, very big.” “I have no doubt that Charlie’s voice and the courage he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on,” Trump said. CHARLIE KIRK PAINTED AS ‘CONTROVERSIAL,’ ‘PROVOCATIVE’ IN MEDIA’S ASSASSINATION COVERAGE Kirk, 31, co-founded the conservative student group Turning Point USA in 2012 and built it into one of the most influential youth organizations on the political right. Known for his fiery campus appearances and a massive social media presence, Kirk was a staunch supporter of Trump and a frequent critic of liberal institutions. Kirk was speaking at a “Prove Me Wrong” debate at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, an event where he invited students to challenge his political and cultural views. A shot rang out around noon local time on Wednesday, and Kirk fell from his chair. The shooter remains at large, though the weapon has been recovered. Event organizers estimate some 3,000 people had been in attendance at the school. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded to individuals who have made “especially meritorious” contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, or cultural and public endeavors. Kirk would join a list of recipients from presidents, lawmakers and foreign leaders to athletes, entertainers and human rights figures. ‘DARK MOMENT FOR AMERICA’: TRUMP DECLARES CHARLIE KIRK’S VOICE ‘BIGGER AND GRANDER’ AFTER ASSASSINATION Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also commemorated Kirk during the wreath laying ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “The young soldiers who take the oath give me hope. The young cops who wear the badge give me hope. The young firefighters answered the call. Give me hope. The young agents who patrol our border give me hope. The life example and even death of Christ follower, American patriot Charlie Kirk give me hope,” he said. “Sheer courage, no matter the arena. Charlie, we love you know that you have heard the Lord’s words. Well done, good and faithful servant. Full heart, clear eyes.” On Wednesday after the shooting, Trump called it a “dark day for America.” “It’s a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year,” he said. “For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals.” In death, Trump said, “Charlie’s voice has become bigger and grander than ever before.”
Charlie Kirk to be tapped for Congressional Gold Medal by GOP lawmaker: ‘American hero’
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is introducing a resolution to give Charlie Kirk a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that can be given to a civilian by Congress, following his assassination on Wednesday. Kirk, 31, was assassinated while speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University, and a major manhunt is still underway for the suspect. He was an icon of the conservative movement, primarily known for founding Turning Point USA, which is credited with helping embolden Generation Z and millennial conservative activists. Kirk was a close ally of President Donald Trump and considered a highly influential voice. VIGILS HELD ACROSS US AFTER ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK: ‘WE MUST HEAL’ “Charlie Kirk was truly an American hero. He was an embodiment of the ideals that our country was founded upon. A devout Christian, a beloved husband, and a loving father to his daughter and son, Charlie lived a life dedicated to preserving and protecting faith, family, and freedom through respectful and open dialogue with anyone willing to engage with him,” Ogles told Fox News Digital in a statement. “His life was cut tragically short by an assassination at the hands of a terrorist, but his legacy will live on. I’ve introduced a resolution to honor him with the Congressional Gold Medal, a small token of gratitude and recognition for the incredible work he accomplished during his life. America will forever be a better place because of the life, faith, and work of Charlie Kirk,” he continued. According to a draft text of the resolution, which was obtained by Fox News Digital, two medals would be created – one to be given to his family and another to the Smithsonian Institution for “display and preservation.” VIDEO SHOWS MOMENTS BEFORE ASSASSINATION OF TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER CHARLIE KIRK The draft text adds that Kirk had an “undeniable love for his country and inspired an entire generation of young people to boldly protect and defend the principles of the American founding.” On Thursday morning, during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at the Pentagon, Trump announced that Kirk would get a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty, and an inspiration to millions and millions of people,” he said. “Our prayers are with his wonderful wife Erika and his beautiful children.” ‘DARK MOMENT FOR AMERICA’: TRUMP DECLARES CHARLIE KIRK’S VOICE ‘BIGGER AND GRANDER’ AFTER ASSASSINATION “We miss him greatly, yet I have no doubt that Charlie’s voice and the courage he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on.” Tributes poured out for Kirk following the assassination on Wednesday, with many condemning the heinous act of political violence.
Boys suspended in transgender locker room controversy spark GOP backlash in Virginia
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, lieutenant governor candidate John Reid and a top Loudoun County Republican all lambasted the county’s school board this week after three students were suspended following a locker room incident involving a transgender student. Parents told Washington, D.C.’s Fox affiliate in August that their sons were suspended after expressing discomfort over a transgender student who identified as male using the boys’ locker room. The school’s original investigation into the complainants led Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares to launch a Title IX probe into the school and ultimately refer it to the Justice Department and federal Department of Education. On Wednesday, state Del. Geary Higgins, R-Waterford, confirmed his presence outside the Tuesday meeting, and told Fox News Digital the school board wrongly “continues to double and triple down on their illegal policy at taxpayers’ expense while putting the privacy and safety of our children in jeopardy.” PARENTS: VIRGINIA BOYS SUSPENDED AFTER QUESTIONING TRANSGENDER LOCKER ROOM POLICY WERE IGNORED BY SCHOOL Higgins, the last Republican state lawmaker in Loudoun County and a former school board member himself, called out what he called LCPS’s “science-denying nonsense” on the transgenderism front, and its “obstinance” to ignore threats of government funding revocation. “Not only is the [board] endangering its own students to advance its radical, science-denying agenda, but it is using our tax money to do it,” he said. “The Loudoun County School Board’s obstinance is truly an embarrassment to our county, a danger to our children, a betrayal of our parents, and a disservice to the countless good teachers and principals at our Loudoun County Public Schools—who are being forced to carry out a radical political agenda that puts students last and keeps parents in the dark.” He said the boys’ case is “intolerable.” “They have been punished and defamed for sexual harassment simply because they were uncomfortable with a female watching them change and filming them in their locker room.” TRANSGENDER POLICIES PUT VIRGINIA DEMS ON DEFENSE AS GOP CONTENDERS BACK FAMILIES: ‘SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP’ “These boys are the victims of the school board’s science-denying nonsense, not troublemakers or criminals.” Higgins said the best way to fix the issue is to elect Earle-Sears and Reid and re-elect Miyares, followed by a “commonsense” new school board in Loudoun’s next municipal election. The area was once more rural and Republican, but suburban sprawl from Washington has gradually made it bluer since the second Bush administration. Outside the board meeting Tuesday, Earle-Sears said she and those assembled were “here for [something] very simple.” “This is not what we are against as much as this is what we’re for. We want to ensure that every child has privacy. Every child deserves that privacy,” she said, according to Loudoun Now. “We don’t want to undress at the gym, in a locker room, in front of the opposite sex. And if we don’t want that as adults, imagine our very vulnerable children, especially our girl children.” She also said school board rules precluded her from speaking during the comment period because she is not a county resident or former student there. Higgins cited Loudoun’s liberalization, saying that “not long ago,” the county had a “great school system.” “It was about 2018 when the school board shifted from a conservative majority to a not conservative majority when one of the members stepped down. Since that time, it’s been on this trajectory that seems to be getting worse every year.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP However, the school pushed back in statements to Fox News Digital, denying the boys had been suspended simply because they felt uncomfortable. “At no time would LCPS suspend a student simply because they expressed some kind of discomfort. A reading of our Title IX resources should make it clear that there is a high bar to launch a Title IX investigation and an even higher bar to determine a student is in violation of Title IX,” the LCPS spokesman said. The spokesman also pushed back on Higgins’ sentiments, saying any contention education in the county has declined is “completely not true.”
‘Captured the youth’: How Charlie Kirk helped fuel Donald Trump’s return to the White House
It’s no overstatement to say that Charlie Kirk’s powerful reach and influence among conservatives helped put President Donald Trump back in the White House. Kirk, the MAGA world rock star and ally of Trump and the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., turned the extremely influential Turning Point USA youth organization that he co-founded at age 18 into a voter turnout machine for Trump in last year’s presidential election. “His mission was to bring young people into the political process, which he did better than anybody ever,” the president said of his close friend and ally, in a video posted to social media hours after Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. Vice President JD Vance, who was also very close to Kirk, highlighted his friend’s efforts in the 2024 campaign and in advising the Trump-Vance administration this year. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE FOX NEWS UPDATES ON THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION “He didn’t just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government,” Vance wrote in a statement on social media. Turning Point Action, the political arm of Kirk’s conservative youth organization, was instrumental in boosting younger voter turnout for Trump in last year’s White House race. “Charlie was such an amazing guy. He really captured the youth, the imagination of the youth,” the president told Fox News’ chief political anchor Bret Baier in a conversation on Wednesday. “He really convinced millions and millions of young people that MAGA was the way to go.” CHARLIE KIRK ROSE TO BECOME A CONSERVATIVE POWERHOUSE Kirk, who grew up in suburban Chicago, got his start in politics while in high school as a volunteer in the 2010 campaign of former Republican Sen. Mark Kirk (no relation) of Illinois. In the 13 years since he co-founded Turning Point USA, he turned it into one of the most prominent and influential conservative groups in the nation. Turning Point Action dished out millions of dollars into get-out-the-vote efforts in the key presidential battleground states that Trump ended up sweeping in his 2024 victory over then-Vice President Kamala Harris, who last summer replaced then-President Joe Biden as the Democrats’ national nominee. And Turning Point’s “Chase the Vote” initiative, where staffers built bonds with low propensity voters during the 2024 cycle, helped bank votes by ensuring those people would cast ballots in the presidential election. Turning Point also helped run the Trump team’s grassroots organizing and canvassing efforts, following a decision last year by federal election regulators that allowed candidates’ campaigns to work directly with outside political groups. DEMS, GOP LAWMAKERS JOIN FORCES TO CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AFTER CHARLIE KIRK SHOT “This is one where the statistics don’t lie. There were seven battleground states and in six of the seven, there were dramatic gains among younger voters,” longtime Republican strategist John Brabender told Fox News. “It would be hard-pressed for anyone to not understand that Charlie Kirk was a major reason that happened.” Brabender, who served as a media consultant for Trump’s 2024 campaign, said “You could easily make the argument that Charlie Kirk had not only an important effort for the election but ultimately the effort that put President Trump over the top.” A Democratic strategist who served on the Biden and Harris campaigns, pointed to Kirk’s large following and acknowledged that his efforts helped boost crucial youth turnout for Trump. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP And Democrats tried to emulate Kirk’s efforts with Dream for America, a grassroots youth organization founded two years ago. The group, on their website, describes their mission as “building a Turning Point USA for the left.”