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On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was senselessly gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University, a brutal act that ripped a conservative champion from his family and a generation of young Americans he inspired. This was not a random tragedy; it was an attack on the very principle of free speech and civil debate that built this country, and every American who loves liberty should be furious.
Rob Finnerty, rightly furious on his Thursday program, called out what many of us have been watching unfold — the left’s reflex to romanticize chaos and, in some corners, to humanize the alleged assassin as if some tragic love story explains away cold-blooded murder. Finnerty’s blunt assessment resonated because it named a dangerous cultural pattern: when your politics excuses violence, you have a problem far bigger than a single headline.
Law enforcement quickly identified and arrested 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson after surveillance and tips led to his capture, and prosecutors have since filed multiple charges while signaling they will seek the harshest penalties available. This is not the time for relativism or excuses — this is a criminal who must face full accountability under the law, and the justice system should move with the same urgency it shows for political causes it prefers.
Meanwhile, as evidence has emerged — including the suspect’s troubling texts and online footprint — the predictable swirl of social-media spectacle and partisan spin took over, with some commentators and outlets attempting to soften the narrative or sow doubt about basic facts. That rush to obfuscate feeds the same culture of permissiveness that incubates violence; conservatives aren’t angry because someone feels sympathy, we’re furious because some insist on turning a violent act into a political debating point instead of a crime.
If we’re serious about preventing more bloodshed, we must stop pretending Big Tech and the culture industries are innocent bystanders. Algorithms and radical online subcultures are grooming lost young men into dangerous ideologues, and it’s the left’s media apparatus that too often protects and excuses those radicalized by its own narratives. If Rob Finnerty’s show gets people to finally name that rot, so much the better — silence and equivocation only empower the next attacker.
In the face of this evil, Turning Point USA has moved decisively to preserve Charlie Kirk’s mission by appointing his wife, Erika Kirk, to lead the organization and carry forward the fight for conservative principles on campus and beyond. That move matters because it shows conservatives will not cower or be silenced; we will build, organize, and keep speaking the truth to the next generation no matter the risk.
Americans who love freedom must demand two things without apology: justice for Charlie Kirk and an end to the cultural rot that romanticizes political violence. Call out the double standards, hold the media and tech giants accountable, and stand with those who defend open debate — because if we don’t defend free speech now, there will be nowhere left to speak from when the next martyr falls.
