As an FBI manhunt continues for the person who shot Charlie Kirk to death on Wednesday, late-night hosts reacted to the act of political gun violence.
On The Late Show , Stephen Colbert sent his condolences to Kirk’s family and reminded viewers that “political violence does not solve any of our political differences” in a message recorded after the night’s monologue.
“After our scripts for tonight’s show were finished this afternoon, we here at The Late Show learned that Charlie Kirk, a prominent right-wing activist was killed at a speaking engagement in Utah,” he said. “Our condolences go out to his family and all of his loved ones.”
Colbert added, “I’m old enough to personally remember the political violence of the 1960s, and I hope it is obvious to everyone in America tha