Charlie Kirk's assassination sparks grief and rage online

Geoff Brumfiel

Huo Jingnan

Jude Joffe-Block

Audrey Nguyen

September 11, 2025 / 12:44 pm

As news of the death of Charlie Kirk broke yesterday, conservative journalist Megyn Kelly was interviewing Glenn Beck, a prominent political commentator on the right.

"There are news outlets reporting the worst now Glenn," Kelly said, choking back tears. "They're reporting that Charlie has died."

"There's no way he survived that," said Beck of the bullet that struck Kirk in the neck as he spoke at a college campus in Utah. He then began weeping.

Across social media conservative influencers have exploded with a mix of grief and rage. Some mourned the loss of Kirk as a martyr, while others quickly blamed the left and Democrats for, a

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