WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The U.S. State Department is warning foreign visa applicants and immigrants against praising, rationalizing, or making light of conservative activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk's assassination .

Kirk was shot and killed while at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, prompting widespread reaction on social media from all sides of the political spectrum.

In a post to X, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he was personally “disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action.”

Landau has been at the forefront of publicizing the revocations and denials of U.S. visas, having announced earlier this year that he h

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