The President condemns the “heinous assassination” and pledges to find those who contributed to the crime.
President Donald J. Trump condemned the “heinous assassination” of Charlie Kirk and called the conservative activist “a martyr for truth and freedom.” The President placed direct blame for the killing on political rhetoric, stating his administration would find everyone who “contributed to this atrocity.”
“I’m filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah,” President Trump said. “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.”
The President pledged that his administration wou