President Donald Trump honored MAGA ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday night after Kirk's "heinous assassination" in Utah, calling the conservative a "martyr for truth and freedom" before blaming progressive rhetoric for the ambush.

"To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah," Trump said in a video message from the White House posted to his Truth Social platform. "Charlie inspired millions, and tonight all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror."

Trump called Kirk a "patriot" dedicated to pushing open debate and championing the United States.

"He fought for liberty, democracy, justice, and the American people. He’s a martyr for truth and freedom, and there has never been anyone who was so respected by youth," said Trump.

Trump noted Kirk was deeply religious and offered his prayers with Kirk's wife, Erica, their two young children, and his entire family.

"We ask God to watch over them in this terrible hour of heartache and pain," said Trump.

The president, who faced two assassination plots last year, called the shooting a "dark moment for America."

"It’s 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, in the most hateful and despicable way possible," he said.

Trump took an opportunity to bash progressives, railing that the "radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals."

"This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now," said the president.

Authorities have not apprehended the suspected assassin in the shooting, and no motive has been released. Trump vowed that his administration would find everyone involved in Kirk's slaying, as well as any others involved in political violence, including any organizations that support it. He also threatened to go after people who target judges, law enforcement, and anyone else who "brings order to our country."

He asked all Americans to "commit themselves to the American values for which Charlie Kirk lived and died. The values of free speech, citizenship, the rule of law, and the patriotic devotion and love of God."

"An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed, because together we will ensure that his voice, his message, and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come," said Trump. "Today, because of this heinous act, Charlie’s voice has become bigger and grander than ever before. And it’s not even close."

Trump himself is no stranger to violent rhetoric. Political scientists who analyzed Trump’s campaign and presidential speeches for nine years beginning in 2015 found a "striking trend" that his "violent vocabulary" had sharply climbed.

"The share of words associated with violence rose from almost 0.6% in 2016 to 1.6% in 2024 in Trump’s speeches. As a comparison, the proportion of violent words in 40 randomly chosen weekly radio addresses by Barack Obama was 0.79%," the analysts found.

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