The public is reeling following the assassination of conservative political activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on September 10. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," President Donald Trump said in a statement on Truth Social , confirming 31-year-old Kirk's death , merely hours after he was tragically gunned down during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University. "No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!"

As one can imagine, shortly after Trump's statement, many took to the internet to give their real-time reactions

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