Utah Governor Calls Social Media ‘A Cancer’ in Emotional Plea at Charlie Kirk Presser

David Gilmour Sep 12th, 2025, 11:33 am

Utah Governor Spencer Cox called out social media as “a cancer” that was “not good” for society as he condemned having footage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination so readily and “gruesomely” available to citizens, warning the U.S. is at a “watershed” moment in history.

Cox was responding to questions after a joint press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel to announce the arrest of the suspect believed to have killed Kirk on Wednesday during a speaking event at Utah Valley University.

When one reporter fielded a question about the historic consequence of Kirk’s killing, Cox reflected that the moment “feels a lot like the ‘60s.”

“I absolutely believe

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