Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has gained widespread attention for his remarks on the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The Republican has called the violent incident on the campus of Utah Valley University “an attack not just on an individual but on democratic principles.”

Cox also gained traction after telling reporters he was “praying” Kirk’s alleged shooter would be from out-of-state or not a U.S. citizen.

“For 33 hours, I was praying that if this had to happen here, that it wouldn't be one of us — that somebody drove from another state, somebody came from another country… Sadly, that prayer was not answered the way I hoped for,” Cox said on Friday.

“This cuts to the very foundation of who we are,” he later added.

The Utah governor has spent years in local and state

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