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“You can’t call the president of the United States Adolf Hitler for 10 years, and you can’t say that he’s a fascist dictator,” Travis said during an interview. He continued, “You cannot say that anyone who voted for Trump or advocated for him like you, me, Riley, and Charlie Kirk are Nazis, and then when someone tries to kill us, suddenly say, ‘Oh, we condemn this violence.’ You caused it!”
Travis’ statement drew a sharp line connecting decades of left-wing political rhetoric to the rise in violent attacks targeting conservatives. “Look at me right now! You caused this! When you tell people that someone is Hitler, you are telling crazy people: Go kill them. And I am sick of pretending that is anything other than what they are doing,” he said.
“This is what they do. This left-wing violence, it’s out of control, and Charlie Kirk bore the brunt of that left-wing violence,” Travis added.
Even among Democrats, there was discomfort over the violent escalation. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), when asked whether Democratic rhetoric may have played a role in the tragedy, recoiled. “Oh, please,” she exclaimed outside the Capitol. “Why don’t you start with the President of the United States?”
Meanwhile, the FBI confirmed that it is collaborating with local and state authorities to fully investigate Kirk’s death. Law enforcement is actively seeking public assistance to identify the shooter, asking anyone with relevant information, images, or video footage to come forward.
FBI Director Kash Patel emphasized the agency’s commitment to the investigation, stating that the bureau “stands in full support of the ongoing response and investigation.”
Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason described the attack as “targeted,” highlighting the complexity of the crime scene. Mason noted that investigators were relying on CCTV footage, which shows a suspect dressed entirely in dark clothing. “The shot was fired on campus from a longer distance,” Mason explained, suggesting that the shooter may have fired from a rooftop.
Authorities later confirmed that video surveillance indicates the suspect fired from the roof of a building down into the courtyard where Kirk was speaking, intensifying concerns over security at public events.
Former President Donald Trump also weighed in on social media, framing the shooting as a direct result of political demonization. “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,” Trump wrote.
He continued, “For years, those on 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.”
As the nation mourns, conservatives are calling for accountability not only for the shooter but for the culture of political hatred that many believe contributed to this devastating tragedy. Charlie Kirk’s death has ignited a conversation about the consequences of demonizing political opponents and the urgent need for civility in American discourse.
