# Trump ally and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event \[now reported deceased, same date 10SEP2025\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 10, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916 "2025-09-10T19:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 62
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1221 "2025-09-19T19:58:00Z")
Charlie Kirk Was such a jerk So much work To pretend to mourn MAGAts lurk _They_ won’t shirk We don’t give a firk He’s gone. With that name, it practically writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1222 "2025-09-19T20:19:20Z")
That’s AI horseshit. Although they did do “Love the Way You Lie.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1223 "2025-09-19T20:48:13Z")
The Seattle ABC affiliate — a Sinclair station which has run “exposés” about how the city is an unlivable shithole run by “socialists” — will preempt Kimmel tonight to run … a tribute to Charlie Kirk. It seems to be an initiative from Sinclair rather than the station itself, but that doesn’t make it any less nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1224 "2025-09-19T21:19:14Z")
Sinclair is doing that with all their ABC stations. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1225 "2025-09-19T21:57:25Z")
So far this deification of Charle Kirk is the worst fucking part of it, treating him like he’s Martin Luther King or Gandhi or even Abraham Lincoln or some shit. Is Charlie Kirk day going to become a national holiday? Maybe we’ll start naming airports, ships, and military bases after him? Will AI cameras everywhere read our lips to assess if we’re talking about The Great Charlie Kirk and some goons will come out and snatch us to make sure we’re talking about him favorably? The dude was a podcasting propagandist. This is way worse than when Rush Limbaugh got the presidential medal of freedom. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1226 "2025-09-19T21:57:28Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > The Seattle ABC affiliate… will preempt Kimmel tonight to run Thanks for letting me know. I’ve sent them an email. > Good afternoon. > > Can you send me a list of companies that sponsor KOMO? Inasmuch as KOMO has decided to assist President Trump in censoring free speech and his attacks on the Second Amendment, by refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel, I feel that it is a duty as an American to contact your sponsors and advise them I will not be buying their products until KOMO stands up against illegal threats by the President. > > Thank you, > > [Me] ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1227 "2025-09-19T21:59:02Z")
While I support your right to get a gun with Jimmy Kimmel’s picture on it, I think you may have invoked the incorrect amendment there. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1228 "2025-09-19T21:59:22Z")
KOMO has no say in the matter, because they are controlled by Sinclair. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1229 "2025-09-19T22:01:05Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > While I support your right to get a gun with Jimmy Kimmel’s picture on it, I think you may have invoked the incorrect amendment there. DAMMIT! I’ve sent a correction. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > KOMO has no say in the matter, because they are controlled by Sinclair. If enough people boycott the sponsors of KOMO, then Sinclair will take notice. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1230 "2025-09-19T22:03:53Z")
There’s a proposal to rename part of one of Phoenix’s freeways after that waste of skin. “Falling all over ourselves To get all of the misery right.” And yet the conservaturds balked at renaming Squaw Peak. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1231 "2025-09-19T22:05:56Z")
I’ve seen a few posts on effective ways to protest (one from a corporate social media manager, one from someone in advertising), and they suggested in order of effectiveness: 1. Contact brands advertising on CBS stations to let them know you are boycotting their products due to their support for censorship (and then follow through on it) 2. Write an actual letter to CBS/affiliate 3. Send an email to CBS/affiliate … (way down the list) post on social media > [@Czarcasm](#): > > KOMO has no say in the matter, because they are controlled by Sinclair. True, but if they get enough complaints, they will let CBS/Sinclaire know and can apply some small amount of pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1232 "2025-09-19T22:09:05Z")
The nastiness that happened after the forced airing of the supposedly independent news editorial shows us that Sinclair will do nothing, no matter how it effects the local advertising. They control enough stations to easily take the possible hit. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1233 "2025-09-19T22:10:29Z")
Who would’ve thought letting a few mega corporations own all media in the US could be problematic ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1234 "2025-09-19T22:14:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There’s a proposal to rename part of one of Phoenix’s freeways 30-06? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1235 "2025-09-19T22:36:38Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > True, but if they get enough complaints, they will let CBS/Sinclaire know and can apply some small amount of pressure. Sinclair won’t care about just one station. You’d have to get people to boycott all Sinclair stations. Also, isn’t it ABC and not CBS that is doing the censorship this time around? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1236 "2025-09-19T22:50:14Z")
I have mentioned that until his death I never heard of Kirk. His murder is despicable. But I have heard so much pro and con about him that I don’t know what to think of all the uproar. Can someone post me to articles that in their opinion describe him and his career accurately? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1237 "2025-09-19T23:02:06Z")
> **[If You're Wondering What Charlie Kirk Believed In, Here Are 14 Real Quotes](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/youre-wondering-charlie-kirk-believed-130017574.html)** > > In light of his death, Charlie Kirk's legacy is being remembered through these viral quotes. > **[What to know about Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and conservative activist](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqnkwerj7o)** > > Kirk, an influential Trump ally who at age 18 set up Turning Point USA, died in a shooting while speaking at a Utah campus event. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1238 "2025-09-19T23:04:28Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > 30-06? too soon! If they succeed, I’ll call it the 30 - ought - six instead of the 202. (as a haven of California Expats. we use the definite article for freeways) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1239 "2025-09-19T23:05:56Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That’s AI horseshit. Oh shit, you’re right! I thought it sounded totally unbelievable, but the snippet of the song I listened to seemed legit ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1240 "2025-09-19T23:24:10Z")
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