Trump on Charlie Kirk's Murder: "The Radical Left Fuels Terrorism"
Trump blames radical left rhetoric for fueling violence, vows to hunt down perpetrators and preserve Charlie’s legacy.
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President Trump spoke to a nation in mourning tonight.
“To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah,” Trump said in a 4-minute-long video filmed in the Oval Office.
Trump said the conservative activist is now a “martyr for truth and freedom.”
President Donald Trump condemned the radical left for equating “wonderful Americans like Charlie” with Nazis and mass murderers, saying such rhetoric fuels the terrorism now afflicting the nation.
“This must stop immediately,” Trump declared.
He pledged that his administration would track down “every individual and organization that contributed to this atrocity or other political violence, including those who target our judges, law enforcement officials, and anyone else who upholds order in our country.”
“The monster who attacked him was striking at America itself,” Trump said. “An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed. Together we will make sure Charlie’s voice, message, and legacy endure for generations to come.”