{"id":37467,"date":"2025-09-10T23:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37467"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:48:31","slug":"ghoulish-dems-liberals-are-blaming-trump-charlie-kirk-for-his-own-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37467","title":{"rendered":"Ghoulish Dems, liberals are blaming Trump, Charlie Kirk for his own assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ghoulish Democrats and liberal pundits blamed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/us-news\/who-is-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u00a0and the conservative movement he championed for his own death within hours of his life being taken by a shooter at a speaking event in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical violence unfortunately has been ratcheting up in this country,\u201d Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters Wednesday, referencing the recent assassination of Minnesota\u2019s Democratic House speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are people who are fomenting it in this country \u2014 I think the president\u2019s rhetoric often foments it,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 5 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/ghoulish-dems-liberals-are-blaming-charlie-kirk-for-his-own-assassination\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMu7WBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkU1F3YkZScGkzazFxa0JxAR7H4sF5lvLNG6FKLBGyg_32gnYIV6SNUYZeCW5NtqN3TfvJoOkR9s2lWoKN1w_aem_6YlgFgCs2hl1TLZIyJmMHg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 5 article images.\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-talks-111043437.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-talks-111043437.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-talks-111043437.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-talks-111043437.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks to a reporter.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Illinois Governor JB Pritzker commented on Charlie Kirk being fatally shot.<span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 5 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/ghoulish-dems-liberals-are-blaming-charlie-kirk-for-his-own-assassination\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawMu7WBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkU1F3YkZScGkzazFxa0JxAR7H4sF5lvLNG6FKLBGyg_32gnYIV6SNUYZeCW5NtqN3TfvJoOkR9s2lWoKN1w_aem_6YlgFgCs2hl1TLZIyJmMHg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 5 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"2\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37077818\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=231,154&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=322,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=600,400&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=661,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 661w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/2025-trent-nelson-salt-lake-111105653_8d0be9.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk speaking at a Utah Valley University event.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.<span class=\"credit\"><span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the January 6th rioters who clearly have tripped a new era of political violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic governor made no mention of the twin assassination attempts against Trump during the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/people-rush-away-scene-shooting-111111365.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"People evacuating after a shooting at a Utah Valley University event.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>People rushed away after Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah.<span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place,\u201d said Dowd, who most recently ran as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd is slammed for his comments on Charlie Kirk being shot and killed.<span class=\"credit\">MSNBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dowd elsewhere bizarrely suggested:\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration,\u201d implying that lax firearms laws may have been responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no idea,\u201d he also said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know any of the full details of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The popular right-wing X profile Libs of TikTok also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1965863921463779676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared a montage<\/a>\u00a0of leftists on the social networking site abominably celebrating Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/president-donald-trump-shakes-hands-111104187_4feacd.jpg?resize=150,106&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Donald Trump shaking hands with Charlie Kirk.\" width=\"836\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Trump mourned the loss of Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated on Sept. 10.<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck from around 200 yards by an unidentified sniper.<\/p>\n<p>Utah authorities later announced that a person of interest was in custody and FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the \u201csubject\u201d had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. Spencer Cox suggested that his state will likely seek the death penalty when the perp is apprehended and charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear that this is a political assassination,\u201d Cox said at a press conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The father of two and conservative activist started the Turning Point USA movement in 2012 that has since dominated right-wing political organizing on college campuses nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ghoulish Democrats and liberal pundits blamed\u00a0Charlie Kirk\u00a0and the conservative movement he championed for his own death within hours of his life being taken by a shooter at a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37469,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467\/revisions\/37469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}