Trump Calls Charlie Kirk ‘Martyr’ for Truth, Freedom

President Donald Trump said Wednesday night he is “filled with grief and anger” over the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk during an event in Utah.

“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 more than 4-minute video posted on Truth Social. “Charlie inspired millions, and tonight all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror.

“Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America.

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