“The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible,” Newsom wrote in a poston X. “In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.”
Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak reported in August that while speaking on “The Siren Podcast,” Newsom threatened to punch “sons of bitches” such as President Donald Trump and Republicans “in the mouth.”:
Newsom: This guy’s not screwing around. He’s not. I mean, this is a guy who literally celebrated the fact that, well, Putin hiself said, sir, you know, mail-in balloting is, that’s not a, that’s not a, that’s not a — I mean, this is a guy who’s rigged all his elections Putin, giving advice to Trump. Trump took it. I mean, what more sensibilities you need? And I sy this to Republicans out there. I pray you pay attention to what’s going on. This is not about, he doesn’t care about the Republican Party. He took it over. He’s an invasive species. The Republican Party, it doesn’t even reflect itself. I mean, look at these Republicans cowering to this guy. Look at your Republican governor [Texas Gov. Greg Abbott], used to claim to be a conservative. What a farce. Nothing conservative about this. I mean, by definition, nothing conservative about this. This is radical rigging of a midterm election, radical rigging of an election, destroying, vandalizing this democracy, the rule of law. So I’m sorry. I know some people’s sensibilities. I respect and appreciate that. But right now, with all due respect, we’re walking down a damn different path. We’re fighting fire with fire. I’m going to punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.
Deseret News reported that bystanders claimed that Kirk had been “shot near his neck during a Q&A with students.” After the shooting, the university issued an alert that a suspect was “in custody” and that a “single shot” had been fired:
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