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Key Takeaways
- A sign at Seattle Central College was vandalized with threats against supporters of Charlie Kirk, following his murder, with the phrase 'Kill all Charlie Kirks' spray-painted on it.
- Jonathan Choe, a journalism fellow, described the message as an obvious threat, but noted it is galvanizing support for Kirk among conservatives.
- In response to Kirk's assassination, Republican members are calling for an investigation into the radical left's influence on violence and attacks against American values.
Activists vandalized a sign at Seattle Central College with spray-painted threats calling for the death of Charlie Kirk’s supporters, following the political and cultural Christian activist’s murder this week.
“Kill all Charlie Kirks,” the spray-painted message reads.
Discovery Institute Senior Journalism Fellow Jonathan Choe posted a photo of the sign to X Thursday.
Choe called this an obvious “threat.”
However, “this madness is actually catalyzing reasonable Americans to now say, ‘WE ARE ALL CHARLIE KIRK,’” he wrote.
The Turning Point USA founder was killed at Utah Valley University after an assassin shot from roughly 100 to 200 yards away, according to Utah police. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called it a “political assassination,” The College Fix previously reported.
The SCC activists aren’t the only ones whose reactions to Kirk’s murder have drawn attention. Professors and students around the country are facing backlash for their responses.
A University of Michigan professor is under fire for writing on X that “violence isn’t the answer, it is a solution,” The Fix reported.
He also shared a post that stated “your words don’t skip consequences, they just collect interest,” and argued that Kirk had spent his life disparaging immigrants, disrespecting women, and blaming black people.
In addition, the University of Mississippi fired an employee for an “insensitive” social media post she shared after the shooting.
The post called Kirk a “reimagined” Ku Klux Klan member and blamed his politics for various acts of violence, anti-abortion laws, and harms against marginalized groups.
Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus called for a select committee to investigate the “the money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law” following the assassination Thursday, The Hill reported.
“In the wake of numerous attacks on our way of life, the destruction of the rule of law, and the murder of innocent Americans, prominent and unknown alike, we must take every step to follow the money and uncover the force behind the NGOs, donors, media, public officials, and all entities driving this coordinated attack,” a group of 23 members wrote in a letter.
