Trump, Obama, Others Condemn Assassination Of Charlie Kirk

American President, Donald Trump, has condemned the killing of his ally and influencer, Charlie Kirk.

The American president, in a Truth Social post, called Kirk “Great, and even Legendary.”

Truetells Nigeria recalls that Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot on Wednesday, September 10, while hosting a question-and-answer session with students during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

In his reaction, former American President, Barack Obama, said such killing is not welcome in the country’s democracy.

“We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy,” Obama wrote in a post on his 𝕏 account.

Vice President JD Vance also responded to the news, writing on 𝕏 , “Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.”

In his reaction, former President Joe Biden called for an end to all forms of violence.

“There is no place in our country for this kind of violence. It must end now,” he wrote on 𝕏.

Also, former Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply disturbed” by the shooting, stressing that “political violence has no place in America.”

In his remark, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson described the killing of Kirk as detestable and called for an end to all forms of political killings.

 

“This is detestable what’s happened.

 

“Political violence has become all too common in American society, and this is not who we are. We can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner, and political violence must be called out, and it has to stop,” he told reporters before leading a moment of silence in the House chamber