The US State Department has announced the revocation of multiple visas after foreign nationals publicly celebrated the assassination of conservative activist, Charlie Kirk.
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement late Tuesday.
“The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
According to officials, several individuals who made inflammatory remarks online have already had their visas revoked.
The United States government gave instances of foreigners who are no longer welcome in the U.S.
“Argentine national said that Kirk “devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric” and deserves to burn in hell.”
The statement further noted that South African national mocked Americans grieving the loss of Kirk, saying “they’re hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom” and alleging “he was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash.”
Furthermore, a Mexican national was quoted as saying that Kirk “died being a racist, he died being a misogynist” and stated that “there are people who deserve to die. There are people who would make the world better off dead.”
The statement noted that a Brazilian national charged that “Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him” and that Kirk “DIED TOO LATE.” leaving his visa revoked.
German national celebrated Kirk’s death and attempted to justify his murder, writing “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain.”
Paraguayan national who ” charged that “Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules.”
Officials emphasised that the visa revocations are part of a broader review of foreign nationals who engage in speech or activity deemed to threaten public safety or celebrate violence against Americans. Additional actions are reportedly under consideration.
On September 16, SaharaReporters reported that prosecutors announced that they would seek the death penalty for 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a public event at Utah Valley University last week.
Robinson faces seven felony counts, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and violence committed in the presence of children, according to Reuters.
Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray said his office reached the decision to pursue capital punishment based on the “available evidence and the circumstances and nature of the crime.”
“I had enough of his hatred,” Robinson allegedly told his roommate and romantic partner in a series of text messages after the shooting, according to court filings.
Kirk, 31, the co-founder of Turning Point USA and a prominent Trump ally, was speaking before a crowd of 3,000 people at Utah Valley University in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, when he was fatally shot.
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