A TV analyst working for MSNBC has been fired for his response to news that Charlie Kirk had been shot dead during a rally in Utah.
Kirk, 31, was a popular conservative political commentator and co-founder of Turning Point USA. He regularly traveled the country to take part in debates and host talks, and had built such a reputation that he was considered a close ally of President Donald Trump.
Shocking scenes yesterday, September 10, saw Kirk shot through the neck by a single bullet believed to have been fired from the roof of a nearby building on campus at Utah Valley University.
Two people were arrested in the immediate aftermath of the shooting but were subsequently released as it was found they had “no current ties” to Kirk’s death.
As is often the case in the modern world, horrific clips of the fatal shooting surfaced online even before the mainstream media had a chance to report on it. Donald Trump was one of the first to announce that Kirk had died, writing on Truth Social:
