Tag: charlie-kirk
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Fort Lewis College faces backlash from Republicans after denying Turning Point USA chapter
Republican legislators criticized the student government at Durango’s Fort Lewis College for rejecting a proposal to establish a Turning Point USA chapter on campus. Turning Point USA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative issues on high school and college campuses. Its founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated during a campus event in Utah in…
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Colorado Republican leader criticizes Democrats’ comments about Charlie Kirk
The new Republican leader of the Colorado House sharply criticized Democrats over recent comments about conversative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated earlier this month during an event at a university in Utah. In a letter to the House speaker and the majority leader, Jarvis Caldwell, R-Colorado Springs, asked that the chamber reaffirm its commitment…
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Searching for the ‘off-ramp’: Colorado officials ask if America can step back from political violence
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox urged the nation to seek an “off-ramp” from the path that leads to political violence. Colorado leaders told Colorado Politics they agreed with Cox in principle, but some questioned whether such a route even exists — and if it does, they…
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Thousands remember Charlie Kirk at Colorado State University vigil Thursday
Thousands gathered into Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium Thursday evening to remember the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In the first official event hosted by Turning Point USA — the youth advocacy group Kirk founded — since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week, supporters, students, and free speech advocates littered a crowd dotted…
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Colorado State University emphasizes security for Charlie Kirk vigil Thursday night
Colorado State University officials moved Thursday’s Charlie Kirk vigil to a new on-campus location to better prioritize security measures, the university said Tuesday. The announcement comes less than a week after Kirk, the founder of conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk was originally slated…
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“Particularly troubling”: Arrest made in torching of Charlie Kirk memorial in Colorado
The Loveland Police Department reports that an arrest has been made related to an incident that involved someone allegedly lighting a local family’s memorial to conservative activist Charlie Kirk on fire. According to an update from the police department, officers responded to a report of arson and criminal mischief just before midnight on September 13.…
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Loveland police arrest man in connection with arson at Charlie Kirk memorial
The Loveland Police Department arrested a Loveland man Monday in connection with arson at a Charlie Kirk memorial on someone’s private property after “relentlessly” pursuing him. David Gilroy, 64, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree arson and resisting arrest, both class two misdemeanors, after an “extensive investigation” connected him to the Saturday night burning of…
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Utah governor says Charlie Kirk suspect is on the left, has transgender boyfriend
Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years, as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Spencer Cox said Sunday. The suspect has a boyfriend who is “transitioning from male to…
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‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
Colorado elected officials and political groups expressed grief, outrage and resolve against political violence in reaction to the fatal shooting of conservative organizer and nonprofit leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. “Today is a really hard day,” said U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Windsor Republican who described Kirk as her friend in…
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Rifle is recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk’s killer, who blended in on Utah school campus
OREM, Utah (AP) — The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they have recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video…