Billionaire Elon Musk slammed the Democratic party and leftist users online, castigating them for ‘celebrating cold-blooded murder’ following the death of Charlie Kirk.
The conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA was shot in the throat while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University. The shooter is still at large, and has not been publicly identified by law enforcement.
‘The Left is the party of murder,’ Musk wrote on X soon after news broke of the shooting.
The billionaire initially posted that he hoped ‘Charlie makes it somehow’ but as it became clear Kirk was deceased, Musk’s comments increased.
Throughout the ordeal, liberal users on rival social network Bluesky began celebrating the assassination of Kirk.
‘They are celebrating cold-blooded murder,’ Musk wrote in a reply to a user. ‘Shows what we’re dealing with. Evil people.’
Musk continued blaming the ‘radical Left’ for Kirk’s murder by claiming they are responsible for numerous politically motivated murders.
‘The Left lectured us for the last decade about the dangers of violence from the Right,’ Musk later wrote.
‘From the assassination attempts of President Trump to Brian Thompson, the United Healthcare CEO, being murdered. Now to Charlie Kirk. The danger was actually on the Left.’
Numerous posts with tens of thousands of likes and reposts celebrating Kirk’s death have gone viral on social media, including on X.
‘Charlie Kirk isn’t a martyr. He’s a casualty of the violence he incited,’ wrote X user @zellieimani.
The post has more 300,000 likes and 40,000 reposts as of Thursday morning.
Following Kirk’s death, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office with a solemn message criticizing the ‘demonization’ of political opponents.
‘To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror,’ the President said.
On Thursday morning, Trump announced he will posthumously award Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Most elected national Democratic leaders have expressed condolences to Kirk’s family following his death, including California governor Gavin Newsom, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
‘The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form,’ Newsom wrote on X.
