Transcripts and audio from the October 24 hearing for suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson will be made public after a Monday ruling from the Utah judge overseeing the murder case.
District Court Judge Tony Graf gave the court until the end of the day to release the transcript from a brief closed-door hearing that focused on whether Robinson, 22, could remain in civilian clothing and unshackled for the trial. The audio from the hearing must be released within two weeks. Graf added that 246 words, which amounts to one page of the 80-page transcript, would be redacted, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/transcript-audio-closed-door-hearing-alleged-charlie-kirk-shooter-case-rcna251368">reported</a>.
Robinson was present for Monday&#8217;s hearing virtually and did not appear on screen. He was heard saying, &#8220;Yes, your honor,” when the judge asked if he was present, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/us-news/charlie-kirk-suspect-tyler-robinsons-secret-hearings-to-be-made-public-after-judges-order/">reported</a>.
The ruling is another win for reporters in the pretrial arguments, as media outlets have pushed for full transparency in the case. Monday&#8217;s decision follows a separate ruling earlier this month from Graf to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cameras-allowed-in-court-for-trial-of-accused-charlie-kirk-assassin-judge-rules">allow cameras</a> in the courtroom during the trial. Kirk&#8217;s widow, Erika — along with members of the media — has pushed for the trial to be made as public as possible, while Robinson&#8217;s defense team has argued that wall-to-wall coverage could taint the jury pool.
&#8220;There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,&#8221; Erika Kirk said. &#8220;There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there. &#8230; Let everyone see what true evil is.&#8221;
Attorneys for local and national media outlets argued in a motion earlier this month that &#8220;every high-profile criminal prosecution has significant pretrial publicity, no matter where it occurs&#8221; and that the First Amendment guarantees the media access to the courts doing &#8220;the public&#8217;s business,&#8221; according to NBC News.
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In the October 24 closed-door hearing, Graf said that Robinson could wear civilian clothing for the trial, but added that the suspected assassin would have to be restrained in court. In his first virtual court appearance after his arrest, Robinson was in a suicide vest. He was also placed on &#8220;special watch&#8221; in jail after reportedly telling his parents that he would rather kill himself than turn himself over to law enforcement.
Robinson faces numerous charges, including seven felony charges of aggravated murder in the killing of Kirk, a 31-year-old husband and father of two, on September 10 at Utah Valley University. He&#8217;s accused of killing Kirk with a single shot from a bolt-action rifle while the conservative commentator spoke to a large group of students. Robinson <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tyler-robinson-set-face-formal-charges-shooting-death/story?id=125614396">told</a> his parents that he killed Kirk because he believed Kirk &#8220;spread too much hate,&#8221; according to charging documents. The suspected assassin could face a firing squad if he&#8217;s convicted of the aggravated murder charge.
Robinson is due back in court on January 16 for a major hearing on a motion to disqualify the Utah County Attorney&#8217;s Office from prosecuting the case over an alleged conflict of interest. Robinson&#8217;s defense team argues that a family member of a Utah County prosecutor was present at Utah Valley University when Kirk was assassinated.

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Editor’s note: This week, we’re reprinting some of our best stories from the past year. In this piece, originally published in September, Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan broke the shocking news that the federal government agreed to use female pronouns for the man who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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WASHINGTON—The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire.
The Department of Justice is recommending that the defendant, 29-year-old Nicholas Roske, be sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill the Supreme Court justice in 2022, according to a Friday filing outlining the case against Roske. Roske pled guilty to the attempt to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice in April 2025, three years after authorities arrested him in Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, carrying a bag full of weapons and burglary tools.
A filing from Roske’s defense attorneys shows that Roske now goes by “Sophie Roske” and that his legal team will refer to him using female pronouns. A footnote on the filing, obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire, explains that the defense will not use Roske’s legal name “out of respect” for the would-be assassin.
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“The case is captioned as United States v. Nicholas John Roske,” lawyers for Roske state. “That name remains Ms. Roske’s legal name, and she has not asked to recaption the case. Out of respect for Ms. Roske, the balance of this pleading and counsel’s in-court argument will refer to her as Sophie and use female pronouns.”
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A source familiar with the legal proceedings in the case told The Daily Wire that Roske was using female identities online before the attempted murder, and now goes by the female name reflected in the defense filings.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi told The Daily Wire that the attack is viewed as “political violence” and referred to Roske as a “disturbed individual.”
“This attempt against the life of a Supreme Court Justice was an attack on the entire judicial system that cannot go unpunished,” Bondi told The Daily Wire on Friday morning. “This Department of Justice condemns political violence and our prosecutors will ensure that this disturbed individual faces severe consequences for his deranged actions.”
In the filings obtained by The Daily Wire, Justice Department attorneys argue that the court’s sentence “must send the unequivocal, clear, and strong message that attempted violence and threats of violence against members of the judiciary — as well as other public and federal officials — cannot and will not be tolerated, and will be justly and severely condemned.”
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They specifically state that the court’s sentence must be significant enough to not only “reflect the harm sought to be inflicted on the judiciary,” but also to send a message that the “consequences for these acts — no fewer than 30 years to life in prison — are not worth the perceived ideological ends.”
The revelation that Roske has been using a female name and pronouns is significant, given the rise in transgender violence across the United States. A gunman living with his transgender boyfriend is accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last week. Kirk’s murder came only a few weeks after a 23-year-old trans-identifying gunman named Robin Westman opened fire on Catholic school children while they were praying in Minneapolis.
Kirk’s accused killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was living with a 22-year-old trans-identified male named Lance Twiggs, who was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-roommate-problematic-before-family-kicked-him-out-relative-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thrown out of his family home</a> for allegedly abusing drugs and alcohol and excessive gaming. Robinson and Twiggs were in a romantic relationship, authorities said.
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The killings have prompted calls for investigations into transgender violence and extremism. Earlier this month, Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for counterterrorism, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/calls-to-investigate-trans-domestic-terrorism-escalate-after-devastating-school-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire that the new draft U.S. Counterterrorism Plan addresses transgender violence.
The Daily Wire reported September 4 that the Justice Department was considering blocking trans-identifying people from buying firearms as part of “a range of options to prevent mentally unstable individuals from committing acts of violence, especially at schools.” Those discussions centered on the fact that those who identify as transgender suffer from gender dysphoria, a mental disorder describing the sense of unease that a man or woman may feel if he or she thinks that their biological sex is mismatched with their so-called gender identity.
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And on Thursday, the conservative Oversight Project urged the FBI to designate “Transgender Ideology Violent Extremism” (TIVE) as a domestic extremism threat category and to “use the full toolkit of the FBI to prevent future attacks inspired by this ideology.”
Though it was reported in 2022 that Roske portrayed himself as a self-styled “trans gamer girl” on the internet, more information about the attempted assassin’s gender identity has not been made available to the public. Roske’s story had largely vanished from public scrutiny, other than occasional updates on his sentencing and charges.
The Friday DOJ filings show that Roske “meticulously researched, planned, and attempted to assassinate at least one — but had a stated target of three — sitting judges of the United States Supreme Court” with the “explicit objective” of “single-handedly” altering “the Constitutional order for ideological ends.” He conducted internet searches for the homes of the four Justices, purchased a Glock 17 pistol, ammunition, a rail-mounted tactical light with laser sight, tactical gloves, non-slip grip socks, cable ties, pepper spray, a lock pick set, a screwdriver, and a wrecking bar.
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“My mental health is too poor for me to fear death,” he wrote on Discord on March 18, 2022, to another user, according to the DOJ filing. “But prison sounds worse. To be monitored to the point where you can’t even kill yourself. So if I did kill someone I would definitely try to get away with it.”
In April 2022, he was googling shooting videos, school shooting videos, mass shootings, and shooters, searching how to “buy guns online” and “which person’s death would have the biggest impact on the world?”
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25476861-roskemts2010325/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Court filings show</a> that Roske described himself as “actively suicidal” and said he wanted to “do something positive before I die” by taking out Kavanaugh before the justice could vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. He found Kavanaugh’s neighborhood online after he saw an article with a “picture of the family’s house,” including the house number, because far-left activists had posted the addresses of the justices online in an attempt to intimidate them into preserving Roe.
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In May 2022, POLITICO published a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion showing that the court was poised to overturn Roe, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to an abortion. That leak prompted protests outside the homes of the justices, the publication of their addresses online, and Roske’s journey from California to Maryland.
“I was thinking about — I was thinking about killing Brett Kavanaugh and then killing myself,” he said to the <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25476860-roskesuppmts010325/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officers who arrived</a> on the scene, according to January court filings. “And then I texted my sister that I loved her. And then she called me and she told me not to do it. And then I called 9-1-1.”
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“I saw the news and it was upsetting, and I was already suicidal,” he told detectives later, as he described how he tracked down Kavanaugh’s home and planned the assassination. “And I don’t know. It was something to — it was like a project I guess.”
“When I saw the leaked draft, it made me upset and then it made me want to — I don’t know,” he shared. “I was under the delusion that I could make the world a better place by killing him.”
The DOJ filings show that after the Supreme Court leak, Roske searched terms relating to combat and body armor approximately 28 times. Within a month, he had searched for firearms-related terms over 90 times. That included “quietest semi auto rifle,” “gun calibers,” “best silencers for glock 17,” and more. He was also searching “do snipers aim for the head or the chest,” “does the secret service protect supreme court justices,” “easiest way to opena. locked door,” “how to break glass quietly,” “how to make shoes quieter,” and “how to make handcuffs with zip ties.”
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On Discord, he was asking his online friends: “Would [associate justices’ last name] being removed from the [Supreme Court] help women long term?” And, “I was thinking of the Roe decision. I feel like those 9 people make a much bigger impact than most people,” and “the thought of Roe v. Wade and gay marriage both being repealed has me furious.”
He was also researching how to kill people. Between May and June 2022, Roske was looking into the “most effective place to stab someone” and “how to quietly knock someone out.” He was searching “How far into the neck is the trachea,” “what is the best length of knife for stabbing,” the “Most effective way to silently kill someone,” and “how much force do you need to stab someone’s neck.”
And he had an interest in fleeing to a foreign country — Roske was searching for “countries that don’t extradite to the US,” “how to get a passport in California,” “does Sweden extradite to the US,” and more.
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He was also fully aware of what might happen after he committed an assassination, searching for information about an insanity defense. “What happens if you are suicidal in prison,” he searched, and, “If you are hospitalized after a crime what happens.”
Roske flew from California to Dulles International Airport after he found Kavanaugh’s home using media photographs of protests outside the justice’s home.
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Far-left abortion supporters protest outside the home of U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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POLITICO’s report acknowledged that it would likely “intensify” the already feverish debate, in the summer of 2022, over abortion and the Supreme Court decision. The publication was <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/08/politico-finalist-draft-opinion-overturning-abortion-rights-00095845" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named as a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize</a> for the story, though the story <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/politico-pulitzer-prize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not win the prize</a>.
“No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote journalists Josh Gerstein and </a><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexander Ward</a> in their story on the leaked draft. “The unprecedented revelation is bound to intensify the debate over what was already the most controversial case on the docket this term.”
Authorities have failed to track down the leaker of the Supreme Court opinion.
In May, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said that the FBI is giving increased scrutiny to the “leak of the Supreme Court Dobbs case,” among a few other high-profile cases that have not been properly investigated.
“I receive requested briefings on these cases weekly and we are making progress,” Bongino <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1926961051129508247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “If you have any investigative tips on these matters that may assist us then please contact the FBI.”

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America has a basic moral rule that used to be understood without explanation: when someone dies, especially violently, you put down the rhetorical knives.
You don’t dance on graves, and you don’t treat a coffin like a political prop.
This rule is not about pretending we agree with the dead. It is not about suspending our convictions. It’s about preserving the last thin strand of decency that keeps politics from becoming blood sport.
In 2025, America learned again what happens when that strand snaps.
When Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University on September 10, the country did not just witness a murder, we witnessed a national test. Would we respond like a serious people, or like a civilization that has forgotten the difference between a political opponent and an enemy?
We all saw what followed. Social media was filled with people eager to prove they had no soul left to guard. Some didn’t simply mourn differently. They mocked. They rationalized. They insinuated that Kirk somehow “deserved it.” One of the most grotesque examples came from longtime left-wing commentator Keith Olbermann, who wrote that someone should “burn in hell… alongside Charlie Kirk,” a post that quickly spread before being deleted.
That moment felt clarifying — and damning. For years, conservatives have argued that parts of the modern Left have normalized a kind of moral vandalism: that if you label someone “dangerous,” you can justify anything done to them. That if you call someone “literally Hitler,” the next step is always implied. The reaction to Kirk’s murder made that argument impossible to ignore.
But something else happened, too.
In the immediate aftermath, many conservatives made a conscious choice to be better. They mourned a young father and husband. They prayed for his family. They condemned the violence without qualification. They insisted that assassination can never be a political tool.
Even voices on the Left noticed the contrast. Bill Maher, hardly a conservative, criticized the ghoulish reactions from his own side and condemned those who mocked or justified the killing. He warned about what happens when tribalism makes basic humanity optional. That acknowledgment mattered, not because it redeemed anyone, but because it underscored something essential: this was no longer a Left-Right debate. It was a human one.
Then, this week, the country faced the test again.
Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found murdered in a horrifying family tragedy, with their son arrested in connection with the killings. Reiner spent years as one of Donald Trump’s most relentless critics. Conservatives have no shortage of reasons to oppose his politics, his activism, or his rhetoric. But this was not a policy dispute. It was a tragedy.
And once again, conservatives initially rose to the moment.
Prominent right-of-center voices expressed sympathy and restraint. Ben Shapiro wrote that, regardless of political differences, “The murder of Rob Reiner and his wife is horrific, and their family deserves prayers and privacy.” Speaker Mike Johnson called it “a heartbreaking loss” and urged Americans to “lower the temperature and remember our shared humanity.” Even figures known for sharp rhetoric paused, recognizing that death demands humility, not point-scoring.
In that moment, conservatives were proving something — to the country and to ourselves. We were showing that our condemnation of the Left’s reaction to Charlie Kirk was not merely tribal outrage. We were passing our own test.
And then Donald Trump logged on.
Trump took to <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115724141568860081">Truth Social</a> to frame Rob Reiner’s murder through the lens of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” writing that Reiner “spent his life consumed by hatred” and implying that his death was somehow a reflection of that obsession.
It was not restraint. It was not leadership. It was mockery dressed up as commentary — and it detonated the moral high ground conservatives had just earned.
This is why the Reiner tragedy is not just another cycle of outrage. It’s a verdict.
Conservatives can argue, correctly, that the Left’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination exposed something deeply broken. But if we insist we are better, we have to prove it when it costs us something — when the deceased is someone we disagree with, someone who attacked our side, someone who spent years calling our leaders names.
This is the leadership test. And Trump failed it.
Some will dismiss this as overblown. It was just a post, they’ll say. Just Trump being Trump. Just rhetoric. But that defense collapses under scrutiny. Rhetoric is not incidental to leadership; it is central to it. Leaders do not merely reflect the temperature, they set it. When the most powerful voice on the Right treats murder as an opportunity for mockery, he licenses the very sickness conservatives claim to oppose.
The Right cannot be a movement that condemns grave-dancing only when the dead wear our jersey. We cannot demand dignity for our slain and deny it to others. That is not strength, it is tribal weakness. It is not principle, it is reflex.
After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, conservatives promised the country we would not become what we despise. In the immediate aftermath of the Reiner murders, many conservatives honored that promise. Our most influential leader did not.
There is still time to recover what has been lost, but it will require making some adult decisions:
That we will treat death with dignity, not like content.
That we will make room for grief even when we disagree.
That we will reserve our sharpest words for arguments, not funerals.
And that we will demand more from our leaders because if they cannot pass the decency test when blood is on the ground, they become unfit to lecture the country about moral decline.
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Gates Garcia is the host of the YouTube show and podcast “We The People.” Follow him on Instagram and X @GatesGarciaFL.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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During a CBS town hall event, Erika Kirk jumped at the chance to dispel conspiracies surrounding her late husband&#8217;s murder, especially claims about Egyptian planes tracking her.
Erika, widow of assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, has personally been the subject a number of unproven theories since the murder of her husband, including that she was being tracked by Egyptian planes, that she&#8217;s an agent of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, that the rings on her hands signify some secret plot, and many others, CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss said during the event.
“Egyptian planes,” Erika quickly underscored, with a smile on her face. “You wanna talk about the Egyptian planes? Okay, I was pregnant for 90% of those trips. Mind you, I&#8217;ve never been to all those places they said I&#8217;ve traveled … I mean, I&#8217;ve been, but not within those dates —”
Weiss interrupted to ask if Erika needed to even address the conspiracy.
“I do on that one, only because — from a humor standpoint,” Erika said. “I intentionally, when I was pregnant, hid. Not because I was embarrassed … yes, we did keep it very private, but it&#8217;s because it was a moment [where] I was growing a human inside of me, my baby. The world that Charlie and I live in is very toxic at times, and when you are growing a beautiful child in you &#8212; I don&#8217;t wanna be around it.”
“I wanna enjoy eating my In-N-Out burger and my hot fudge sundae,” Kirk said. “That’s what I wanna do. I&#8217;m pregnant, and I have nine months to own it. You really think I&#8217;m gonna be on an Egyptian plane while I&#8217;m wanting to be with my In-N-Out Burger and my chocolate milkshake? No, I’m not.”
“So if you want to go through my flight log, go right ahead, it&#8217;s very boring,” she continued. “You say I was here on this date — I have a photo on my phone to prove that I actually was in the hospital because I was having contractions. So, game on.”
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Conspiracy theorists have said Kirk&#8217;s alleged murderer was actually a MAGA Republican. That Erika Kirk is a Mossad agent. That even the rings on her fingers signify a secret plot. What does Erika make of these wild claims?
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Erika also made clear that she believes Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old who has been charged in Charlie&#8217;s assassination, is the man who killed her husband.
&#8220;Everyone always has to think there&#8217;s more to the story,&#8221; Erika said, explaining why some people might want to believe conspiracies exonerating Robinson. &#8220;Well, sometimes there&#8217;s not. I&#8217;ve seen the autopsy report. I&#8217;ve seen our case pulled together.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the first time that we have seen evil on display where we have social media at our fingertips,&#8221; Erika added. &#8220;Something so evil that happened, people are wanting answers immediately. They are wanting to figure out how to wrap their mind around this.&#8221;
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Erik Kirk Discusses Her Late Husband Charlie Kirk’s New Book On “Hannity”

Erika Kirk Jumps At Chance To Respond To ‘Egyptian Plane’ Conspiracy

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An emotional Erika Kirk said during a CBS town hall event that those justifying her husband’s assassination need saving from God.
“You&#8217;re sick. He&#8217;s a human being. You think he deserved that? Tell that to my three-year-old daughter,” Erika told CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
Weiss asked Erika, a mother of two young children, what she has to say about people justifying her late husband Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a conservative powerhouse, was assassinated on a college campus in September while engaging in political debate with people he disagreed with — a common practice for the 31-year-old. Media figures and others on the Left have callously reasoned that Kirk had it coming because he believed and said things they disagreed with.
“You wanna watch, in high res, the video of my husband being murdered and laugh? And say he deserves it? There’s something very sick in your soul and I pray that God saves you,&#8221; the young widow told Weiss. &#8220;I pray.”
“The internet in this world has dehumanized us,” Erika added.
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Addressing the people justifying Charlie Kirk&#8217;s murder on the basis of his beliefs, Erika Kirk said: &#8220;You&#8217;re sick. He&#8217;s a human being. You think he deserved that? Tell that to my 3-year-old daughter.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/MrsErikaKirk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MrsErikaKirk</a> sat down with <a href="https://twitter.com/bariweiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bariweiss</a> for a CBS News Town Hall, just days… <a href="https://t.co/8P31w4JQQR">pic.twitter.com/8P31w4JQQR</a>
— CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1998875782395936983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
Erika also revealed during the event, which aired Saturday night, that it took her three months to get the strength to even walk into her and Kirk&#8217;s bedroom after his assassination.
She recalled lying in her daughter&#8217;s bed after the murder and writing her thoughts out. Those words, she said, were later the basis for her fiery address to the nation just days after Kirk&#8217;s assassination.
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For months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Erika Kirk says she couldn’t even walk into her bedroom. Instead, she tells CBS News that she slept in her daughter’s bed. And it was lying there, unable to sleep, where she wrote the words she’d later deliver live on YouTube:
“You… <a href="https://t.co/Uz4ypGeILd">pic.twitter.com/Uz4ypGeILd</a>
— CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/2000012640597205472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-rebukes-the-mind-virus-conspiracy-theories-about-her-and-turning-point-usa">Erika Kirk Rebukes The ‘Mind Virus’ Conspiracy Theories About Her And Turning Point USA</a>

CBS News Town Hall With Erika Kirk

‘Tell That To My 3-Year-Old’: A Fiery Erika Kirk Responds To Justification Of Charlie’s Murder

Bari Weiss

CBS News

The man on trial for the assassination of 31-year-old conservative commentator Charlie Kirk allegedly talked about the fatal shooting and Kirk&#8217;s widow, Erika Kirk, while appearing in court this week.
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old alleged assassin, said to someone on his defense team that he thinks about the shooting &#8220;every morning&#8221; and noted Kirk was married while appearing to smile, a deaf woman and professional lip reader named Nicola Hickling claims, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/12/us-news/charlie-kirks-alleged-assassin-tyler-robinson-said-he-thinks-about-the-shooting-everyday-mentions-wife-erika-in-chilling-court-exchange-lipreader/">reported</a>.
&#8220;I think about the shooting daily,&#8221; Robinson allegedly said. &#8220;Every morning … all the time&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;So, he had a wife,&#8221; a smiling Robinson allegedly said.
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NEW: Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson said he thinks about the shooting &#8220;every day,&#8221; according to a lip-reading analysis reported on by the New York Post.
The lip-reading analysis was done by deaf professional lip reader Nicola Hickling, according to the outlet.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1999631614532587995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
The suspect also allegedly said that he&#8217;s &#8220;smoking a lot&#8221; and &#8220;not sleeping at night.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s driving me mental,&#8221; he said, according to Hickling. “Unfortunately, it’s doing my head in. I’m not good for anything.&#8221;
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Robinson was arrested in September and is facing a slew of charges related to Kirk’s murder, including aggravated murder, felony use of a firearm, and obstruction of justice. Robinson has not yet entered a plea.
Some on social media commented generally on Robinson&#8217;s body language and frequent smiling and smirking in court.
Conservative Jack Posobiec, a close friend of Kirk&#8217;s, posted on X: &#8220;Tyler Robinson&#8217;s lawyers are begging to get the cameras out because they can&#8217;t stop their sick client from smirking and grinning in the courtroom.&#8221;
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Tyler Robinson&#8217;s lawyers are begging to get the cameras out because they can&#8217;t stop their sick client from smirking and grinning in the courtroom
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1999325741469827356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-i-dont-buy-the-charlie-kirk-conspiracy-theories?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Matt+Walsh&amp;category=Opinion&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Why+I+Don’t+Buy+The+Charlie+Kirk+Conspiracy+Theories">The Daily Wire</a>, the Utah judge in the case, Tony Graf, Jr., ruled on Thursday that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial, though they will be located away from the table of Robinson and his legal team.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-i-dont-buy-the-charlie-kirk-conspiracy-theories?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Matt+Walsh&amp;category=Opinion&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Why+I+Don’t+Buy+The+Charlie+Kirk+Conspiracy+Theories">Why I Don’t Buy The Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories</a>

Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Tyler Robinson Attends Court Hearing

A Smirking Tyler Robinson Talked About Erika Kirk In Court, Lip Reader Says

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Erika Kirk did her first sit-down interview since the assassination of her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which aired on Fox News on Wednesday night. The 36-year-old mom of two recalled several details from the day of his death, including the fact that she never got to kiss her husband goodbye.
The night before Charlie was assassinated, she said he slept in their daughter’s room while she and their daughter slept in the master bedroom.
“I said, ‘I want you to have a good night’s sleep. Go ahead and sleep in her room, and I’ll turn the air down so it’s nice and cozy in there … I just want you to get a good night’s sleep so you can be amazing tomorrow,’” she told Fox News host Jesse Watters.
“And so Gigi and I stayed in our room, and that morning he woke up super early, and he came into our bedroom, into the bathroom, because that’s where his wedding ring was and his necklace, and he came in and he grabbed that and then he left. I didn’t get to give him a kiss,” Kirk recalled.
&#8220;That night, he was so excited. I mean, he was like I can&#8217;t wait, it&#8217;s going to be the best,&#8221; Erika remembered. She said Charlie encouraged her to stay home in Arizona to be with her mother, who was experiencing a medical issue.
&#8220;[Charlie] was like, home needs you. Home needs you, be home. Come with me on Thursday to the next event we have,&#8221; she explained.
Because she didn’t get to kiss him goodbye that fateful day, Erika insisted that she kiss Charlie before his body was sent to the morgue, despite being told by doctors and a police officer that it wasn’t a good idea.
“I said, ‘With all due respect, sir, I want to see what they did to my husband, and I want to give him a kiss, because I didn’t get to give him a kiss this morning.&#8217;”
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&#8220;I&#8217;m just so glad I saw him because … when you see someone at the mortuary, they never look the same,&#8221; Erika told Watters. &#8220;They have awful makeup, and they&#8217;re cold. He was still warm, and his eyes were slightly open. It was so powerful, Jesse. He had this smirk on his face.&#8221;
“We walked into that room, and he had this smirk on his face,” she went on. &#8220;That smirk to me is that look of: you thought you could stop what I&#8217;ve built. This vision, this movement, this revival, you thought you could do that by murdering me. You got my body. You didn&#8217;t get my soul.&#8221;
Erika also mentioned never seeing the video clip of Charlie being shot and planning to keep it that way.
&#8220;I never saw the video, I never will see it,&#8221; Erika said. &#8220;I never want to see it, there are certain things you see in your life that you can never unsee. There are certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever. I don&#8217;t want my husband&#8217;s public assassination to be something I ever see. I don&#8217;t want my kids to ever see that.&#8221;
She also told Watters how she found out her husband had been shot.
&#8220;[TPUSA chief of staff] Mikey [McCoy] called me,&#8221; Erika said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll never forget, him just being like, Charlie&#8217;s been shot. He&#8217;s been shot; get the kids. Get security, get the kids, get the kids, he&#8217;s been shot. I sprinted out of [my mother’s] treatment center and just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot, called our security. Unbelievable nightmare.&#8221;
One thing the grieving widow takes comfort in is the fact that Charlie didn’t suffer.
&#8220;The way the bullet hit him, he died instantaneously,&#8221; Erika went on. &#8220;He died on the scene. But I&#8217;m so glad he didn&#8217;t suffer, I&#8217;m so glad he didn&#8217;t suffer. No one deserves to suffer, but a handful of people. He literally blinked and probably thought he was raptured and looked around and was like, where&#8217;s everybody else? He blinked, and he was with the Lord.&#8221;
Erika discussed how her 3-year-old daughter is dealing with the loss.
“It’s really sweet because I keep explaining to her a few things, and I said, ‘If you ever want to talk to Daddy, you just look up to the sky and start talking, and he can hear you,&#8217;” she said. “I told her, ‘You know, Daddy is in heaven’ … and she goes, ‘Do you think I could go sometime?’” Erika said through tears.
“I said, ‘Baby, we will all go one day.’”
Watters also asked Erika what should happen to Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering her husband, and whether he should receive the death penalty. She had previously made a powerful statement during Charlie’s memorial service by saying she forgives Robinson for what he did.
“I do not want this man’s blood on my ledger when I stand before the Lord,” Erika told Watters. “I want the government to decide. That’s biblical, too … Justice will ultimately be served.”
She also said cameras should be in the courtroom during Robinson&#8217;s murder trial.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” Erika told Watters. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear.”
“We deserve to have cameras in there,” the grieving widow added.
“Why not be transparent?” she said. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not, because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”
Robinson was charged with aggravated murder and six other counts after turning himself in to the police following the fatal shooting.
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Erika told Watters. “This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.”

Erika Kirk

‘I Didn’t Get To Give Him A Kiss’: Erika Kirk’s First Interview Since Charlie’s Assassination

'I Didn’t Get To Give Him A Kiss': Erika Kirk's First Interview Since Charlie's Assassination

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Erika Kirk made several revelations during an as-yet-unaired interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, as the previews have shown.
The widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus event in November, said she would like to have cameras in the courtroom during the murder trial of accused killer Tyler Robinson.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” Kirk told Watters in the promo clip. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear.”
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“We deserve to have cameras in there,” the grieving widow added.
“Why not be transparent?” she added. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not, because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”
Robinson was charged with aggravated murder and six other counts after turning himself in to police after the shooting. Prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty in this case.
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Kirk told Watters. “This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.”
During the same interview, the new head of Turning Point USA also said that the broadcasting company Sinclair had reached out to her asking if she’d like an apology from late night host Jimmy Kimmel after he made comments indicating that Tyler may be associated with “MAGA.” Kimmel’s show was suspended for a few days after, leading to national outcry from liberals.
“Jimmy Kimmel lied about your husband’s murder and didn’t really apologize, what would you say to Jimmy Kimmel?” Watters asked Kirk.
“Same thing I told Sinclair,” Kirk responded. “They asked, I haven’t really told anybody this, so they asked, ‘do you want Jimmy to give you an apology? Do you want to be on a show? How can we make it right?’ Through our team, I responded, I said, tell them thank you, we received their note.”
“This is not our issue, not our mess,” she added. “If you want to say I’m sorry to someone who’s grieving, go right ahead. But if that’s not in your heart, don’t do it. I don’t want it. I don’t need it.”
The interview will air in full tomorrow night on &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; at 8 PM/ET.
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Erika Kirk Says There Should Be Cameras In Courtroom For Upcoming Murder Trial

Jesse Watters

Turning Point USA

Liberal host Kyle Kulinski mocked Erika Kirk, the widow of assassinated conservative Charlie Kirk, in a widely ridiculed X post on Friday night.
The post framed Erika, the mother of two young children, as a money-hungry widow who is only pretending to miss her murdered husband for profit.
Kulinski, who is married to liberal host Krystal Ball, posted a fake image of a Halloween costume, which features a crying Erika with running mascara holding a plate of money. The &#8220;costume&#8221; is called &#8220;Fake Grieving Widow Grifter&#8221; and includes accessories such as &#8220;Fake tear drops&#8221; and &#8220;Skin-tight black leather mourning pants.&#8221;
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— Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social) (@KyleKulinski) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1984390467073527915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
Conservative Will Chamberlin responded to the post, &#8220;They hate you, want you dead, and will mock your wife if one of their crazies assassinates you.&#8221;
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They hate you, want you dead, and will mock your wife if one of their crazies assassinates you <a href="https://t.co/3RUyc1PC47">https://t.co/3RUyc1PC47</a>
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href="https://twitter.com/willchamberlain/status/1984435121223565562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Tyler Robinson has been charged in the assassination of Kirk. The 22-year-old&#8217;s parents say Robinson confessed the crime to them and said he murdered Kirk because &#8220;there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate,&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tyler-robinson-set-face-formal-charges-shooting-death/story?id=125614396">according</a> to court documents. Robinson was also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/location-of-tyler-robinsons-lover-still-undisclosed-as-family-lay-low-months-after-charlie-kirk-slaying/">reportedly</a> in a romantic relationship with a male who identifies as a transgender furry.
&#8220;This is a level of toxic brain rot that should alarm any friends and family you might have,&#8221; Matt Whitlock reacted to Kulinski&#8217;s post.
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This is a level of toxic brain rot that should alarm any friends and family you might have
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1984585577040134420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;This is extremely ugly behavior, and you should feel ashamed of yourself,&#8221; conservative Charles C. W. Cooke said.
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This is extremely ugly behavior, and you should feel ashamed of yourself.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) <a href="https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1984582740365156733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Erika has been praised for vowing to continue her late husband&#8217;s fight. With the backing of Turning Point USA staff, she was elevated to lead the organization, which was co-founded by her late husband.
She also forgave Robinson for killing Kirk, making the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-forgives-her-husbands-suspected-assassin-says-charlie-would-have-done-so-too">powerful statement</a> during his memorial. &#8220;My husband Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life. &#8230; That young man, I forgive him,&#8221; she said at a packed memorial for Kirk. &#8220;I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do.&#8221;
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Erika Kirk forgives the man who murdered her husband:
&#8220;My husband Charlie&#8230;he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life&#8230;that young man&#8230;
I forgive him.
I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Pd1yGRMRVw">pic.twitter.com/Pd1yGRMRVw</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1969893178393206823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
The young widow has also shared an inside look at her love story with Kirk, whom she calls the love of her life, revealing that Kirk wrote her a love letter every single Saturday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-tells-ole-miss-students-the-secret-to-having-courage-like-charlie">Erika Kirk Tells Ole Miss Students The Secret To Having Courage Like Charlie</a>

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‘Toxic Brain Rot’: Liberal Host Viciously Mocks Charlie Kirk’s Widow, Immediately Gets Dragged

‘Toxic Brain Rot’: Liberal Host Viciously Mocks Charlie Kirk's Widow, Immediately Gets Dragged

“Uncut Gems” actress Julia Fox is facing backlash for her controversial Halloween costume, which social media users are calling “<a href="https://x.com/BeeAwake2/status/1984291814686515274">sick and disgusting</a>.”
The 35-year-old celeb, who is an ex-girlfriend of rapper Kanye West, stepped out for a Halloween party in New York City on Thursday and donned an outfit meant to depict the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 
Fox was photographed wearing the recognizable pink suit and pillbox hat that JFK’s wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore on that day. The outfit was splattered with blood meant to represent the assassination.
Reactions on social media were fiercely opposed.
“Julia Fox continues to be one of the most insufferable people imaginable,” one person <a href="https://x.com/Process718/status/1984280085982314831">replied</a>. 
“What a ghoul,” another person <a href="https://x.com/cactusncookies/status/1984321326220525986">echoed</a>.
“You will never be able to convince me that Hollywood is not a product of the devil,” <a href="https://x.com/adhdrunsme/status/1984287556406796756">said</a> another.
“Tasteless, narcissistic attention seeking,” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/GenXgal90/status/1984325643308581108">replied</a>.
As backlash mounted, Fox posted a statement on Instagram defending the outfit, insisting her morbid outfit choice was &#8220;not a costume&#8221; but &#8220;a statement.&#8221;
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“When her husband was assassinated, she refused to change out of her blood-stained clothes, saying, ‘I want them to see what they’ve done,&#8217;” the celeb wrote. 
“The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history. Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation. Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery. It was performance, protest and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O.”
Fox is known for getting attention by wearing provocative outfits. In a New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/t-magazine/julia-fox-freak-guide.html">essay</a> published last year, the actress said she was sick of pretending to be normal and instead wanted to openly be a “freak.”
&#8220;I remember being in fifth grade [on New York’s Upper East Side] and being exhausted from trying to pretend to be normal all the time,” Fox wrote. “It’s not easier [to try] to be normal … eventually freaks are like, &#8216;I’m going to be myself and live my truth because I can’t pretend anymore.&#8217; Pretending is draining; it’s exhausting; it’s depression. Being a freak’s not an easy thing, but it can be a very beautiful thing.&#8221;

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A suspect was arrested on Tuesday night after crashing a car into a security barrier outside the White House. 
The Secret Service said a man drove his car into a vehicle gate just outside the White House grounds at approximately 10:37 pm. His identity was not released, and officials have not said whether the crash was intentional.
&#8220;The individual was immediately arrested by U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers, and the vehicle was assessed by Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department and deemed safe,&#8221; a Secret Service <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/car-rams-white-house-barricade-suspect-arrested-officials">spokesman</a> said. 
Photos of the vehicle reveal that it was an Acura TSX with Maryland license plates. A bomb detection robot was utilized by law enforcement to clear the scene. 
At the time of the crash, President Donald Trump was at the White House, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/white-house-car-crash.html">said</a>. 
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The Secret Service has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-going-on-with-the-secret-service-recent-mishaps-put-trumps-protectors-under-the-microscope">increased scrutiny</a> after massive security failures at a 2024 campaign rally in Pennsylvania led to then-candidate Trump being shot in the ear. Last month, a Secret Service agent was placed on leave after reportedly falling asleep and leaving his weapon unattended while providing security at the United Nations. 
Last week, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-finds-tree-stand-with-clear-view-of-trumps-palm-beach-air-force-one-exit">discovered</a> an elevated hunting stand in a tree with a clear view of the area where Trump routinely disembarks from Air Force One in Palm Beach, Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that the FBI was investigating the discovery. The finding <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-boards-af1-quickly-using-small-stairs-due-increased-security-measures-wh-official">led</a> to Trump boarding Air Force One on smaller stairs due to &#8220;increased security measures.”

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Daily Wire host Isabel Brown is set to speak at a Turning Point USA event at Colorado State University — an event where the campus organization’s founder, Charlie Kirk, was initially scheduled to appear before his assassination in Utah on Wednesday, September 10.
Brown, an alumna of CSU herself and the former TPUSA president for that campus’ chapter, said that the organization had declined to cancel the planned event in the wake of Kirk’s murder — but had instead booked a larger venue and forged ahead with what quickly became a vigil for their late founder.
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Charlie Kirk was scheduled to speak tomorrow at my alma mater, Colorado State University, where in 2018 he came to speak to our <a href="https://twitter.com/TPUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPUSA</a> chapter while I was then-chapter president.
He was SO excited to be back in Fort Collins, and two weeks ago was texting me links to local media… <a href="https://t.co/mJt3zd0uCm">pic.twitter.com/mJt3zd0uCm</a>
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“Charlie Kirk was scheduled to speak tomorrow at my alma mater, Colorado State University, where in 2018 he came to speak to our @TPUSA chapter while I was then-chapter president,” Brown posted via X. “He was SO excited to be back in Fort Collins, and two weeks ago was texting me links to local media coverage about his return to campus.”
When Kirk was shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University a week prior, however, Brown said that the expectation was that TPUSA would cancel the Colorado State University event.
“Everyone expected the students to cancel their event,” she continued. “Instead, they moved it — to the largest venue on campus as a place for people across Colorado &amp; the West to mourn Charlie&#8217;s life and honor his legacy. I am humbled and honored to have been asked to return to CSU to speak tomorrow at Charlie&#8217;s vigil.”
“This will be one of the hardest events I’ve ever done, but easily the most important by a mile,” she concluded. “See you tomorrow, Rams. God Bless You.”
Brown offered her thoughts on Kirk’s passing — and his legacy — in a lengthy post still pinned to her X profile.
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Words will never be able to convey how devastated we are that Charlie Kirk was taken from us far too soon.
I had the honor and privilege of not just knowing Charlie professionally as a fellow warrior in the conservative movement, but as a close friend and my most influential… <a href="https://t.co/atGBDlfYUs">pic.twitter.com/atGBDlfYUs</a>
— Isabel Brown (@theisabelb) <a href="https://twitter.com/theisabelb/status/1965925470261670305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“He transformed the world. And we will never be the same without him,” she said at the time.

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