There are very few people in the United States who have not heard about the death of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and media personality who was assassinated at Utah Valley University earlier this month during an event for Turning Point USA, the nonprofit organization he founded in 2012. You’d be equally hard-pressed to find someone who did not have an opinion on Kirk’s passing, with the mixed reaction to the influencer’s death arguably receiving even more attention than the actual assassination itself.
Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk, and the Debate Over Free Speech in America
Charlie Kirk's murder has exacerbated tensions between the left and the right. Conservatives are calling for those they perceive as dishonoring Kirk to be cancelled or fired, and Jimmy Kimmel was caught in the crossfire.
