After the death of Utah University spokesman Charlie Kork, a key ally of U.S. President Trump and well-known conservative activist, his controversy over political positions such as gun ownership, opposition to gender pluralism and anti-immigration has aggravated the rise of U.S. society. Republican politicians and right-wing activists have launched a campaign in the U.S. to report and encircle people on social media about Kork’s death “worshiping, defaming or depreciating” and have led to his dismissal, while some foreigners are facing visa cancellation, refusal or expulsion. This massive “report” review, “separate” dismissal and “expulsion” campaign has put people at risk. Even some other countries in the West have raised the tide,
The suspect will appear in court tomorrow.
According to CNN, the United States has scheduled a memorial service for Charlie Kirk at a large stadium in Arizona on September 21st. Trump reportedly said he was "obligated" to attend Kirk's memorial service and funeral.
Meanwhile, many of the key questions about Kirk’s murder remain questionable. Today’s America says that Robinson, the suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk, will appear in court for the first time on Tuesday (16 September), facing multiple charges of serious crimes such as murder, shooting serious injuries and obstructing justice.
Trump said on Friday that he was dealing with “a group of radical left crazy people who don’t like to compete fairly.” He also said that “the radical left doesn’t like everything in the United States now, this force is the biggest obstacle to reconciliation in the United States.” Trump said in a video speech at the White House after Kirk was killed that “the radical left directly led to the terrorism we see in the United States today,” “the radical left is where the problem is, they are evil, terrible.”
The U.S. People magazine said that after Kirk was shot, the sentiment of social division in the United States rose unprecedentedly, but Trump was not interested in bridging the differences.
“Rapport” “Removal” “Deportation”
After Kirk was killed, an organized network of "human-meat searches" and reporting campaigns against students, teachers, journalists, government employees and others who criticized Kirk's speeches emerged.
At present,, sports, culture, and even government agencies have been encroached and punished for “negative comments” about Kirk’s death. On December 12, a U.S. office supplies retailer announced that one of the employees of the company’s Michigan store had been fired for refusing to print posters about Charlie Kirk. The U.S. Professional Football League (NFL) Carolina Black Panther team fired one employee, and the U.S. comic book giant DC Comics Company canceled a comic book series of a writer because the two of them posted on social media to mock Kirk’s death.
"This is a concerted action." CNN said on the 14th that conservative activists and Republican politicians also set up an online exposure website called "The Murderer of Charlie Kirk" to search and censor social media posts and information that made "negative remarks" about Kirk's death. The website claims that "nearly 30,000 reports have been received". Higgins, a Republican member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said he would use the power of Congress to impose a lifelong social media ban on anyone who published comments that "disparaged" Kirk's death.
Some politicians have proposed the expulsion of foreigners or immigrants who have issued “inappropriate remarks.” U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Randall said publicly that any foreigners who “admire, justify or depreciate the death of Kirk” on social media would be treated as “beautiful violence” and face visa cancellation, refusal or expulsion.
Large-scale whistleblowing, firings and evictions have raised concerns about *. Will Creeley, legal director of the American Foundation for Individual Rights and Speech, told CNN that this practice is unconstitutional. This kind of movement would have a "chilling effect", "you might not like someone celebrating the death of a certain political figure, but it's a completely constitutionally protected rhetoric. Unfortunately, given the reaction of certain lawmakers, I think too many may have to keep silent".
CNN host Abby Phillip said on Friday that as the Kork murder spread rapidly on social media, hate, accusations, retaliation and divisions followed, "if there is one thing this country agrees with, it is that the United States has broken up."
“Violence is coming.”
This trend of reporting and dismissing different viewpoints is spreading to other Western countries. The Guardian on 14 that a Mexican congressman was condemned online for commenting on Kirk’s death on the country’s main television station and subsequently resigned. After U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Randall threatened to revoke the US visa of the person concerned, the TV station also publicly apologized. In addition, Britain’s Oxford University Debate Board Candidate, Abaronien, faced punishment for making “undue remarks” in Kirk’s shooting.
The Guardian that Kirk’s murder also triggered London’s 13th, the largest far-right rally in the UK in decades. That day, about 150,000 people attended the anti-immigration rally in London, a rally initiated by far-right anti-immigration groups.
According to reports, American billionaire Musk participated in a demonstration in London through a video speech on the 13th. He accused the so-called "left-wing awakening virus" and mentioned that Kirk was shot and killed. Musk said that "the left wing is the party of murderers" and "violence is coming" and "(you) are waiting for death if you don't fight back." He also incited: "I really think Britain must change its government. We can't wait another four years or the next general election, that's too long. Something must be done. Parliament should be dissolved and a new general election should be held."
Thousands of people gathered in London on the same day to protest against racism, with the British government deploying 16,000 police officers to maintain order. During the demonstration, protesters clashed violently with police, injuring 26 police officers, four of whom were seriously injured, and arresting 25 people.