Erika Kirk Condemns Jokes About Husband’s Murder, Calls It Moral Decay

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Erika Kirk responds to jokes about her husband’s assassination, calling it a sign of moral decay.

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Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and father to their two young children, was shot and killed while speaking at a campus event in Utah last year.

In a statement posted to X on Sunday, Kirk wrote:

To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting.

My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives.

A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.

You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard.

Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates.

In an episode of the “I’ve Had It” podcast hosted by Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan on Thursday, the pair read social media posts celebrating Democrat gains in the midterm election.

One post stated, “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.”

The segment was later cut from the episode.

On Saturday, Welch and Sullivan issued a joint “apology,” after losing tons of their show’s sponsors, that read, “On Thursday’s show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an insensitive joke, and we should not have laughed. We regret it, and we apologize. Whatever our political differences, there is nothing funny about gun violence.”

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Separately, comedian Dave Chappelle told a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd during his “Karmageddon” tour that he has felt better since Kirk’s murder.

Chappelle stated, “I feel f-cked up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean, look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better. I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling. I didn’t ask to feel this way. I just be driving around like, ‘why am I in such a good mood?’”

The line drew demented laughter and applause.

Charlie Kirk had publicly defended Chappelle in 2022 after the comedian was attacked on stage by a man objecting to his jokes about the transgender community.

Source: The Gateway Pundit

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