Jimmy Kimmel shared his response on social media following the assassination of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed throughout a talking occasion at Utah Valley College on Wednesday, September 10.
In an Instagram submit on his official account, the late-night host wrote:
“As an alternative of the offended finger-pointing, can we only for in the future agree that it’s horrible and monstrous to shoot one other human? On behalf of my household, we ship like to the Kirks and to all the youngsters, dad and mom and innocents who fall sufferer to mindless gun violence.”
Kimmel has lengthy advocated for stronger gun management measures. In 2017, he delivered an emotional monologue, tearfully urging motion within the wake of the mass capturing in his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.
“The Second Modification, I suppose, our forefathers wished us to have AK-47s is the argument, I assume. Orlando, Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino, each considered one of these shootings the assassin used computerized or semi-automatic rifles, which aren’t weapons you employ for self-defense. They’re weapons designed to kill massive numbers of individuals within the shortest doable period of time. And this man, reportedly he had 10 of them in his room, apparently legally. A minimum of a few of them had been there legally. Why is that allowed? I don’t know why our so-called leaders proceed to permit this to occur. Or, higher query, why can we proceed to allow them to permit it to occur?,” stated Kimmel in his monologue.
Kirk was internet hosting the occasion in Utah as a part of his “American Comeback Tour” collection of talking to varsity college students when he gave the impression to be shot within the neck.
Politicians and public figures from each political events have additionally flocked to social media to sentence the act of violence and provide prayers for Kirk and his household, amongst them President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and former presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Trump wrote an announcement of remembrance on his social media website: “The Nice, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is useless. Nobody understood or had the Coronary heart of the Youth in the USA of America higher than Charlie. He was beloved and admired by ALL, particularly me, and now, he’s not with us. Melania and my Sympathies exit to his lovely spouse Erika, and household. Charlie, we love you!”
“I’m deeply disturbed by the capturing in Utah. Doug and I ship our prayers to Charlie Kirk and his household. Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and all of us should work collectively to make sure this doesn’t result in extra violence,” wrote Harris.
“Say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good man and a younger father,” posted Vance.