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Musk lashes left after Charlie Kirk shooting, backs Turning Point London rally

Published 14 September 2025

Elon Musk escalated his rhetoric following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, repeatedly blaming the political left and urging supporters to rally behind Turning Point USA while speaking remotely at a large far right rally in London on Saturday. Kirk, 31, was shot on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. Authorities arrested 22 year old Tyler Robinson of Utah after the FBI released images; Robinson was turned in by his father through a family minister, officials said.

At the London Unite the Kingdom demonstration, Musk told the crowd, The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder, and warned, Violence is coming. You either fight back or you die. He also posted on X urging followers to Support Turning Point for Charlie, for sanity, for the future of civilization. The comments came amid widespread outrage over the campus killing and a national debate over political rhetoric and campus culture.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox said in a briefing that investigators found inscriptions on bullet casings at the Utah Valley University scene that referenced antifascist ideology and declined to comment on other markings that appeared to use video...

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