Ep. 2504 - One Year Since Charlie Kirk’s Murder... What The Hell Happened?!
September 10, 2026
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5 min readOne Year After Charlie Kirk's Assassination: What Happened to the Unity That Was Supposed to Follow?
On September 11, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck while debating public policy at a public university, bleeding out on camera. His murderer, Tyler Robinson, was a militant gay man in a relationship with a trans partner who had engraved bullets with a Dremel tool months before. The political motive was clear: Kirk was famous for arguing that biological sex is real. What should have followed—political reunification on the right, united opposition to left-wing violence, a religious revival—never really happened. Ben Shapiro argues that the moment was squandered, and that the people who destroyed it were not the left but members of the right who chose conspiracy and fragmentation over principle.
The Murder and the Evidence
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:04) **Charlie Kirk's Murder and the Moment That Was Lost** - Shapiro recounts the assassination of Charlie Kirk one year ago, the clear motive, and the dashed hopes for political unity and religious revival.
- 2 (03:44) **Personal Recollection and the Immediate Aftermath** - Shapiro shares his personal experience of learning about the shooting and the initial national mourning.
- 3 (04:58) **Erica Kirk's Grief and the Attack on Her Character** - Shapiro discusses Erica Kirk's public grief in a New York Times op-ed and the "insane desire" by some to destroy her and TPUSA.
- 4 (06:54) **The Clear Motive and Radical Trans Ideology** - Shapiro explains that the murderer's motive was obvious, rooted in the radical trans movement's permission structure for violence.
- 5 (07:38) **Evidence Presented in Court** - The episode presents security footage and testimony from the preliminary hearing, including evidence of the murder weapon and motive.
- 6 (10:10) **What Should Have Happened: Unity and Revival** - Shapiro argues the proper response was political unity against violence and a religious revival, as called for by Matt Walsh and President Trump.
- 7 (13:24) **The Religious Revival at Charlie's Memorial** - Shapiro describes the massive religious revival at Charlie's memorial, highlighting Erica's forgiveness and Marco Rubio's sermon on the gospel.
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Show Notes
One year after Charlie Kirk's assassination, we discuss what should have happened... and why it didn't; we're joined by TPUSA's Andrew Kolvet; and Victor Davis Hanson stops by to explain what's likely to happen in the post-Trump GOP.
Ep. 2504
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"The Counter Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement" by Victor Davis Hanson is available here: https://a.co/d/0hVmFOKD
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