Conservative icon Charlie Kirk, before his assassination on Wednesday, talked about assassination culture rising on the Left, and needing full-time security.
In a resurfaced video, which was posted by HumanEvents, Kirk says opponents will “take weapons” to try to “murder” conservative ideas, since they cannot effectively debate and defend their own ideas.
“At the core of the Left, at the core of a liberal, is someone that would use the sword if they had it,” Kirk says in the video. “They are very violent people at their core, they always have been. They can’t debate, they can’t have conversations, so they resort to these tactics.”
“They are going to do everything they possibly can to try to murder this movement because they can’t beat us, so they’re going to try to take weapons. And know we’re very aware of that, I am very aware of it — we have to have full time security,” he added. “This is not a joke and this is who these people are.”
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Charlie Kirk warned us about the violent left!
“At the core of the left, the core of a liberal, is someone who would use the sword if they had it. They are very violent people at the core! “
“They can’t debate they can’t have conversation so they’ll resort to these tactics.”… pic.twitter.com/mAYpMGRGvR
— PattyMI (@PattyLovesTruth) September 11, 2025
Additionally, just months before his murder, Kirk took note of the Left’s increasing support for political violence.
“Assassination culture is spreading on the left,” he posted to X, back in April. “Forty-eight percent of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump. In California, activists are naming ballot measures after Luigi Mangione.”
“The left is being whipped into a violent frenzy,” Kirk continued. “Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response.”
“This is the natural outgrowth of left-wing protest culture tolerating violence and mayhem for years on end,” he added. “The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials have turned the left into a ticking time bomb.”
Assassination culture is spreading on the left. Forty-eight percent of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump.
In California, activists are naming ballot measures after Luigi Mangione.
The… pic.twitter.com/xiGAAvoPHy
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 7, 2025
Kirk was tragically shot dead during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, when he was openly debating differing viewpoints.
President Donald Trump called the late conservative a “legendary” figure.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump wrote. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Trump announced on Thursday that Kirk will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Related: Charlie Kirk Was Asked How He Wanted To Be Remembered. He Pointed To His Faith.