The world of sports is reacting to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and in all likelihood, the far-left goons, fruits, and nuts who are celebrating the murder aren’t going to much like it.
Golf champion Phil Mickelson called the murder of the Turning Point USA founder an “atrocity.” Golfer Anthony Kim slammed far-left Democrats Tim Walz, governor of failing Minnesota, and U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas.
English soccer announcer Laura Woods lamented that Kirk was murdered for expressing an opinion, while prizefighter Jake Paul said he was assassinated for telling the truth.
Phil Mickelson might have been the most voluble of the athletes. “I never met Charlie Kirk but I am gutted by this atrocity,” he wrote on September 11:
Open debate is healthy and essential. Free speech is a constitutional right. Violence for disagreeing with someone is sick, deranged, and creates a greater division that becomes harder to overcome.
But the three-time Masters tourney champ followed up with more observations, and had the courage to bring up George Floyd, the career criminal who died of a drug overdose while being retained by police in May 2020, and whose death set off nationwide riots.
Over an X post that accused Arizona State University of “sabotaging” a memorial service for Kirk, Mickelson posted this warning: “As an ASU alum this better not be true.”
Over video of the Oxford Union president’s celebrating the murder, he wrote:
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is bringing out some of the best in humanity and it’s also exposing some of the worst.
The unification, love, support, and outcry on his behalf throughout the world is heartwarming. The number of people supporting Tyler Robinson’s appalling behavior has opened my eyes to a side of extremism with a moral superiority complex that has also shaken my belief in people in general. I hope they are held accountable for their disgusting rhetoric.
“100 — well said,” Mickelson wrote over Patrick Bet-David’s observation:
It’s been 4 days since Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
No riots.
No cities burned.
Conservatives mourn
The Left destroys
This is a reflection of what Charlie stood for:
Love over hate.
Faith over fear.
The future of ???????? looks bright if these values become popular again.
Responding to a “disappointed” user who wrote that “Floyd was murdered by a cop,” Mickelson correctly replied, “The coroner report states he died by overdose. FYI”
Then the wildly popular golfer zinged the police chief of Durham, North Carolina. Patrice Andrews wrote that Kirk “disguised himself as a Christian” and “created a culture of divisiveness through hate speech.”
“And here’s the problem,” Mickelson wrote:
From the chief of police no less ????♂️
Pathetic
Kim is equally dismayed. Over video of far-left House Democrats’ losing their minds when GOP Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado suggested a moment of silence for Kirk in the chamber, Kim opined thusly:
Some little kids lost their father, a young woman lost her husband, the world lost a hero yesterday 4 communicating his opinions peacefully & the people that make decisions 4 our country can’t respect a moment 4 prayer? @JasmineForUS is racist @GovTimWalz wishes death on people
Kim also slammed a nurse who celebrated Kirk’s death, and slammed MSNBC for “spinning the narrative,” a reference to fired talker Matthew Dowd’s claim that Kirk had it coming because he used “hate speech.”
“Charlie Kirk got shot for telling the truth,” pugilist Jake Paul wrote:
That is literally it.
What a mentally sick time we are living through
We need god more than ever
Praying for Charlie’s family and praying for these evil people to heal.
Announcer Laura Woods said the shooting was etched in her mind:
I really can’t get out of my head what has happened to Charlie Kirk. I watched him a lot, not because I agreed with everything he said, but because he was an absolutely formidable commentator and could debate in a relentless, yet respectful way. Shot in the throat for using his voice. I’ll never get that image out of my head. Horrifying.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson reposted this sentiment from retired gridder Torrey Smith: “Celebrating the death of someone you don’t share the same beliefs as is wild. Seeing it play out in real time is disgusting.” A month ago, Jackson landed in hot water for reposting a Kirk post that said “it’s all about Jesus.”
Most NFL teams held a moment of silence for Kirk on Sunday. They included the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, and Kansas City Chiefs, the New York Post reported. The NFL held a moment of silence before the Green Packers-Washington Commanders game on Thursday.
Though the Baltimore Ravens did not hold a moment of silence (along with four other teams), the Ravens Flock Facebook page reported that the team created a permanently empty seat for Kirk.
The New York Yankees also held a moment of silence.