Donald Trump on Friday advocated for the death penalty in the killing of his close associate Charlie Kirk, as the widow of the rightwing activist spoke publicly for the first time since the shooting.
The president told Fox & Friends in an interview – during which he also announced that a suspect was in custody – that he hopes the shooter “gets the death penalty”.
He added: “Charlie Kirk was the finest person.
How do we come back together?” he was asked by the show’s co-host Ainsley Earhardt, who commented that there were radicals operating on the left and right of US politics.
They want men in women’s sports, they want transgender for everyone, they want open borders.
In her first public statement since the shooting, the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk said Friday that Donald Trump supported the death penalty in the murder of his close associate.
In an interview with Fox and Friends, the president expressed his hope that the shooter “gets the death penalty” and revealed that a suspect was in custody. “Charlie Kirk was the best person,” he continued. He wasn’t worthy of this.
Erika, Kirk’s widow, delivered a combative speech on Friday night from the office where her late husband hosted his podcast. She told “the evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination” that “you have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife.”. This widow’s screams will reverberate like a battle cry throughout the world. “”.
The US president was asked what he planned to do to help people recover from Kirk’s shooting in Utah during an interview on Fox & Friends on Friday morning. The show’s co-host, Ainsley Earhardt, asked him, “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?” She added that radicals on both the left and the right were active in US politics.
Trump responded, “I tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less,” less than 48 hours after Kirk was shot in broad daylight on the Utah Valley University campus. “”.
He continued, saying: “The radicals on the left are the issue; they are ruthless, awful, and politically astute. The radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want to see crime.”. They support open borders, transgender equality for all, and men participating in women’s sports. The worst thing that has ever happened in this nation. “”.
