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‘A new era’: Watch Gov. Pritzker blame Trump and Jan. 6 for Charlie Kirk assassination

Far-left Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker went far beyond offering condolences.

He pinned the blame for the deadly assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk squarely on Donald Trump, invoking the January 6th Capitol riot as a violent precursor.

Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on Wednesday during a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

The shooting occurred around 12:10 p.m. (MDT), with the gunshot reportedly fired from a building about 200 yards away.

Though an individual was initially detained, authorities later confirmed that no suspect had been taken into custody, and the shooter remains at large.

During a press conference earlier today, Pritzker couldn’t resist injecting his toxic partisan poison into the conversation. Here’s what the far-left governor had to spew:

“That’s my sympathy to Charlie Kirk’s family and to Charlie Kirk, who obviously has become a target for somebody. I don’t know whether it’s political violence because I don’t know who did it.

I know they seem to have somebody in custody. But I will say that political violence, unfortunately, has been ratcheting up in this country. We saw the shootings, the killings in Minnesota.

We’ve seen other political violence occur in other states. I would just say it’s got to stop. I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the President’s rhetoric often foments it.

We’ve seen the January sixth rioters who clearly have tripped a new era of political violence.”

WATCH:

JB Pritzker just blamed Charlie Kirk being shot in Utah on President Trump and January 6th.

Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/7MDmvPq66q

— David Santa Carla (@TheOnlyDSC) September 10, 2025

[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com]

WATCH: House Dems shout ‘No’ when Rep. Boebert requests spoken prayer for Charlie Kirk

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FBI Director Kash Patel: ‘The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody’

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WATCH: Network political analyst suggests Charlie Kirk DESERVED to be shot

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WATCH: Some on left don’t join flood of prayers for Charlie Kirk, seem to celebrate his being shot

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WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms death

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WATCH: House Dems shout ‘No’ when Rep. Boebert requests spoken prayer for Charlie Kirk

U.S. House of Representatives

House Democrat lawmakers could be heard Wednesday shouting “No” after Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert requested a spoken prayer for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was killed during a TPUSA event.

Kirk, 31, was shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University, leaving behind his wife and two children. While on the House floor, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson asked for Boebert’s request.

“What purpose does a gentlelady from Colorado rise?” Johnson asked.

Lawmakers could be heard softly speaking over Boebert, prompting Johnson to shush them. Boebert then asked if they could take a moment to pray out loud for Kirk.

“No!” Democrat lawmakers could be heard shouting back.

During Boebert’s request, the Colorado representative reportedly stated that “silent prayers get silent results,” accordingto Politico’s Nicholas Wu.

As Johnson tried to shush the crowd again, Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna stepped in, yelling, “Y’all caused this!” before continuing with expletives.

WATCH:

Kirk, who frequently spoke on campuses to debate students on political beliefs, had been at Utah Valley University on Wednesday with a large crowd around his booth. During the event, videos began circulating online showing Kirk being shot while speaking to a student.

A university spokesperson told the Daily Caller that Kirk was shot from a building about 200 yards away. Security rushed him to a car to get him to the hospital, where he was initially in stable condition but later succumbed to his injuries.

“Let’s, let’s, let’s wait a minute. Wait a minute!” Johnson said as he pounded the gavel, with Luna continuing to yell at Democrat lawmakers. “The house will be in order.”

Johnson continued trying to bring the House “in order,” eventually telling Boebert they would join in prayer after the floor session. According to Wu, several Democrats allegedly shouted that a school shooting had also occurred in Colorado that same day, but Johnson ultimately gaveled the chamber down.

At least four students were injured at Evergreen High School in Colorado after a shooter opened fire on campus. As of Wednesday afternoon, three were in critical condition and the fourth’s condition remained unknown.

FBI Director Kash Patel: ‘The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody’

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WATCH: Network political analyst suggests Charlie Kirk DESERVED to be shot

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WATCH: Some on left don’t join flood of prayers for Charlie Kirk, seem to celebrate his being shot

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WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms death

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FBI Director Kash Patel: Subject arrested in Charlie Kirk assassination has been released, manhunt continues

Charlie Kirk and his wife Erika

FBI Director Kash Patel says a person of interest arrested in Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, has now been released.

“The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement,” Patel said on X.

“Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency.”

The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency https://t.co/YXsG6YpFR5

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 10, 2025

JUST IN: President Trump released a video statement following the death of Charlie Kirk, vows to go after organizations that fund radical left extremism.

“This is a dark moment for America.”

“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to… pic.twitter.com/98kPKXYYpG

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 11, 2025

Radio traffic from Utah County Public Safety earlier in the day had a dispatcher saying: “Description on the male: All in black, long pants, black bag, aviator-style sunglasses with a long gun.”

Radio traffic from Utah County Public Safety dispatch channel describes the suspect in the Kirk incident as:

“All in back, black bag, sunglasses with a long gun.” pic.twitter.com/rxqdJPrZQt

— Sarah Luna (@sarah_luna_1111) September 10, 2025

It is believed the shooter fired a weapon from a long distance, striking the founder of Turning Point USA who was speaking while seated under a tent.

BREAKING: Multiple videos have surfaced showing what appears to be an individual running and ducking on the roof of a University building moments after Charlie Kirk was shot

Officials said Charlie was shot from around 200 yards.

The shooter is still at large, and it’s… pic.twitter.com/c7dvGg2v6b

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 10, 2025

“Our nation is broken,” said Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox at an afternoon news conference. “Nothing I say can unite us as a country. … Nothing I say can bring back Charlie Kirk.”

“I don’t care what his politics are. I care that he’s an American,” he continued. “We just need every single person in this country to think about where we are and where we want to be.”

“I pray that those who hate what Charlie Kirk stood for will put down their social media and pen and pray for his family and that all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.”

“I just want to remind people we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.”

JUST IN: Republican governor Spencer Cox of Utah says the killing of Charlie Kirk was a political assassination, reminds viewers that Utah has the death penalty.

“I just want to remind you, we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah.”pic.twitter.com/9GGFgcxT6s

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 10, 2025

As the manhunt was under way, Jesse Watters of Fox News expressed some doubt the assailant being captured.

“If you look at the geography around the area, you can just walk down from that building, get in your vehicle and you can be in the mountains in ten minutes,” Watters said on “The Five.”

“You could be at the airport in Provo in five minutes. I’m a little worried that this manhunt is gonna go on for a long time because if they don’t have this guy now, there is no telling where he or she or they could be.”

(Courtesy Utah Valley University, Phil Holm)

Dana Perino on the same program noted: “It’s very scary to think that this person may have gotten away.”

Kennedy, host of “Kennedy Saves the World,” said the shooting was intended to send a message.

“It’s absolutely a message. This is a message meant to silence people,” she said.

“This is an assassination. This is an act of terrorism because although Charlie Kirk was not a politician, he was political and he was powerful and his power came from joy and igniting a movement and being really, really convincing.”

“That person intended for this assassination to silence everyone who agrees with him, and to silence everyone who wants to go out on a limb and make their case and refute so much of what especially younger people are being fed.”

Fox News anchor Greg Gutfeld said of the message: “It’s like, you could be next. … It feels professional.”

Is the news we hear every day actually broadcasting messages from God? The answer is an absolute yes! Find out how!

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WATCH: Network political analyst suggests Charlie Kirk DESERVED to be shot

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WATCH: Some on left don’t join flood of prayers for Charlie Kirk, seem to celebrate his being shot

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WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms death

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WATCH: Network political analyst suggests Charlie Kirk DESERVED to be shot

Matthew Dowd

MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd suggested on Wednesday that Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric made him a natural target for violence.

Kirk was shot during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, and the suspect is in custody, according to school officials. Dowd argued on “Katy Tur Reports” that Kirk’s “hate speech” inevitably led to him being shot.

WATCH:

“[H]e’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups,” Dowd said. “And I always go back to: hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

“And I think that’s the environment we’re in. People just, you can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place,” he continued. “And that’s the unfortunate environment we’re in.”

Video from the campus courtyard shows Kirk clutching his neck as the audience scatters; security rushed him from the scene. A source in contact with Kirk’s colleagues told the Daily Caller that he was still alive in the hospital, but he lost a substantial amount of blood.

Charlie Kirk

The Caller also obtained an eyewitness account from a local college student who was located near the back of the crowd. As Kirk discussed the Latter-day Saints faith and moved closer to attendees, “all of a sudden, out of nowhere, there was this loud bang, just one shot, bang. And I saw him hit in the neck, and I saw red gushing blood out of it,” the student said.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for prayers for Kirk after the shooting in a Truth Social post.

“We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot,” Trump wrote. “A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!”

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WATCH: Some on left don’t join flood of prayers for Charlie Kirk, seem to celebrate his being shot

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WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms death

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WATCH: Some on left don’t join flood of prayers for Charlie Kirk, seem to celebrate his being shot

Charlie Kirk

UPDATE: WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms his death

The internet was flooded with prayers for conservative activist Charlie Kirk on word hitting the headlines he was shot in the neck at a Utah speaking event Wednesday.

Hundreds of pleas for God’s mercy and healing consumed X postings. President Donald Trump later eulogized Kirk, confirming his death at age 31.

“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 said.

But some didn’t join in the prayers.

Some demonized him, even as he lay hospitalized, fighting for his life.

It was MSNBC that took that position.

“MSNBC is ALREADY back to demonizing Charlie Kirk, just MINUTES after he was shot in Utah. Katy Tur called him ‘a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. What ever term you want to use.’ THE LEFT IS FCKING DISGUSTING!!!!”

Actually, Tur read a statement from FBI chief Kash Patel in support of Kirk, then reverted to demonizing him.

MSNBC’s Katy Tur reads a statement from Kash Patel in support of Charlie Kirk and his loved ones, then immediately calls Kirk a “divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod” pic.twitter.com/ROWsiIvbi8

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 10, 2025

Other memes that could be described accurately as demonic appeared. One showed a desk full of talking heads laughing uproariously.

Under the headline, “CHARLIE KIRK DEAD.”

CHARLIE KIRK DEAD pic.twitter.com/zb3WWdL71W

— ـ (@lecvsn) September 10, 2025

Anairuda posted a GIF of young ladies laughing and celebrating, under the statement, “They saying Charlie Kirk got shot…”

This, like one about Tur’s comments, were removed from X almost immediately.

me at the hospital watching Charlie Kirk’s datascope flatline pic.twitter.com/H3Elrg2QoN

— mel blanc (@veIvetines) September 10, 2025

Another showed a man enthusiastically whipping his hand against his hip, with the statement, “me at the hospital watching Charlie Kirk’s datascope flatline.”

Someone posted an image of Kamala Harris chortling over, “I love good news,” with the line, “pro-gun racist misogynist Charlie kirk dead by gun shot.”

Harris, herself, actually said she was “deeply disturbed” by the shooting, sending her prayers to Kirk and his family.

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) September 10, 2025

“Andrea Junker” wrote, “Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.”

The antics of the commenters, drew a quick conclusion, too.

“We can never look at the far-left the same again after what they did to Charlie Kirk … These people want to m*rder us.”

We can never look at the far-left the same again after what they did to Charlie Kirk.

These people want to m*rder us.

Just like their forefathers the Communists m*rdered 100 million people.

— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) September 10, 2025

WATCH: Charlie Kirk shot while speaking, Trump confirms death

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Expectations ‘smashed’: Wholesale inflation unexpectedly declined in August

Wholesale inflation unexpectedly declined in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Wednesday morning.

The producer price index (PPI) inched down by 0.1% in August, beating economists’ expectations, according to the BLS. Meanwhile, the index for final demand declined to a 2.6% increase for the 12 months ending in August, compared to a 3.3% increase in July, the BLS reported.

“One thing I found interesting looking at the numbers was so much of it was being driven by the energy prices going down,” Preston Brashers, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “That was the big driver in the overall PPI falling. It’s interesting because we have been seeing so much deregulation and kinda pushing to open up federal lands and different things of that nature, and I think it’s been having some success.”

“At the same time, there was some concern from people about paring back the tax subsidies for the Green New Deal in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ that that would actually raise energy prices, but there doesn’t seem to be any indication of that,” Brashers added.

August’s PPI report comes after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled on Aug. 22 that the central bank may lower interest rates in its upcoming September meeting. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Powell as being “too late” for declining to slash interest rates in 2025.

“The unexpected decline in PPI really solidifies that there will almost certainly be a rate cut at the next Fed meeting,” Brashers continued. “I think, you know, some people were looking at whether there would be a 50 basis point cut, I think that’s maybe a bit more of stretch even now, just because if you look at some of the particulars, a lot of the decline is coming from energy, so they [the Fed] may look at that and that may make them less inclined to think that they need to have that dramatic of a reaction. But, it is true, it seems like they’re a little bit late to this.”

“Because of its dual mandate, the Federal Reserve must balance decisions with an eye on both unemployment and inflation, and right now there’s tension between a rapidly weakening U.S. labor market and inflation that remains above target,” Peter C. Earle, director of Economics and Economic Freedom at the American Institute for Economic Research, told the DCNF. “The unexpected drop in producer prices last month makes it more feasible for the Fed to lower rates, since it suggests that cost pressures aren’t being aggressively passed on to consumers.”

Earle said that the “key test is Thursday’s CPI [Consumer Price Index] release.”

“If that report shows a similarly subdued trend, it could lower the risk of spiking prices after a rate cut and make even a 50-basis-point move at next week’s FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] meeting look feasible,” he added.

Still, Earle told the DCNF that the August PPI numbers “show mixed signals in the real economy.”

“The producer price index numbers show mixed signals in the real economy,” Earle explained. “The headline decline was driven by services, specifically the steepest drop in trade services margins since July 2024, which implies wholesalers and retailers are absorbing more tariff costs rather than passing them through. That points to some margin compression. Goods inflation, however, is still elevated — finished core goods saw their largest monthly gain since May of this year — suggesting that supply-side cost pressures haven’t gone away. Taken together, this hints at easing pressure in services but stubborn inflation in goods, reflecting an economy where pricing power is uneven and still under stress from tariffs.”

“Beyond the PPI print itself, Treasury yields fell modestly, with the 10-year dipping as low as 4.05%,” Earle added. “Market reactions are forward-looking, and regression analysis between PPI and CPI points to a possible negative CPI print — but those correlations are shaky, and volatility in services pricing means one soft month doesn’t guarantee a trend. Survey data continues to show persistent cost concerns among businesses and households, suggesting that even if disinflation gives the Fed room to ease rates, inflationary risks haven’t disappeared.”

“Non-existent wholesale inflation gives even more justification for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least 50 basis points at its meeting next week,” Alfredo Ortiz, CEO of Job Creators Network, said in a statement provided to the DCNF. “Thanks to President Trump and Republican policies, small businesses no longer have to worry about runaway inflation that destroys profit margins and alienates customers. Now, the biggest threat they face is artificially high interest rates from a politicized Fed.”

“When small businesses can’t access credit, they can’t reinvest in their businesses and create jobs in their communities,” Ortiz added. “Low and predictable inflation ensures the Fed can finally cut rates to free up capital and empower small businesses to kick start the Main Street resurgence.”

Following the release of the August PPI report, Trump wrote in a Wednesday Truth Social post that “Too Late” Powell must lower interest rates “right now.” The president wrote further that the Fed chairman “doesn’t have a clue.”

“Just out: No Inflation!!!” Trump wrote in the social media post. “‘Too Late’ must lower the RATE, BIG, right now. Powell is a total disaster, who doesn’t have a clue!!! President DJT.”

Moreover, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Wednesday that the latest PPI report indicates that Trump has “defeated” former President Joe Biden’s “inflation crisis.” Biden notably oversaw rampant inflation throughout much of his time in office.

“The latest PPI report shows there is no inflation — wholesale prices fell and smashed economists’ expectations,” Leavitt said. “President Trump has defeated Joe Biden’s inflation crisis while successfully implementing powerful tariffs, which haven’t hiked prices like the so-called ‘experts’ claimed. This is yet another reason for Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell to cut the rates immediately to make everyday life more affordable for Americans.”

Last month, Trump announced he was firing BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the July jobs report fell short of economists’ expectations, claiming she had “faked the Jobs Numbers” before Election Day 2024 to try and improve former Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of winning. Trump announced on Aug. 11 that he had selected conservative economist Dr. E.J. Antoni to serve as the BLS’ new commissioner.

Additionally, the BLS reported on Tuesday that U.S. job growth in the year ending in March was much weaker than previously thought, with the economy likely adding a whopping 911,000 less jobs during that time period.

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WATCH: Multiple injuries reported in shooting spree at Colorado high school

UPDATE: The sheriff’s office has now reported that two students were injured in the shooting, plus the shooter, who also was hospitalized. All three, all minors, are considered in critical condition. No names were released immediately.

There’s been another school shooting, this time at Evergreen High School in Colorado.

Initial reports say that at least three people, probably students, are in critical condition after being hospitalized.

A report from KDVR television said authorities in Jefferson County, which encompasses the foothills community of Evergreen about 25 miles west of downtown Denver, said there was an “active assailant” at the school.

A spokesperson for CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood told FOX31 that three people are in the hospital in critical condition related to the incident.

JCSO confirming a shooting at Evergreen High School. At least two students have been shot and are enroute to the hospital. Media staging at Evergreen Lake. Stay tuned for more. pic.twitter.com/0ONQ9U4xAh

— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) September 10, 2025

#BREAKING | NEWS
Active shooter situation at Evergreen high school in Denver, Colorado massive police response. At least one person shot. They are evacuating the high school major amount emergency first responders on scene. pic.twitter.com/fq3pH97xjc

— Todd Paron (@tparon) September 10, 2025

ACTIVE SHOOTER at Evergreen High School in Colorado

Cops rush in

Early reports say at least 3 students SHOT — all in CRITICAL condition pic.twitter.com/1KcHp5TS7s

— RT (@RT_com) September 10, 2025

BREAKING: Law enforcement responding to shooting incident on campus of Evergreen Colorado High School in Evergreen, Colorado.

ATF Denver states at least two students have been shot. pic.twitter.com/bLmzjg2NBN

— Noteworthy News (@newsnoteworthy) September 10, 2025

Authorities revealed a 911 call came in about 12:40 p.m. Mountain Time, and a warning was issued that people who have kids at the school should not try to go there, as it still was “an active scene.”

The building was being evacuated room by room.

A reunification site was set up at Bergen Meadow Elementary, nearby.

Secret Service missed Glock in bag at Trump golf course

White House officials expressed confidence in the Secret Service’s abilities to protect President Trump hours before rowdy protesters stood just a few feet away from Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, screaming “Free D.C.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” The outburst occurred Tuesday night inside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, a swanky D.C. restaurant a block and a half from the White House.

The pro-Hamas far-left Code Pink demonstrators held Palestinian flags and unfurled smaller banners disrupting Trump’s and his entourage’s arrival for the president’s first dining out experience in a D.C. restaurant since his second term began in January. Trump was captured on video, visibly angry, asking for protesters to be removed from the restaurant.

“C’mon, c’mon,” the president said, waving his hand. An unidentified male voice is then heard prodding the protesters, “Let’s go, let’s go.”

Among those who accompanied POTUS to the restaurant: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and top White House aides Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair, and James Braid.

Videos of the protesters shouting at Trump for more than 30 seconds from just steps away before Secret Service led the group out of the restaurant sparked angry rebukes from the MAGA faithful.

“Where the hell is the @SecretService?” far-right activist Laura Loomer demanded in an X.com post. “How did they get within inches of him? This is insane. Palestinian ‘activists in DC go around shooting people. How did this happen!? Unacceptable!”

Newsmax host Todd Starnes also demanded to know how the Secret Service allowed “a bunch of pro-Hamas protesters” to access the restaurant Trump chose for his first dining out experience in D.C. this year.

“Not a good look for the Secret Service tonight,” Starnes remarked.

Trump’s decision to head to the nearby restaurant, a frequent eatery for high-end lobbyists and tourists alike, was intended to focus on how safe D.C. is amid the administration’s crackdown on crime.

The decision to go out for the dinner and include Vance, Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was made just hours before, so there was very little advance Secret Service planning, sources tell RealClearPolitics. These last-minute presidential outings are known as Off the Records in Secret Service parlance, meaning that protection decisions are made more on the fly and in the moment than other planned events requiring days or weeks of preparation. The USSS deals with these last-minute presidential movements by using security hand wands to clear everyone dining when the president is in the room. The Secret Service Uniformed Division officers then usually go through any suspicious-looking bags with wands.

The last assassination attempt against Trump by Ryan Routh at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach last September also happened during an OTR. Sources tell RCP that Trump’s campaign detail agents knew he was planning to golf at the course the night before and should have had the outer perimeter of the golf course swept by wands and canine teams with a roving agent or team of agents monitoring the courses perimeter while Trump golfed.

USSS Director Sean Curran has never spoken publicly or to Congress about Routh’s attempts on Trump’s life in West Palm Beach. The same silence is true of Curran’s former deputy director of Trump’s campaign Secret Service team, Matt Piant, and any other senior GS-15 employee or supervisor.

As far as Trump’s encounter with Code Pink Tuesday night, it’s unclear if the protesters had undergone any security screening at the restaurant before approaching Trump and yelling at him.

Just a few hours earlier, Leavitt was defending the Secret Service to RCP over a security breach last week at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, in which a club member was able to get a semi-automatic Glock handgun through security checkpoints and into the club. The gun was not located anywhere near Trump, who was on the golf course, and the firearm never posed a danger to the president, several sources familiar with the breach asserted.

The club member who inadvertently had the Glock in his bag that day when he entered the golf club was chagrined that the Secret Service had manually searched the bag without finding the gun.

The shaken and incensed club member took the initiative to tell the Secret Service that he accidentally got the gun through security and pressed the agents and officers protecting Trump at the golf course as to how they could have failed to find it. Other club members also wanted to know how the Secret Service could be sure there were no other weapons brought into the club that day, several sources told RCP.

Secret Service agents interviewed the man about his experience, and the agency launched an investigation into the breach, placing the Uniformed Division officer who had screened the man with the Glock on administrative leave while the probe takes place.

The incident caused such a fuss among golf course club members and the Uniformed Division officers that Curran and Quinn visited the course last week to review the process used for screening cars, bags, and individuals when Trump is on the premises.

The Secret Service referred RCP’s questions about the Glock getting past security at Trump’s Sterling golf course to the White House. Leavitt told RCP that the Secret Service has “opened an investigation into the incident to figure out exactly how the gun made it onto the property.”

“As for the president, in the past he has said he trusts USSS and the job they do to protect him,” Leavitt added.

The press secretary did not say whether his trust in the Secret Service remains after the breach involving the Glock – or whether magnetometers would be required at his golf clubs in the future.

The latest security breach at a Trump golf course took place nearly a year after Routh’s attempt on the president’s life at the president’s West Palm Beach golf club. Sources in the Secret Service community warn that under Curran’s leadership this year, the agency has failed to pursue and implement enough reforms, even though the Iranians’ desire to assassinate Trump on one of his golf courses is  well known, according to sources in the Secret Service.

“How do you miss a weapon in a bag? Either you search it, or you don’t,” former USSS special agent Richard Starapoli told RCP.

There are signs posted in Secret Service workspaces urging agents and officers to pay attention to detail, he added.

“Given the threat level of Trump and the fact that he was shot once, almost shot a second time in Florida, I don’t care where you get the assets from,” Starapoli argued. “It seems to me, you want to get those assets to every site that this guy visits, and that includes magnetometer, dogs and everything else.”

“Why you would hold those assets back is beyond me,” Starapoli added. “It’s just poor management.”

If Starapoli were in charge, he says he would put a magnetometer at the entrance of all of Trump’s golf courses where golfers start to play and would send that USSS agent shift and post-standers assigned to the event to position themselves three or four holes ahead “to see what you’re walking into,” he said.

“I don’t know what the break down is here – why this basic stuff isn’t being done,” Starapoli added.

Several sources in the Secret Service suggested that the long security screening lines that delayed the U.S. Open tennis tournament  Sunday was linked to the failure of the Uniformed Division officer to the latest breakdown in security.

Some ticketholders who were still outside in the screening lines booed as the match between rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner began a little before 3 p.m. The match was supposed to start at 2 p.m. EDT but was pushed back 30 minutes because of Trump’s attendance.

The Uniformed Division officers who conduct screenings of cars, people, and bags entering the property at the golf course in Sterling said the Glock breach the week before had made Uniformed Division officers at the U.S. Open matches more cautious because they just saw one of their own fail and become the subject of an internal USSS investigation.

At the time, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement, “We recognize that enhanced security for the president’s visit to the U.S. Open have contributed to delays for attendees. We sincerely thank every fan for their patience and understanding.”

Other Secret Service sources said the Glock incident had nothing to do with the screening delays at the U.S. Open, which they stressed were simply a result of ticketholders flouting the urgings from the U.S. Open’s host, the United States Tennis Association, to get to the venue early and get through screening.

A spokesperson for the United States Tennis Association, which runs the event, said the tournament had taken steps to mitigate any delays by including sending messages to ticketholders over the weekend, urging them to arrive early and use mass transit if possible.

“We understand the frustration of fans that were delayed in their entrance to Arthur Ashe Stadium,” spokesperson Brendan McIntyre said in a statement. “The added security protocols were put in place by the United States Secret Service.”

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‘Where was Secret Service?’ Anna Paulina Luna demands probe after Trump heckled at restaurant

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is demanding to know how shouting Code Pink protesters got so close the president of the United States in a D.C. restaurant Tuesday night as he dined with members of his Cabinet.

President Trump, who rarely dines out in D.C., made the visit to celebrate how the streets of the nation’s capital had become markedly safer since he sent in National Guard troops to help keep the peace.

But anti-Trump protesters were able to make a reservation for a table in the same room where administration officials were dining – at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab.

Luna posted on X: “Did someone leak the President’s location to the organization that showed up to protest him? Was this code pink? How are they allowed that close to him? Where was Secret Service and was there someone in Secret Service that leaked his location? This needs to be looked into.”

Did someone leak the President’s location to the organization that showed up to protest him? Was this code pink? How are they allowed that close to him?

Where was Secret Service and was there someone in Secret Service that leaked his location? This needs to be looked into. pic.twitter.com/kLvmOCOZ2P

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) September 10, 2025

“We actually had a reservation, and got it pretty last-minute, and went in,” Code Pink organizer Olivia DiNucci told the Daily Beast. “We didn’t think they would be in such an open room – we thought he’d be in a different area – and we were placed really close to them.”

Luna and others first heard about the confrontation when Code Pink posted the video online. Protesters shouted: “Free D.C., Free Palestine. Trump is the Hitler of our time!”

Trump is seen walking straight toward the protesters

CODEPINK activists disrupted Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Rubio, and other cabinet members’ dinner.

They feast while Gaza starves.
Trump is the Hitler of our time.
Free DC. Free Palestine!
Stop terrorizing communities all over the world!! pic.twitter.com/dPLeWIwHLH

— CODEPINK (@codepink) September 10, 2025

WATCH: Trump unfazed as protesters call him Hitler at Washington, D.C., restaurant

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‘Dark moment for America’: Charlie Kirk assassinated, Trump honors American hero

Charlie Kirk

Popular conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, at an outdoor event, and President Trump has announced that Kirk has died. He was 31 years old.

JUST IN: President Trump released a video statement following the death of Charlie Kirk, vows to go after organizations that fund radical left extremism.

“This is a dark moment for America.”

“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to… pic.twitter.com/98kPKXYYpG

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 11, 2025

Posted the president: “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. 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!”

pic.twitter.com/xps6I0LuYK

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 10, 2025

Many of the approximately 2,000 people in attendance report seeing Kirk shot near his neck during a Q&A with students.

A statement from Utah Valley University said Kirk was shot at 12:20 p.m. Mountain time and that the shot came from a building about 200 yards away from Kirk.

WATCH:

Pray for Charlie Kirk! ?￰ﾟﾙﾏ?

pic.twitter.com/H2VXKSuhRw

— The Austin Conservative ?￰ﾟﾇﾸ? (@AustinConserve) September 10, 2025

:rotating_light:GRAPHIC CONTENT: The moment Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University.

Please pray for Charlie!:pray::pray::pray: pic.twitter.com/i8fo2PzvOo

— I Meme Therefore I Am :us: (@ImMeme0) September 10, 2025

Kirk was hosting one of his popular on-campus “Prove Me Wrong” events where he welcomes anyone to come ask a question, especially those who might disagree with him.

Tape of law enforcement dispatch dialogue describes the alleged shooter: “Just east of the library. He’s wearing jeans, black shirt, black mask, long rifle.”

Utah County police scanner appears to provide the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s description:

“Just east of the library. He’s wearing jeans, black shirt, black mask, long rifle.” pic.twitter.com/p2eoYHkFoe

— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) September 10, 2025

When the news first broke, President Donald Trump posted: “We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said: “The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.”

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 10, 2025

Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz was at the event and said Kirk was answering a question about trans mass shooters when the shot rang out.

Jason Chaffetz and his wife and kids were above and behind Charlie Kirk when the shooting took place. Jason says the shot came shortly after the question concerning transgender stuff.
Here is the interview :eyes::face_with_symbols_on_mouth::pleading_face: pic.twitter.com/jAcYAc5QH2

— BABA YAGA :tumbler_glass: (@imUrB00gieman) September 10, 2025

In this video, one can hear the question about transgender violence asked just before the sound of a gun firing.

Charlie Kirk was answering a question about rampant left-wing violence in America when he was shot today.

You can hear the crack of a rifle in this video from approximately 100 yards.

I am burning with righteous anger.

Pray right now for Charlie and his family. pic.twitter.com/XmQwEnvxng

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 10, 2025

Nicole Parker, a former FBI special agent, told Fox News a sophomore at Utah Valley University who witnessed the shooting said: “He saw one shot go through Charlie Kirk’s throat … He described it as a single pop.”

FBI Director Kash Patel said: “We are closely monitoring reports of the tragic shooting involving Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Our thoughts are with Charlie, his loved ones, and everyone affected. Agents will be on the scene quickly and the FBI stands in full support of the ongoing response and investigation.”

We are closely monitoring reports of the tragic shooting involving Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Our thoughts are with Charlie, his loved ones, and everyone affected. Agents will be on the scene quickly and the FBI stands in full support of the ongoing response and…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 10, 2025

Every American should be absolutely furious right now.

Charlie Kirk has never once encouraged violence against any political group, and he was just shot at an event in Utah.

Never advocated for anything except peace.

An absolute outrage. There are no words. Pray for Charlie. pic.twitter.com/X0eAgBxNLn

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 10, 2025

Many requests for prayer went out on social media.

Praying for Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/9wGzdnjLMS

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 10, 2025

Say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy and a young father.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 10, 2025

Dear Father in Heaven, Charlie Kirk is a wonderful Father, an Amazing husband. Please save him pic.twitter.com/5nIUQyfl23

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) September 10, 2025

Charlie Kirk is one of the finest humans I know. Everyone please lift him and his family up in prayer.

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 10, 2025

After some X posts making light of the incident appeared, Dave Portnoy posted of his disgust.

Absolutely disgusting and disturbing video from Charlie Kirk shooting today. Hoping for the best for him and his family. Anybody who is happy about this is a disgusting human.

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 10, 2025

William Wolfe posted on X: “This gets even worse when you consider that Charlie Kirk, more than anyone else in America on the right or the left, built his platform making a good faith effort to model civil political discourse and debate in the public square.

“His entire project was built on reaching across the divide and using speech, not violence, to address and resolve the issues!”

Law enforcement officers took a man into custody, but it is not clear whether or not he was the shooter. In this video, he can heard shouting, “Shoot me!”

Police say they don’t know if this person was the shooter. https://t.co/BgSEC1DSb2

— Joseph Farah (@JosephFarah) September 10, 2025

Real America’s Voice appears to have been the first to report that Kirk had died of his injury. Watch:

.@JustTheNews REPORTS CHARLIE KIRK HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 31 AFTER BEING SHOT IN UTAH.@ericbolling @charliekirk11 @RealDrGina @stevegrubershow pic.twitter.com/gze9g4gKX7

— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) September 10, 2025

As news of Kirk’s death spread, messages online went from asking for prayer to tributes. Fox News’ Will Cain was one of many friends Kirk had in his short life:

Charlie Kirk was an incredible man. Charlie Kirk was a good friend.”@willcain remembers Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed at a university event in Utah. He leaves behind his wife and two young children. pic.twitter.com/tNB4IQOhVi

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 10, 2025

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Kirk “the most eloquent truth teller of an era.”

Once again, a bullet has silenced the most eloquent truth teller of an era. My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country’s relentless and courageous crusader for free speech. We pray for Erika and the children. Charlie is already in paradise with the angels. We ask his prayers for… pic.twitter.com/ReOdkT6VbV

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 10, 2025

President Trump has asked that flags be flown at half-staff until Sunday in honor of Kirk, issuing this proclamation: