Where does the US go after the Charlie Kirk shooting?
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, about the rise in political violence in the US after the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead on Wednesday
September 11, 202532m 22s
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On Wednesday night, Charlie Kirk, an influential rightwing activist and Donald Trump ally, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-death-political-violence-aftermath" rel="nofollow">was shot dead</a> at a university campus in Utah. The US president immediately blamed the ‘radical left’ but failed to mention <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/10/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-tariffs-immigration-crime-us-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68c226f98f08d80fd0f11cb7#block-68c226f98f08d80fd0f11cb7" rel="nofollow">rising violence against Democrats</a>. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, about the increase in political violence in the country
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Charlie Kirk shootingUS politicsDonald TrumpFar right (US)US newsWorld newsTrump administration