Overview
- In a Wednesday monologue on The Charlie Kirk Show, Kirk said she went to Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner to confront reporters she says have “dehumanized” her.
- She criticized journalists for recording during the panic as gunfire was reported, arguing the impulse to capture clips shows a desensitized media culture.
- Kirk tied the suspect’s teaching background to what she called the radicalization of educators and said that climate “got my husband killed.”
- Court filings name the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen and list charges that include attempted assassination of the president, transporting a firearm across state lines, and discharging a gun during a crime of violence.
- Kirk also condemned Druski’s “whiteface” parody and Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant widow” line, while noting ongoing personal attacks as she leads Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s 2025 assassination.