America Grapples With Rising Political Violence

美国应对日益加剧的政治暴力问题

WSJ What’s News

2025-09-11

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WSJ editor Aaron Zitner, who interviewed Charlie Kirk last year, reflects on the conservative activist's outsize influence on the GOP and the impact of growing animosity between the parties. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The hunt for Charlie Kirk shooter is underway as America grapples with the realities of rising political violence.

  • Partisan animosity is very high.

  • And while we can't connect that directly to, let's say, the killing of Charlie Kirk,

  • many people are concerned that it's creating an environment where these things can happen.

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  • A manhunt is underway after conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot on stage during an event at Utah Valley University yesterday.

  • No one is currently in custody after Utah law enforcement released two people,

  • saying neither person was connected to the shooting.

  • The state's Department of Public Safety called it a targeted attack and said the agency,

  • along with the FBI, were leading the investigation.

  • Videos of the attack show Kirk going back and forth with a student about mass shootings involving transgender people when he was shot.

  • In a video posted on True Social, President Trump said,

  • quote, radical left rhetoric contributed to Kirk's death.

  • Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives.

  • Leaders from both parties have decried the shooting,