The US on the edge after Charlie Kirk’s killing

美国在查理·柯克的遇害事件后陷入边缘状态

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2025-09-17

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The killing of the rightwing activist and podcaster has left the US reeling. Yet President Trump and his supporters are a long way from calling for calm. Ed Pilkington reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • He was the face of a movement,

  • a ferociously right-wing Christian nationalist who inspired a generation of conservative youth.

  • Charlie Kirk, tall campuses, whipping up culture wars, actively caught in controversy.

  • But when he was killed last week in a horrifying public shooting,

  • his death became something else entirely.

  • If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before, you had no idea.

  • You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country.

  • You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife.

  • The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.

  • In the air was that followed social media litter.

  • But it wasn't just Kirk's widow and TikTok influencers.