"This is a dark day for our state. It's a tragic day for our nation. I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination. He continued: Charlie Kirk was first and foremost a husband and a dad to two young children. He was also very much politically involved and that's why he was here on campus. Charlie believed in the power of free speech and debate to shape ideas and to persuade people. Historically, our university campuses in this nation here in the state of Utah have been the place where truth and ideas are formulated and debated, and that's what he does. He comes on college campuses and he debates. That is foundational to the formation of our country, to our most basic constitutional rights, and when someone takes the life of a person because of their ideas or their ideals, then that very constitutional foundation is threatened."
"Now, we have a person of interest in custody, the investigation is ongoing, but I want to make it crystal clear right now to whoever did this: we will find you, we will try you, wnd we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law. And I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah."
"Our nation is broken. We've had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the governor of Pennsylvania and we had an attempted assassination on a presidential candidate and former president of the United States and now current president of the united States. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken. Nothing I can say can bring back Charlie Kirk"
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the shooting death of Charlie Kirk a political assassination and described it as a dark, tragic day. Cox noted Kirk's roles as a husband, father, and a politically engaged campus speaker who championed free speech and debate. Cox warned that taking a life for ideas threatens constitutional foundations and said a person of interest is in custody while the investigation continues. Cox vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrator and reminded listeners that Utah retains the death penalty. Cox also referenced recent acts of political violence and expressed national sorrow and brokenness.
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