Ben Shapiro Vows To ‘Pick up That Blood-Stained Microphone Where Charlie Left It’

Daily Wire hosts Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh stood firm in their defense of free speech and conservative values after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, even as some unhinged leftists called for more political commentators to be targeted.

Shapiro and Walsh dedicated their shows on Thursday to honoring the legacy of Kirk, who was killed while speaking to students at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. During their shows, both Shapiro and Walsh also told their followers that despite concern of more violence against conservatives, they would never back down and continue to stand “up for what America is and what she should be.”

“I saw a lot of rumors online today that I’m going to cancel some sort of college tour. That’s bullshit. I saw those rumors. They are false. I will be coming to college campuses, many of them this year,” Shapiro said. “So will we all, I am sure, because we are Americans. And we’re not going to be deterred.”

“Charlie’s voice is not silent. We’re going to pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it,” Shapiro added. “And to those who would intimidate, who would seek to stop us, who would seek to end free discussion, who believe that they have ownership over public spaces and can violently threaten and kill people who speak freely, we are not going to stop. And I have two words: fuck you.”

“We will not stop telling the truth. We will never stop telling the truth,” the Daily Wire editor emeritus continued. “We will never stop debating and discussion. We will never stop standing up for what America is and for what she should be. And we will never let Charlie Kirk’s voice die.”

We will never stop debating and discussing.

We will never stop standing up for what America is and what she should be.

And we will never let Charlie’s voice die.

To those who would stop us, I have two words: FUCK YOU. pic.twitter.com/Ub2qYY8Zb2

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 11, 2025

Walsh also remained undeterred from speaking the truth after Kirk’s assassination, adding that the “evil gloating” of Kirk’s enemies following his killing “are accolades in their own right.”

“May we all be so successful and productive that our enemies celebrate when we die,” he said. “May we all be so devastating to the leftist project that they long for our demise. May we all fight so hard and so effectively that they have no choice but to try to kill us. May our lives be a problem for these people, and our deaths a relief.”

“Let them dance on my grave as they did on Charlie’s, then I will know that I did my duty,” Walsh continued, saying that even through Kirk’s smile and respectful debate, he was a “devastating fighter.”

“And his opponents are overjoyed because they think that they’ve gotten rid of him, but they’re wrong. They have gravely misjudged the situation. The only thing more powerful than a living fighter is a martyred one,” he said.

“I want to be very clear that we will not back down after this. We will not shrink away or go into hiding. We will not fall silent. We will not walk in fear. We will stand taller and prouder than we ever have, and be louder and bolder than we’ve ever been, and fight harder than we’ve ever fought.”

.@MattWalshBlog on Charlie Kirk’s lasting legacy and the “rodents” who are celebrating his death:

“May we all be so devastating to the leftist project that they long for our demise. May we all fight so hard and so effectively that they have no choice but to try to kill us.” pic.twitter.com/NiXLpmCRfN

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) September 11, 2025