‘Charlie Kirk Is a Lion’: Bradley Devlin Reacts to Scary News of Shooting at Kirk Event in Utah

Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin, who has known Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk for years, praised him as a “lion” with “moral courage” on Newsmax Wednesday.

At approximately 2:30 pm eastern time on Wednesday, news broke of a shooting at Kirk’s event on Utah Valley University’s campus. Shortly after, Turning Point USA confirmed to Fox News that Kirk had been shot. Initial reports indicated the suspect was in custody, but officials are now claiming the suspect was not in custody. Kirk is reportedly in critical condition.

“Charlie has been a friend and mentor of mine for years. We met back in 2018 and in 2019—before I’d even graduated college—I hosted him at an event at UC [University of California] Berkeley’s campus. And even at that event, which we had lockdown security, because of so much of the violence that was plaguing our university, there was an individual arrested outside with a knife,” said Devlin.

“Charlie Kirk has withstood death threats for years, and that’s because he’s one of American conservatives’ most potent weapons,” he added.

“Charlie Kirk is a lion. He has moral courage, the kind of moral courage that Pat Buchanan talked about in his culture war speech that deters mobs and sends them on the run,” Devlin added. “And if there’s anybody who can survive something like this, who can push through something like this, it’s Charlie Kirk and all of the wonderful patriots over at Turning Point USA.”

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have asked the nation to pray for Kirk in the wake of Wednesday’s news.

This piece has been updated to reflect Kirk’s condition and new information that the suspect is not in custody.

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