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Ruthless Podcast

Remembering Charlie Kirk

Ruthless Podcast

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The loss of Charlie Kirk is being felt across the media landscape and the fellas are praying for his family. Today’s show is different because it should be different; this news has completely and deeply shocked us. Charlie was a patriot, a Christian warrior and a great friend to everyone who knew him. The fellas express their grief and cannot believe there are people who are trying to use this tragedy for political gain. We also review the political violence targeting right-wing figures like Steve Scalise, Brett Kavanaugh and even Donald Trump. We also discuss what role social media is playing in the creation of this moment. Montana Senator Tim Sheehy continues the discussion on Charlie Kirk and the modern state of political violence in the US. Sheehy discusses his background as a SEAL member and pride in his legislative accomplishments. 00:00 - The Enduring Impact of Charlie Kirk 10:30 - Rising Political Violence in America. 19:54 - Media’s Complacency in the Rise of Violence 29:21 - Senator Tim Sheehy 49:41 - Will Congress Take Action on National Crime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, these are the episodes that they don't tell you about when you get into the media business, that there are no words to describe the collective emotion that we, and I imagine all of you that are listening, have dealt with over the last 18 hours or so since you've heard about the passing of Charlie Kirk.

0:26.5

So we want to do a little something different today and just talk a little bit about

0:32.0

how we found ourselves here, what a person he was,

0:38.5

look, we had our disagreements over times, publicly at times.

0:47.2

But also interactions with people we know in respect who thought he hung the moon and so we got to know him a little and

0:59.3

and his team and i just can't tell you what a horrific tragedy it is to be in this line of work

1:09.2

to watch what happened yesterday,

1:13.3

to think that there was anybody so demented

1:19.4

to enter a political discussion in the United States of America in the year 2025,

1:26.1

to think that somebody who represented goodness,

1:30.8

faith, family, shot and killed, just simply for how he views politics. And so this is going to be

1:39.9

a different show. If you tuned in for the yucks, you're not happening today.

1:46.9

Fellas, I think I'm just going to throw it open to you all to get this discussion started.

1:52.9

I've got a few more things that I want to say about the framing of all of this.

1:56.6

But I think nobody honestly did it better than Will,

2:02.9

who is our buddy Will Kane was on Fox live.

2:08.0

It was a good friend to Charlie's who had to break this news.

2:13.2

And I don't know how he did what he did.

2:17.9

Can you play a clip, please?

2:19.2

As I just mentioned, Charlie Kirk has died at a hospital in Utah.

2:26.5

At the risk of sounding repetitive, Charlie Kirk was an incredible man.

2:30.6

Charlie Kirk was a good friend, not just to me, for anyone who holds a microphone and anyone involved in politics, anyone he came into contact with.

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