The Political Assassination of Charlie Kirk
3 Martini Lunch
Radio America
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
First, they examine the murder of Kirk at Utah Valley University, breaking down the latest developments in the investigation. They cover details on the weapon used, the ongoing manhunt for the suspect, and evidence suggesting transgender ideology and Antifa extremism may have motivated the attack. They also reflect on the shock and revulsion at hearing the news.
Next, they chronicle the execrable coverage of the shooting on MSNBC. From the very beginning, anchor Katy Tur implicitly blamed Utah's gun laws. Commentator Matthew Dowd blamed Kirk's "hate speech" for inciting his own shooting. Dowd was fired before the end of the day. And while many on the left did express outrage over the shooting, way too many lefties on social media brazenly celebrated Kirk's death.
Then, they look back on what Kirk accomplished in his 31 years and whether this tragedy will finally push the nation to confront the forces driving such violence or if it signals a darker tipping point ahead.
Finally, they reflect on the 24 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.3 | Really glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:17.6 | Usually we like to have a lot of laughs during the day and who knows if they'll find their way in there once or twice today. But today is not a day that we're going to be all that jovial. We're going to be spending a lot of time, really the whole time, other than a few thoughts, of course, about the 24th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks towards the end of our conversation today. We're going to be devoting the podcast to the |
| 0:38.0 | assassination, the political assassination, as Utah Governor Spencer Cox calls it, of Turning Point |
| 0:43.3 | USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University yesterday. And Jim will get |
| 0:49.1 | into the latest details as we know them and what most people probably know by now in just a |
| 0:53.9 | moment. |
| 0:55.1 | But yesterday is one of those days where you're kind of glad you have a podcast once a day |
| 1:00.4 | and we had already done it yesterday because you're just feeling your guts in the pit of your stomach |
| 1:07.8 | and sick to your stomach and just numb as you watch all of this |
| 1:12.0 | unfold and to see it actually happen on social media is just beyond words. |
| 1:17.7 | Yeah, this, look, you and I have been doing this podcast for like 15 years now and we've had |
| 1:23.2 | lots of dark stuff that we've had to talk about, you know, the October 7th attacks and, you know, all manner of mass shootings. |
| 1:31.3 | This, this has me in about as dour, depressed, angry, frustrated, you know, every negative emotion possible at once. |
| 1:42.3 | My friend Mickey White pointed out that, you know, Charlie Kirk started |
| 1:46.8 | doing this stuff when he was 18. So a lot of people kind of felt like they grew up with him, right? |
| 1:50.8 | He's been active in politics and they probably were, you know, he was a kid. You know, he was |
| 1:55.0 | just this young guy. He was 31, father of two very small children, husband, like this really resonates. And yesterday, |
| 2:05.1 | there was a period of time before President Trump made the official announcement where, |
| 2:10.6 | I don't know about you, but like my social media, DMs, lots of people were saying, I heard |
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