Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mourns the death of American conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a rally on Wednesday in Utah. ‘Yesterday, we lost a true defender of faith and freedom,’ Orbán wrote in a post on X. While sending his deepest condolences to Kirk’s family and to the American people, the Hungarian PM pointed out that Kirk’s death is the ‘result of the international hate campaign waged by the progressive-liberal left’.
‘This is what led to the attacks on Robert Fico, on Andrej Babiš, and now on Charlie Kirk. We must stop the hatred! We must stop the hate-mongering left!’ Orbán concluded.
As Hungarian Conservative reported, Charlie Kirk, 31-year-old co-founder and executive director of right-wing think tank and activist group Turning Point, was shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on 10 September. He passed away in hospital shortly after.
‘Kirk’s death is the “result of the international hate campaign waged by the progressive-liberal left”’
President Trump, in whose winning campaign Kirk was heavily involved during the 2024 US presidential election, announced his tragic passing on Truth Social, writing:
‘The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!’
Political Director of the Hungarian prime minister Balázs Orbán also shared a post on X, stating that ‘our thoughts and prayers are with his family in this time of grief.’ Kirk was the father of a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old baby boy.
FBI Director Kash Patel first said on Wednesday that the suspect was in custody, but later reversed that, saying the person was released after questioning. Multiple individuals were briefly detained as ‘persons of interest’, but none have been confirmed as the shooter. They have since been released, and the suspect remains at large.
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