Charlie Kirk is Gone; The Left Spins, but the Right Fires Back with Facts, Faith, and Clarity.
Let's unpack today's conservative conversations
The Nation Reels. The Narrative Shifts.
The week opens not with resolution—but with rawness. Charlie Kirk is gone, assassinated in a college debate forum in Utah. The facts are emerging fast. The spin is moving faster.
But as the media struggles to reframe or downplay the political dimensions of the murder, today’s top conservative voices are cutting straight through the noise—clarifying what happened, exposing who the shooter was, and explaining why it matters.
Remembering Charlie, While the Left Smears Him
“The left is simultaneously celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk, and also claiming that he was murdered by a right-winger, which is a lie.”
— Matt Walsh, The Matt Walsh Show, Ep. 1657
Several hosts began the day not with outrage, but with solemnity. Ben Shapiro opened with a call to reflection:
“I hope that you spent some time with God and with your family, with your community, because that’s what Charlie Kirk would have done had he not been assassinated last week.”
— Ben Shapiro, The Ben Shapiro Show, Ep. 2280
Shapiro noted that over $5 million was raised for Kirk’s family over the weekend, and Turning Point USA gained over 18,000 new members, according to reporting in the New York Post—a sign that Kirk’s legacy is already galvanizing the movement he helped build.
Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly brought a personal perspective to the tragedy, revealing that Kirk was set to join her on her upcoming national tour:
“Charlie was supposed to join us on one stop of that tour in California... we paused all promotional efforts the moment Charlie was killed. Just out of respect.”
— Megyn Kelly, The Megyn Kelly Show, Ep. 1149
She described the internal conversation with her team and her family on whether to continue the tour at all. They ultimately decided to go forward—because that's what Charlie would have wanted.
The Shooter’s Identity & The Media's Deflection
While the legacy press continues to muddy the waters around the killer’s ideology, conservative hosts are drawing a straight line from evidence to motive.
“A mountain of new information has come out... the suspect’s ideology could not possibly be clearer... and yet polling shows people believe the opposite. That might be intentional.”
— Michael Knowles, The Michael Knowles Show, Ep. 1814
Knowles, like others today, accused the media of deliberately obscuring the shooter’s far-left, LGBT-aligned, and reportedly anti-Christian online history. His show emphasized how quickly the media shifted from narrative-building to silence once details no longer aligned with their preferred framing.
Shapiro went further, warning about the “permission structures” that mainstream rhetoric creates:
“It is not particularly surprising. The political left has created structures that grant moral permission for violence—especially when directed at their ideological opponents.”
— Ben Shapiro
From Reflection to Resolve
There was no shortage of admiration today for Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, who delivered what Matt Walsh called:
“One of the most inspiring and beautiful speeches you’ll ever hear.”
Her remarks reportedly focused on faith, perseverance, and honoring her husband’s mission. The moment served as a poignant counterpoint to the bitterness seen online.
But that bitterness is real. According to Morning Wire, multiple employers across the country are terminating workers caught celebrating Kirk’s assassination:
“Freedom of speech protects you from being arrested… but it doesn’t protect you from losing your job if you’re irresponsible.”
— Morning Wire, Sept 15
That led to a key debate in conservative circles today:
Are we engaging in cancel culture by reporting these individuals?
Matt Walsh addressed the question head-on:
“Does that make us cancel culture hypocrites? I don't really care if it does... but it doesn’t. And I want to explain why.”
— Matt Walsh
His argument? There’s a moral difference between mob-driven suppression of ideas and holding people accountable for gleefully endorsing political murder.
Cultural Decay & the Road Ahead
The tragedy of last week wasn’t the only focus.
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton expanded the lens, connecting the Kirk assassination to a broader cultural unraveling.
“An absolutely brutal week... the fallout continues.”
— Clay Travis, The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show
They noted Trump’s call to deploy the National Guard in Memphis—a city now considered “the most violent in America per capita.” While that’s a separate crisis, it fits a pattern: institutional failure, leftist policies, and moral disintegration.
And Megyn Kelly, reflecting on the grief within her own household, voiced what many Americans feel:
“We’re living through a moment that feels broken. But we’re not broken people. And we’re not going to act like it.”
The Red Sheet’s Perspective
This wasn’t just a murder—it was an assassination in the truest sense. A public intellectual, gunned down in the act of peaceful debate, by someone reportedly aligned with the very ideologies he criticized.
And yet the press still can’t say the words.
But we will. The conservative movement isn’t backing down. If anything, it’s getting sharper, clearer, more resolute.
The country deserves the truth.
And The Red Sheet is here to deliver it.