Charlie Kirk Torched For Reaction to NYC Shooting: 'Lying, Bootlicking Scumbag'
By: Mediaite
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Pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk faced intense criticism over a social media post reacting to the fatal shooting in a midtown Manhattan office building that left four dead, including an NYPD officer. The alleged gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after turning his rifle on himself.
In a series of incendiary posts to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Kirk attacked CNN for its coverage of the shooting and suggested it was a consequence of people who "don't belong" in the city.
"Was just in NYC all weekend with our family," Kirk wrote. "Never felt safe. So many people in the city who don't belong. Praying for all involved."
Was just in NYC all weekend with our family. Never felt safe. So many people in the city who don't belong. Praying for all involved https://t.co/A3ORK3LW4r
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 29, 2025
Police identified Las Vegas man Shane Tamura , 27, as the suspect in the shooting at 345 Park Avenue, which houses the headquarters of the NFL. While a motive has yet to be identified, CNN reported his body was found with a suicide note "expressing grievances with the NFL and saying he suffered from CTE."
The NYPD officer killed in the attack was identified as Didarul Islam , a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh and father of two who lived in the Bronx. He had served on the force for around three and a half years and was working as security in the lobby of the office building where the gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle.
While crime in New York remains higher than pre-pandemic, it is still one of the safest large cities in the United States and the world. In May, Bloomberg reported that in 2025 the city is on track to have its lowest murder rate since 1944.
Kirk was torched for his comments, with many pointing out that his home of Phoenix, Arizona has a considerably higher homicide rate than New York.
Phoenix where Charlie lives has a homicide rate twice as high as NYC https://t.co/2rQonY9ktJ
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 29, 2025
Manhattan is considerably safer than Phoenix. https://t.co/EyTGos2CMZ
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 29, 2025
"So many people in the city who don't belong"
Kirk, who is an anti-immigrant Islamophobe, wrote this post without knowing at the time, I assume, that the NYPD officer who gave his life today was a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant, Didarul Islam. https://t.co/FwpbgUpucb
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 29, 2025
Regularly admitting to being afraid in extremely safe places is now a requirement on the right. Did conservatives used to pride themselves on this kind of thing? https://t.co/QHSvcBFS8e
— Benjamin Hart (@realaxelfoley) July 29, 2025
Man, I live six blocks from the shooting.
Horrifying, and of course, the city has ongoing issues.
But "never felt safe"? Too much. https://t.co/hoMRFo0LAp
— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) July 29, 2025
It's not the dog whistle so much as the laziness. https://t.co/8lC5LzUbwX
— Foster (@foster_type) July 29, 2025
The cop who was slain was a Bangledeshi immigrant. You probably walked by him thinking "he doesnt belong here." You give prayer a bad name you lying, bootlicking scumbag. Go debate some teens, swallow Trump's cheeto dust and shut the fuck up. https://t.co/bLCJISw9H3
— J-L Cauvin (@JLCauvin) July 29, 2025
The Republicans are alphas but also live in perpetual fear of stepping foot outside.
By the way, Charlie's bio says he lives in Arizona, which has higher violent crime per capita than New York. https://t.co/bnemvx7WOi
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 29, 2025
NYC is probably the safest big city in America, and one of the safest big cities in the world. If you don't feel safe there, it's a *you* problem https://t.co/gyMmkMJ05e
— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) July 29, 2025
Kirk, who founded the pro-Trump youth group Turning Point USA, has been accused of increasingly racist rhetoric in recent months — with even self-proclaimed fans calling his posts "blatant racism" and comparing him to white supremacist Nick Fuentes . Last month, Fox News host Jessica Tarlov urged him to delete a post on social media connecting the 9/11 terror attacks to the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
Over the weekend, he guest-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend .
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First of all, it appears that the shooter had an imaginary grievance against the National Football League which led to these killings, according to news reports of a suicide note found on the shooter.
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Charlie Kirk, like many of the far right influencer crowd, sees usefulness in constantly attacking blue cities and states. Basic common sense would inform us that large cities will attract more mentally unstable people than small towns. There is a level of anonymity , of flying under the radar , in a big city like New York, that small towns dont provide.
True, in a small town in most states, this guy would not have made it through town square without getting ventilated. The mass apathy in many large cities is just sad.
Why? Isn't it his constitutional right to bear arms?
Sure is but let me illustrate the difference. I tested this once a few years ago in my small town in Michigan. An open carry state. A fact few Michigan residence have knowledge of.
To mitigate the freakouts we did this on a county road on the outskirts of the main city. My nephew and I. Who was headed for first phase PLC later that summer. A forced march for him as it were to familiarize and condition. Not full battle rattle but as close as we could get at the time. Backpacks with about 60 lbs and AR platform, no sling, no mags. Web belt with two full canteens.
We were reported and LEO’s were on us in less than a mile. Less than ten minutes or so.
This dude walked through downtown NY with nary a peep from the public it seems, got to his objective and started shooting the place up.
Yeah, it seems there is a pretty big difference.
He double parked his vehicle right outside the building and walked upto the front entrance ... this was after office hours as the video shows and few people were around. Other than some wishful partisan blame game, what is your point?
What’s a few people to you. 5? 10? 50? I count at least ten ( likely many more) that I could see in that published surveillance picture and you make it sound like he hopped right out of car and immediately went through the door. What’s immediate to you? 5 feet? 10 feet? 50 feet? Hard to measure but that looks like at least 100 feet of walking in plain sight in front of many people.
My post was clear to the unbiased and other than the partisan hatred you talk about I can’t think why anyone would argue with it. The apathy and law enforcement malaise in NYC is coming home to roost. In my example ( )one of those guys that saved the day left his family and chased the crazy out of the store. Most of the stabbing and slicing was done while he was being chased out. Imagine the damage he could have done had the Good Samaritan not engaged.
Apathy vs engagement. Talk amongst yourselves.
I don't see how this changes anything. You either want people to call the police immediately when they see someone carrying a gun (even when it's legal) or you don't. Which is it?
J L Cauvin?
Excellent resource there John.
I think i heard his brother heard somewhere that a guy read that someone that was close to his auntie heard it in a bar from a guy on his 10th…or 12th drink.
Not sure why so many on the left give so much trust to comedians but there you go.
Based on no-bail laws and defunding the NYPD and simply the stories we've seen coming out of NYC, including the violence on the subway, I'd have to agree with Kirk. I wouldn't feel safe there either and I would never go there again either.
Realy? I have always felt safe in New York but then I never got my dose of more-fear-please via reading the NYP every day. Montreal has a rag just like it, Allo Police, read by des mangeurs de hot-dogs at lunch counters in greasy spoons.
Wanna know a city that isn't safe?
Little Rock Arkansas. We have at least one murder here a day
Little Rock had 37 homicides last year...........Sigh.
Little Rock sees sharp decrease in homicide rate, crime down overall in 2024 - Arkansas Times
That's as many as Montreal with 10 times the population has. We must be doing something wrong up here.
Also the homicide numbers are back up to average this year over last year.
Little Rock only has about 200,000 population
Ain't the internet fun, there's always a statistic to match one's prejudice.
I agree and it has nothing to do with race which so many on the left seem to claim of Charlie(and I am not a fan, he is too far right for me). It has more to do with NYC taking better care of illegals than the mentally ill that now plague the city and the bad element that know they will not be held accountable.
That's my favorite
[deleted] [✘] These people making these comments by definition aren't smart enough to know what anybody else is thinking, let alone Charlie Kirk because they haven't had an original thought in years.