Charlie Kirk's chilling 'assassination culture' post days before MAGA ally shot dead

Months before his death Charlie Kirk forewarned his followers of an insidious "assassination culture"taking hold of the left wing.

Taking to X on April 7, Kirk - who was fatally shot by a sniper at an event at Utah University on Wednesday - cited a study that said 38 per cent of respondents felt the murder of President Donald Trumpwould be "somewhat justified". An additional 31 per cent of those surveyed said the same course of action would be justified for Elon Musk.

However, when solely counting the left-leaning survey respondents, the numbers spiked up to 55 and 48 per cent for Trump and Musk respectively.

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"Assassination culture is spreading on the left. Forty-eight percent of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk. Fifty-five percent said the same about Donald Trump," Kirk wrote in his post on X, citing the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) report.

"The left is being whipped into a violent frenzy. Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response."

The conservative activist said the baying for violence for a natural progression from "left-wing protest culture" and accused the culture of allowing "violence and mayhem" to fester.

He called out local prosecutors and school officials, accusing them of being complicit in promoting the violence.

Kirk wrote: "The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials have turned the left into a ticking time bomb."

Controversial activist and close Trump ally Kirk - who ran the Turning Point USA organisation - was gunned down in front of thousands of people during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Kirk leaves behind his wife and two children, who are said to be struggling coming to terms with his death.

Political influencer Jack Posobiec, who contributed to Kirk's organisation, said: " Erika is unbelievably strong. At the same time someone's going to have to explain to his son and daughter why their dad didn't come home yesterday."

Speaking to NewsNation, he continued: "Erika is a prayer warrior, her and Charlie are very devout believers, they are very very deeply Christian. When you see the cameras turn off, the lights go down, they immediately go back to faith - this is something they live 24/7.

"It is not something that only exists in front of the camera, that is something that they absolutely walk every single day. Because they have that firm reliance in faith, Erika has that ability to be able to go through this with that kind of strength that really only comes from heaven."