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America fails to find reconciliation tone in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting

Kirk’s vast following mourns a ‘joyful warrior’ of free speech, while Democratic voices warn of persecution against that very right

An American flag is hung in the courtyard where Charlie Kirk was shot, on September 16th, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Photograph: Chet Strange/Getty Images
An American flag is hung in the courtyard where Charlie Kirk was shot, on September 16th, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Photograph: Chet Strange/Getty Images
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Keith Duggan
Wed Sept 17 2025 - 07:28
Keith Duggan

Keith Duggan

Keith Duggan is Washington Correspondent of The Irish Times
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