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The brutal murder of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University was not just an attack on one man — it was an assault on free speech and the civil fabric that holds our country together. Conservatives across the nation watched in horror as a leader who spent his life standing up for students and conservative ideas was gunned down onstage, and we demand the full force of justice for his killer. This was a political murder that exposed how far the poisonous rhetoric on the left can metastasize into real-world violence.
The aftermath has shown a double standard from establishment institutions that ought to be defending Americans of all views but instead reflexively blame conservatives while too often doing nothing about the environments that radicalize attackers. Instead of calm reflection, we saw calls in some quarters to punish and cancel, and in others a reckless eagerness to politicize Charlie’s death rather than mourn him. The country is rightly angry that people cheered or celebrated this atrocity online, and employers, schools, and public officials who enabled that behavior should face consequences.
At a Conservative Partnership Institute gathering in Washington on September 15, BlazeTV’s Steve Deace delivered a speech Americans must hear, insisting we be honest about the political divide and offering three practical, no-nonsense solutions to keep our republic intact. Deace cut through the pieties and urged conservatives to stop pretending the problem will fix itself — we must pursue accountability, secure our public spaces, and revive the civic and spiritual goods that make peaceful self-government possible. For patriots who love liberty, his words were a clarion call to move from grief to strategic action.
First, Deace demanded accountability: not political witch-hunts, but real legal, financial, and social consequences for organizations and influencers who fund, normalize, or cheer political violence. If certain nonprofits, media, or campus networks foster the climate that produces murderers, we should use every lawful tool to expose the networks, cut off financing, and hold enablers to account. Conservatives have long argued that rules mean nothing without enforcement; Charlie’s death is the painful proof.
Second, Deace and other conservative leaders are right to prioritize security for public events and unapologetic defense of conservative voices on campus and in civic life. The mainstream response cannot be to retreat — it must be to fortify: better venue security, tougher campus policies against intimidation, and real consequences for those who incite or celebrate violence. State leaders are already moving in this direction, forming oversight panels and considering new protections for speech and safety that actually work for students who dare to speak the truth.
Third, and most importantly, Deace called for a cultural and spiritual renewal: a revival of faith, family, and responsibility that inoculates young people against nihilism and violent ideologies. Charlie’s work with students showed that truth delivered with love and courage can change hearts — the conservative movement must double down on that mission rather than surrender it to the radicalizers. This is not sentimentalism; it’s strategy: rebuild institutions that form character so the next generation chooses life, liberty, and order over rage and anarchy.
Washington’s response so far has been a mix of proper outrage and political overreach, with the House passing a resolution honoring Kirk even as debates rage about how to respond without trampling civil liberties. Conservatives should welcome bipartisan condemnation of political violence, but we must also insist that any policy response targets actual violent networks and their enablers, not lawful dissent or marketplace debate. We owe Charlie Kirk something concrete: action that prevents another assassination while protecting the freedoms he championed.
If we mean to honor Charlie’s legacy, we won’t cower or play nice with those who cheered his death or continue to normalize political murder through dehumanizing rhetoric. We will demand justice, secure our campuses and rally spaces, expose and defund violent networks, and rebuild the moral foundations of our country. Steve Deace’s speech was a roadmap for doing just that — practical, unapologetic, and rooted in the kind of civic courage Charlie modeled. Conservatives who still believe in America’s future must pick up that torch and carry it forward.
