"BBC host Caitriona Perry audibly gasped after reading out President Donald Trump's tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk as Democratic strategist Joi Chaney countered that the Turning Point USA founder wasn't admired and loved by all. Trump shared his devastation at the death of Kirk in a post on his Truth Social account late Wednesday, describing him as Great, and even Legendary and offering sympathies to his family after the Turning Point USA founder was shot and killed during a Q&A session at a Utah campus."
"But what I will say with the caveat, he wasn't admired and loved by all. Perry let out a stunned gasp at the reply before Chaney continued: So that's an exaggeration. But the truth is, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter - As a co-panelist attempted to cut in, the strategist added: Let me finish. It doesn't matter whether he was loved, I know President Trump said it, but I'm not critiquing it. She continued: What I'm saying is we don't have to like and admire someone to want to believe that they get to go out and speak and share their views in front of people who support them and who don't support them and be able to walk away from it and be alive."
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during a Q&A session at a Utah campus. President Donald Trump posted a tribute on Truth Social calling Kirk "Great, and even Legendary" and offering sympathies to his family. BBC host Caitriona Perry read Trump's post on air and audibly gasped when Democratic strategist Joi Chaney said Kirk "wasn't admired and loved by all." Chaney emphasized that admiration did not change the right to speak and the need to survive such events, condemned political violence, and offered condolences to Kirk's family. The exchange drew immediate condemnation from viewers and UK conservatives.
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