Notes / Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States
17 September 2025
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
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Lincoln Mitchell
Political analyst, essayist, lecturer at Columbia University
“This assassination is a terrible thing because it escalates tensions that already exist in our
society and it gives other far right provocateurs, including the President, an opportunity to call
for more violence and repression. Nonetheless, while I found myself angry and afraid for the
country after hearing of this assassination, we need to be honest about who Charlie Kirk was.”