In this episode, Donovan takes on the shocking news of Charlie Kirk’s death at a Utah college event. He doesn’t hold back in condemning the shooting—calling it what it was: murder, not political violence. Donovan unpacks Kirk’s legacy as a divisive figure, one who built Turning Point USA into a vehicle for Christian nationalism, while acknowledging the tragedy of a wife and two young children left behind.
The conversation digs into uncomfortable truths: how Kirk’s rhetoric fueled hatred, how his death risks turning him into a martyr, and how the precision of the attack raises chilling questions. Donovan also reflects on the broader state of America in 2025, where hate-driven politics have become normalized, and violence feels like an inevitable byproduct.
This is a raw and emotional exploration of a country fractured by ideology, rhetoric, and grief.
Ok, I will concede this could be considered an “assassination”, but it wasn’t a political assassination. I still maintain it should simply be called MURDER and stop making it about politics. The man was a hateful bigot that thought the United States should be white and Christian and nothing else. I don’t celebrate his death, but I’m not surprised by it either.
A clarification: Kirk didn’t outright say gay people should be stoned, but he was quoting a Bible verse during a podcast episode. Though he didn’t directly say harm should come to gay people, by quoting the verse (in my opinion) he was telegraphing that he supported what the Bible said. But to be open and transparent, it seems, if I stated he said gay people should be stoned, I was in error as he was quoting scripture, not directly saying it himself. There is a distinction, but a very thin one.