Republicans, Democrats condemn political violence after Charlie Kirk shooting

The lawmakers soon went out after the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kerk during an event on the “Return of America” ​​at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon.

Prayers flowed for Kirk’s recovery as well as condemnation of political violence from both Democrats and Republicans minutes after the news erupted.

“This is a suitable time for prayer,” said Senator Mike Lee, R-R-R-r-riah on X, adding that he was watching the situation.

parliament Speaker Mike Johnson, R does not. “Please join us in prayer for our dear friend, Charlie Kerk.”

“Political violence has no place in our society. I closely watch the events in Utah.” Wrote that political violence has no place in our society. I closely watch the events in Utah. “

“The attack on Charlie Kerk today is a terrible act of political violence. Praying for his safety and his family at this return time. We must reject and condemn political violence in all its forms,” ​​said Mike Luller, RN.Y, in a statement.

The most important Democrats in the House of Representatives, and the leader of the minority, Hakim Jeffrez from New York, condemned the same violence.

“Political violence is never acceptable. My thoughts and my prayers with Charlie Kerk and his family,” Jeffrez wrote in a statement.

Both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate seemed to have similar feelings in the minutes that followed the shooting of Kirk.

The majority leader of the Senate John Thun, Rurawi, speaks with journalists in Capitol in Washington on June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“There is no place in our country for political violence,” wrote the majority of the Senate Gen. John Thun, Ruby.

The Leader of the Senate Board Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. On the site, “Political violence has no place in America. This is a terrible shooting, and I pray for Charlie Kerk and his family.”

Kirk also received support from former MP Gabi Jeffords, De Areez, who left Congress after he was shot and killed in a political assassination attempt in 2011.

“I am terrified to hear that Charlie Kerk was shot at an event in Utah. Democratic societies will always have political differences, but we must never allow America to become a country facing these differences with violence,” Jeffords wrote.

She added that she and her husband, Senator Mark Kelly, De Areez, prayed for Kirk’s recovery.

Former spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi, the California, condemned the weapons violence after the shooting on Wednesday.

The former spokesman at home, Nancy Pelosi, wished to extend California, Kirk after the shooting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“The terrible shooting today at the University of Utah Valley is worth the courage. Political violence has no place at all in our nation. All Americans must pray for Charlie Kerk’s recovery and carry the entire UVU community in our hearts because they are withstanding this arms violence.”

Ellen Treenor, Vice President of Strategic Communications Department at the University of Utah Valley, told Fox News that one of the suspects in the reservation after the shooting of Kirk.

Meanwhile, a White House official told Fox News that the tragic event is being monitored in the situation room and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio in his role as a national security adviser.