{"id":2485264,"date":"2025-09-11T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luna-leads-call-for-musk-to-remove-videos-of-kirks-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:58:28","slug":"luna-leads-call-for-musk-to-remove-videos-of-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luna-leads-call-for-musk-to-remove-videos-of-kirks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Luna leads call for Musk to remove videos of Kirk&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fluna-leads-call-for-musk-to-remove-videos-of-kirks-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article reports that Representative anna Paulina luna (R-FL) has called on Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and TikTok to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-female-trump-supporter-shot-by-capitol-police-possibly-fatal-warning-graphic-videos\/\" title=\"Young Female ... Supporter Shot By Capitol Police \u2014 Possibly Fatal (WARNING: GRAPHIC ...)\">graphic videos<\/a> showing the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Luna emphasized that Kirk&#8217;s family deserves privacy and expressed concerns about social media desensitizing viewers to violence. Some GOP lawmakers like Rep. Lauren Boebert supported her call to take down the videos,while others warned against censorship,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-sides-strikes-down-california-law-on-election-related-ai-deepfakes\/\" title=\"Court sides strikes down California law on election-related AI deepfakes\">citing free speech concerns<\/a>.the shooting, which occurred during a Q&#038;A event hosted by Kirk, has sparked grief and outrage across the political spectrum.Former President Donald Trump blamed the shooting on inflammatory rhetoric from the political left, calling it responsible for such acts of violence. Meanwhile, the manhunt for the suspect is ongoing. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anna Paulina Luna leads call for Elon Musk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-celebrated-new-york-posts-false-story-embarrassment-heres-a-list-of-false-stories-theyve-pushed-themselves\/\" title=\"CNN Celebrated New York Post\u2019s False Story Embarrassment. Here\u2019s A List Of False Stories They\u2019ve Pushed Themselves\">remove videos<\/a> of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s death<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2227071\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) demanded on Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s X and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major social media platforms remove<\/a> the graphic videos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassination<\/a> at a Utah university event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am calling on [Musk], [Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg], and [TikTok] to remove the horrifying videos of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s murder,&rdquo; Luna <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/1965957600324796675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, explaining that Kirk&rsquo;s family should be given privacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3802768\/democrats-concerns-donation-discrepancies-donors-trump-inauguration-committee\/\">Democrats raise concerns over donation &#8216;discrepancies&#8217; from largest donors to Trump inauguration committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3802672\/what-to-know-manhunt-for-charlie-kirk-killer\/\">Manhunt for Charlie Kirk&#8217;s killer: FBI recovers rifle used in shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802654\/vance-remembers-true-friend-charlie-kirk-heartfelt-tribute\/\">Vance pays tribute to &#8216;true friend&#8217; Charlie Kirk and cancels 9\/11 trip to fly to Utah<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He has a family, young children, and no one should be forced to relive this tragedy online,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;These are not the only graphic videos of horrifying murders circulating &mdash; at some point, social media begins to desensitize humanity. We must still value life. Please take them down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple videos circulated online in the aftermath of Kirk&rsquo;s death, with each one filmed at varying distances. One close-up video showed the shot piercing Kirk&rsquo;s neck, causing him to fall sideways. Another shows his team rushing to stop the bleeding, with a large amount of blood shown.<\/p>\n<p>A fellow GOP lawmaker agreed with Luna&rsquo;s opinion that the violent videos should be taken down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you!!! I agree completely!&rdquo; Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1965975441245610460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commented<\/a> underneath Luna&rsquo;s post. &ldquo;I NEVER want to see that again!! I hate that I saw it at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others disagreed over concerns of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-block-amendment-to-ban-stimulus-funds-from-going-to-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities\/\" title=\"Democrats Block Amendment To Ban Stimulus Funds From Going To Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities\">censoring free speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Freedom of speech includes the content we don&rsquo;t like or hate or bloody,&rdquo; Lily Tang Williams, a Republican candidate for a New Hampshire congressional seat in 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lily4Liberty\/status\/1965993064364638709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;We must defend it no matter how bad it is. I have faced evil before growing up in Mao&rsquo;s China. We need to show evil exists in America, so we know what we are fighting against.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, conservative commentators Keith and Kevin Hodge, better known as the Hodgetwins, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hodgetwins\/status\/1965968868838617495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disagreed<\/a> with Luna because &ldquo;people need to see what Democrat terrorism looks like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday morning, Musk has not responded to Luna&rsquo;s call to action.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA, died Wednesday afternoon after the shooting. He was visiting Utah Valley University to host a question-and-answer event on campus. The at-large gunman reportedly fired the shot when Kirk was asked about mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>The incident generated both mourning and outrage from the right-wing social media sphere, prompting Republicans and Democrats alike to send their regards to the victim&rsquo;s family.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> expressed their grief in numerous messages. They were particularly impacted by the news, given their friendly relationship with Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Trump blamed the shooting on the Democratic Party&rsquo;s rhetoric against conservatives, like Kirk.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP TO TARGET &lsquo;RADICAL-LEFT&rsquo; GROUPS FUNDING VIOLENCE THAT LED TO CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo;S DEATH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world&rsquo;s worst mass murderers and criminals,&rdquo; he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1965946655188070750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1965946655188070750%7Ctwgr%5E0011b032db5dde07e40c9856fb5f960089aeefcb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F09%2F10%2Fnx-s1-5537187%2Ftrump-charlie-kirk-blames-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video message<\/a> from the Oval Office. &ldquo;This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we&rsquo;re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The manhunt for the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Paulina Luna urges Elon Musk to remove Charlie Kirk videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2485265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25141808180190.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[63090,18336,4250,51053,60930],"class_list":["post-2485264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kirks-death","tag-luna","tag-musk","tag-social-media-controversy","tag-video-removal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25141808180190.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485268,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485264\/revisions\/2485268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}