{"id":2485444,"date":"2025-09-11T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-vows-to-pick-up-that-blood-stained-microphone-where-charlie-left-it\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:49:05","slug":"ben-shapiro-vows-to-pick-up-that-blood-stained-microphone-where-charlie-left-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-vows-to-pick-up-that-blood-stained-microphone-where-charlie-left-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro vows to &#8216;pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it&#8217;"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fben-shapiro-vows-to-pick-up-that-blood-stained-microphone-where-charlie-left-it%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=2485444&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>The article reports on Ben Shapiro, co-founder of the daily Wire, responding to rumors that he canceled a college tour following the death of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. Shapiro firmly denied these rumors and pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlantas-democrat-mayor-sides-with-mlb-on-boycott-costing-georgia-100-million\/\" title=\"Atlanta\u2019s Democrat Mayor Sides With MLB On Boycott Costing Georgia 0+ Million\">continue speaking<\/a> at college campuses, emphasizing that he and other conservative leaders will &#8220;pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it.&#8221; He condemned those celebrating Kirk&#8217;s death and vowed not to be intimidated or deterred from promoting free discussion and conservative values. The article also notes that the Young America&#8217;s Foundation (YAF) will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >continue hosting campus events<\/a> while reviewing security measures after Kirk was fatally shot during a public event at Utah Valley University. Kirk&#8217;s death has raised concerns about the safety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-government-complicit-media-silicon-valley-are-torching-america\/\" title=\"Weak Government, Complicit Media, Silicon Valley Are Torching ...\">conservative events<\/a> at colleges. Shapiro closed with a message honoring Kirk&#8217;s legacy and reaffirming his commitment to truth and free speech. <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\">Ben Shapiro vows to &lsquo;pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it&rsquo;<\/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_2227314\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Daily Wire<\/em> co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> on Thursday denied he is canceling a college tour in the wake of Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3802009\/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-turning-point-usa-founder-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death<\/a>, saying he and other leaders in the conservative movement will &ldquo;pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw a lot of rumors online today. I was made aware of this by my team, that I canceled some sort of college tour. That&rsquo;s bulls***. I saw those rumors. They are false,&rdquo; he said in a video message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3803767\/turning-point-charlie-kirk-death-statement\/\">TPUSA lauds Charlie Kirk&#8217;s commitment to Christ and &#8216;good-faith debate&#8217; in statement on assassination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3803040\/house-passes-stopping-illegal-entry-act-raise-penalties-border-crossers\/\">House passes Trump-backed bill to raise penalties for illegal border crossers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3803292\/florida-gun-laws-second-amendment-court-throws-out-open-carry-ban\/\">Florida touts &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-releases-photo-of-person-of-interest-offers-reward-in-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" title=\"FBI releases photo of &#039;person of interest&#039;, offers reward in ... assassination\">big win&#038;rsquo<\/a>; for Second Amendment after court throws out open carry ban<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I will be coming to college campuses, many of them this year. So will we all,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I am sure, because we&rsquo;re Americans, and we&rsquo;re not going to be deterred.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will never stop debating and discussing. <\/p>\n<p>We will never stop standing up for what America is and what she should be.<\/p>\n<p>And we will never let Charlie&rsquo;s voice die.<\/p>\n<p>To those who would stop us, I have two words: FUCK YOU. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ub2qYY8Zb2\">pic.twitter.com\/Ub2qYY8Zb2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1966191886177361972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shapiro often travels to college campuses to hold lectures in partnership with Young America&rsquo;s Foundation. The pundit does not have any YAF speaking engagements currently scheduled for this fall, although he did have an <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/events\/mcawroundtable-benshapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">event scheduled<\/a> for Thursday before that was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>YAF President Scott Walker said while its security measures will be reviewed and venues may be changed, the organization will continue hosting campus events to honor Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganfoundation.org\/events\/conversation-and-book-signing-with-ben-shapiro-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously set<\/a> to speak and promote his new book at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday. In light of Kirk&rsquo;s death, the event was postponed. The library said it would announce a new date soon.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal shooting has sparked a question of campus safety at conservative events hosted by colleges, where there may not be as much security to handle serious threats like an active shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro issued a direct message to those on the Left, many of whom have openly celebrated Kirk&rsquo;s death, and said he will not be intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To those who would intimidate, who would seek to stop us, who would seek to end free discussion, who believe that they have ownership over public spaces and can violently threaten and kill people who speak freely. We are not going to stop, and I have two words: F*** you,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not stop telling the truth,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We will never stop telling the truth. We will never stop debating and discussing. We will never stop standing up for what America is and for what she should be, and we will never let Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s voice die.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 31, died on Wednesday after an unidentified gunman shot him in the neck. At the time of the shooting, he was hosting a Q&amp;A session outside in front of an estimated 3,000 attendees on Utah Valley University&rsquo;s campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3803767\/turning-point-charlie-kirk-death-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TPUSA LAUDS CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo;S COMMITMENT TO CHRIST AND &lsquo;GOOD-FAITH DEBATE&rsquo; IN STATEMENT ON ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The manhunt for the suspect is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Goodbye to my friend, Charlie Kirk,&rdquo; Shapiro concluded. &ldquo;May your memory be a blessing for your family and for your country and for all of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/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>Ben Shapiro pledges to continue Charlie Kirk&#8217;s mission despite threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2485445,"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\/AP17271756469862.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34595,44291,38157,32171],"class_list":["post-2485444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ben-shapiro","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-conservative-media","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP17271756469862.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485444","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=2485444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485448,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485444\/revisions\/2485448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}