{"id":2485867,"date":"2025-09-12T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-rips-the-lefts-words-are-violence-rhetoric-after-cops-name-charlie-kirks-assassin-violence-is-violence\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:03:11","slug":"utah-governor-rips-the-lefts-words-are-violence-rhetoric-after-cops-name-charlie-kirks-assassin-violence-is-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-rips-the-lefts-words-are-violence-rhetoric-after-cops-name-charlie-kirks-assassin-violence-is-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Governor Rips the Left&#8217;s &#8216;Words are Violence&#8217; Rhetoric After Cops Name Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Assassin: &#8216;Violence is Violence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Futah-governor-rips-the-lefts-words-are-violence-rhetoric-after-cops-name-charlie-kirks-assassin-violence-is-violence%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=2485867&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>Utah Governor Spencer Cox addressed the nation following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Speaking alongside law enforcement and FBI officials, Cox identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and emphasized that Robinson would be held accountable. Cox warned against conflating violent acts with speech, rejecting the notion promoted by some on the political left that &#8220;words are violence.&#8221; He stressed that violence is a physical act,like the shooting that took Kirk&#8217;s life,not the expression of political views. Cox&#8217;s comments served as a call for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >moral clarity amid increasing political tensions<\/a> and political violence. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrats-refuse-to-condemn-burning-american-flag-chanting-death-to-america\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Democrats Avoid Condemning Flag Burning and Chanting \u2018Death To America\">incident highlighted concerns<\/a> about the radicalization of individuals and the toxic rhetoric contributing to violence in America&#8217;s polarized climate.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox stood before the country Friday morning with resolve and delivered a sobering reminder to the public about political violence.<\/p>\n<p>He was flanked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> and FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kristi-noem-kash-patel-confirm-twisted-details-catholic-school-shooter-hate-crime-investigation-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a>, as all parties updated the nation on the killing of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The suspected assassin<\/a> was identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson allegedly murdered Kirk on Wednesday as the Turning Point USA founder spoke at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p>Cox showed true leadership in the hours and days since the assassination by daring to speak his mind.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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And in the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Cox added, &ldquo;They talked about why they didn&rsquo;t like [Kirk] and the viewpoints he had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The governor promised&nbsp; Robinson would be charged and held accountable for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>But Cox also issued a moral warning that went beyond Utah.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the left has chanted slogans like &ldquo;words are violence&rdquo; and &ldquo;silence is violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cox cut through that noise to speak the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we need more moral clarity right now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I hear all the time that words are violence. Words are not violent. Violence is violence, and there was one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is in custody and will be charged soon, and will be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utah Governor Spencer Cox slams the political Left for spreading the false notion that &#8220;words are violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words are not violence. Violence is violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says that the sole person responsible for Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination is Tyler Robinson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Gpa6a0Ceh\">pic.twitter.com\/8Gpa6a0Ceh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1966509296209809886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Violence, Cox said, is a bullet tearing through a patriot&rsquo;s body, and not words spoken in a debate.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s tragic that in 2025, a governor must remind people of such an obvious truth.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this is the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-7-11-staffer-goes-viral-scorched-earth-response-democrats-celebrating-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Democratic Party<\/a> has helped create. To them, dissent is &ldquo;violence,&rdquo; and the dissenters deserve retribution.<\/p>\n<p>Their twisted creed played out this week, robbing a 31-year-old visionary of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Americans must rise to confront this rhetoric that dehumanizes us, blurs moral lines, and radicalizes unstable individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party has become a death cult. Its violence is finally starting to spin out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk was the one who was murdered, yet his killer could have shot any one of us who d his conservative values. Kirk was able to articulate those values better than most, and for that, he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have spoken out &mdash; in good faith &mdash; for years. 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