{"id":2658167,"date":"2026-09-11T07:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncharlie-kirks-assassination-was-this-generations-9-11\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T07:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:27:34","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncharlie-kirks-assassination-was-this-generations-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncharlie-kirks-assassination-was-this-generations-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk\u2019s Assassination Was This Generation\u2019s 9\/11"},"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\">14<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncharlie-kirks-assassination-was-this-generations-9-11%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=2658167&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 reflects on the anniversaries of two tragic events in American history: the September 11 attacks and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.It highlights how these events, though different in scope, deeply affected the American collective consciousness across generations. While 9\/11 united Americans in grief and resolve, the murder of Charlie Kirk has become a defining moment, revealing societal divisions and the darker reactions from some on the left. The piece criticizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mike-pence-adviser-endorses-trump-a-figure-of-unwavering-determination\/\" title=\"Ex...Pence Adviser Backs Trump: A Resolute Figure\">political discourse surrounding<\/a> these incidents, noting the erosion of unity and the rise of conspiracy theories and dishonor. Emphasizing the importance of remembrance, the author advocates for spiritual renewal, personal integrity, and active engagement in faith and community as ways to truly &#8220;never forget&#8221; and honor those lost. The call is for individuals to embody truth, love, and righteousness in their daily lives, ensuring future generations remember meaningful sacrifices and principles.  <\/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<div>\n<p>This week marks the anniversary of two harrowing acts of evil in America\u2019s not-so-distant past: the 9\/11 terrorist attack a quarter of a century ago and the assassination of Charlie Kirk just last year. These events differed in scope and casualty counts, of course, but perhaps not as much in reach. Ask any American of a certain age where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, and they\u2019ll recall it in vivid detail. Ask anyone of the next generation where they were the day Charlie Kirk was murdered, and you\u2019ll get the same result. <\/p>\n<p>It seems unfathomable to many Americans how, just 25 years after the Islamic terror attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, a Muslim is now mayor of the city where the Twin Towers crumbled. Just one generation ago, a group of ordinary men and women <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/10\/would-you-have-stormed-the-cockpit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bravely stormed a cockpit<\/a> to wrestle their plane from jihadist hijackers, sacrificing their own lives to save untold masses of strangers on the ground. Today, Muslim populations are taking over American cities and elected offices, Democrats have opened America\u2019s borders to new terrorists, leftists openly declare that this country \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/young-turks-hasan-piker-says-154258933.html?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deserved 9\/11<\/a>,\u201d and a sitting member of Congress gets away with describing the attack as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ww2DonT1NqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some people did something<\/a>.\u201d <em>How?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While \u201cnever forget\u201d means something to those who hold the memory of 9\/11 in their collective conscience like it was yesterday, a growing percentage of Americans couldn\u2019t remember it if they wanted to \u2014 not literally anyway. Almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neilsberg.com\/insights\/united-states-population-by-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 in 10<\/a> were too young on 9\/11 to do any remembering, including the over 31 percent of the population that wasn\u2019t even born yet. <\/p>\n<p>The moment that shocked this new generation to its core wasn\u2019t the murder of thousands, but of one. It wasn\u2019t the collapse of a building, but a statesman. It wasn\u2019t footage of scores of men jumping from skyscraper windows to their deaths to avoid being burned alive, but the video of one man, here one moment and gone the next, for the crime of saying true things. The instant a murderous leftist took out 31-year-old civilian Charlie Kirk with a single bullet is the moment we\u2019ll never forget. Much like everyone seemingly had some connection to 9\/11 or its many victims, many Americans today felt a strong connection to Charlie Kirk. He gave us the language to realize our convictions, the courage to say them out loud, and the political infrastructure to see many of them realized on a national scale.<\/p>\n<p>Our \u201cnever forget\u201d moment didn\u2019t transcend partisanship to rally Americans around a common enemy, as 9\/11 did. On the contrary, it revealed the demonic underbelly of the modern left, a startling number of whom identified with the shooter and celebrated the assassination while Kirk\u2019s body was still warm. A year later, they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/08\/leftists-are-still-openly-mocking-charlie-kirks-assassination-because-they-love-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still cheering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11, 2001, generated enough momentum to fuel a multi-decade war on the other side of the world, foolish and futile though it was. But just one year later, too much of the Charlie Kirk momentum has already fizzled, fueled by ghouls who care more about GOP gatekeeping and clicks than the Kirks. America is back at war in the Middle East, Republicans in Congress are more intent on defeating the J.D. Vance faction of the party than beating Democrats, and too many self-important right-wing \u201cthought leaders\u201d are too busy owning each other to \u201cown the libs.\u201d For its part, Turning Point USA is still faithfully carrying the torch and stacking up wins in Kirk\u2019s stead, haters be damned. But where unity, indignation, and impulse following the assassination should have fueled the right to certain victory, conspiracy theories and opportunism infected what movement there was and paralyzed it. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just politics, either. Just as spiritual revival took root, so did deranged widow hatred and innuendo. The blood of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/charlie-kirk-wasnt-just-assassinated-he-was-martyred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">martyrs like Charlie Kirk<\/a> is indeed the seed of the church. But the demons hate it \u2014 and it\u2019s shown.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-four years from now, a new generation will have no personal memories of the day Charlie Kirk died. How can we do a better job of \u201cnever forgetting\u201d than the torchbearers of 9\/11 remembrance?<\/p>\n<p>Charlie gave us the answer, and it starts in your own heart and home. Repent of your sins and believe the Gospel. Then share that Gospel with everyone you know. Go to church. Then get married and have babies and take them to church. Read your Bible. Pray. Log off social media and anything else that fills your mind with lies and rage and dissension, and instead meditate on Truth. Then be courageous and speak truth, even when it\u2019s unpopular. Touch grass. Read good books. Work hard. Love God and your neighbor. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a lot of work to do. May the 25th anniversary of our \u201cnever forget\u201d moment find us with something true, good, and beautiful to show for it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kylee Griswold is the managing editor of The Federalist and a contributor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwfeatures.com\/\">IW Features<\/a>. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in communication arts\/speech and an A.S. in criminal justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religion, and the media. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyleegriswold\">@kyleegriswold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anniversary of 9\/11 and Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder in America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":994,"featured_media":2658168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Charlie-Kirk-Memorial.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47799,44291,32133,5894],"class_list":["post-2658167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-9-11-comparison","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-current-events","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Charlie-Kirk-Memorial.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658167","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\/994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2658167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658171,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658167\/revisions\/2658171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2658168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2658167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2658167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2658167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}