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Columbia University’s student-run satirical newspaper, The Federalist, published an article on Wednesday roasting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination because of his support for gun rights.
The article, published just hours after Kirk’s death, satirized the staunch Second Amendment advocate being shot and killed, with the headline, “Turning Point USA Undergoes Unexpected Ideological Shift, States Second Amendment Actually Not That Important Anymore.”
“‘The Turning Point USA leadership team recently convened to discuss the role of the Second Amendment in our propaganda, I mean, education. We’ve decided to reconsider our stance on gun control and personal freedoms. This decision was made completely independently of recent events,'” the mock statement written by the satire site read.
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“‘Guns kill people. That is a truth that we have only recently learned. It turns out, ignoring all of those public health experts and grieving parents and nationwide statistics wasn’t a good idea. Our bad!'”
The short article continued, slamming both the Turning Point USA organization and conservatives at large for their “terrible politics.”
“In typical conservative fashion, it seems, Turning Point USA only realizes how terrible their politics are when it f—s with their own lives. Go figure,” the outlet concluded.
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Kirk, a husband and father of two, was shot and killed during a campus event at Utah Valley University Wednesday. He was 31.
Kirk was shot in the neck as he spoke to the large crowd from under a white pop-up tent. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead later Wednesday afternoon.
Kirk’s shocking death has been met with widespread mourning and outrage. President Donald Trump, who counted Kirk as a friend and close political ally, called him a patriot and man of deep faith.
“An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed, because together, we will ensure that his voice, his message and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come,” Trump said Wednesday from the Oval Office.
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As of Thursday morning, Kirk’s killer remains at large.
Fox News Digital has reached out to The Columbia Federalist for comment. The satirical paper was co-founded by future Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch as a student in 1986.
Kirk frequently defended the Second Amendment as a necessary means to “defend yourself against a tyrannical government.” Some of his ideological foes noted he said some gun deaths were an unfortunate and unavoidable consequence, so “we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”
Editor’s Note: This article previously stated below the headline that the publication was the “Columbia Spectator.” This has been corrected to show it was the Columbia Federalist.
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