Fox News Highlights – September 16th, 2025

Fox News Highlights – September 16th, 2025

Consequences for cheering assassination. That’s the focus of tonight’s angle. Charlie Kirk’s murder has exposed the best and worst of America. The vigils, the tributes, they’re beautiful and moving. Americ. [Music] [Applause] But we can’t ignore the dark side that online and on campus, an element of our society reveled and is reing in his death, calling for more assassinations even and even staging their own grotesque reenactments. This is what happened at Texas State University. Not real. [Music] You’re going to get expelled, dude. The university is investigating the video, warning that appropriate action will be taken if it turns out that that individual is in any way affiliated with the school. and at Texas Tech. [Music] If she was a drama major, she must have been failing. But regardless, Cameron Gazelle Booker has been arrested and expelled again. Real world fallout, baby. Other students are being disciplined as well. Employers and are canning employees. And when crimes are committed, people are being prosecuted. Because if you normalize these reactions, if you allow people to destroy property, especially at a memorial tribute, our society will continue to suffer. And we know things are only going to get more dangerous. And by the way, kudos to Clemson University. Three individuals associated with that university have been fired for their actions and their online posts. And by the way, for all of you saying, “Oh, Laura, this is cancel culture.” No, you’re wrong. These people weren’t fired for expressing different political views, disagreeing with Charlie. He loved that. That’s not what’s going on. And of course, the same people who said nothing when grandmothers were rounded up for walking through the capital on January 6th. Of course, they’re upset, crying foul over these consequences. Most of these people are not public figures. They were anonymous until a few days ago when this conservative campaign organized online uh targeting people that it says are attacking Kirk, bashing Kirk. Given how tense the climate is, I think we are going to see more of these politically motivated firings. He’s not worried about the political assassinations as much as he’s worried about the political firings. They were not fired for debating. I’ll say it a hundred times. They were fired for endorsing political murder. Now, to expect that any adult not condone or celebrate the murder of a speaker on a college campus, that seems like a pretty low bar to me. And the way the media and political figures defame and malign Charlie to this day, they dehumanize him even in death. That feeds the very mindset that led to this assassination in the first place. And that ends up in the minds of many to justify taking politically violent actions. The reason that he is seen as a divisive figure is why the left has had a reaction as well in this is because he has been known to make racist statements. I’m tired of white supremacist beliefs being considered a difference of opinion. I’m really sick of that. I’m insulted by the fact that they think his beliefs are just about a difference of opinion. He’s uh uh you know become become in this last few days I think a symbol of the uh of the toxic culture that we’re in right now. Uh but does firing educators or healthcare workers or disciplining students amount to some type of abrogation of all of our first amendment rights? It’s illiberal and it’s the opposite of what Charlie Kirk would have wanted. It’s not illegal. It’s not a crime to offend someone. We can’t punish people for being jerks and celebrating the death of someone. That’s not illegal and that shouldn’t be who we are. Okay, first of all, ludicrous analysis. Cheering for political violence is only going to be get more political violence. That’s number one. But if you engage in speech that effectively incites more violence or that shows incredibly bad judgment, there will and should be societal consequences, employment and education related repercussions. It’s reasonable to think that. Now, Charlie Kirk was himself, as we are, passionate defenders of the First Amendment. Political speech should be protected. That’s why he was fine with people confronting him in person, even when they said the most absurd insults. He tweeted last year that hate speech doesn’t exist legally in America. All of it’s protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free. Agree totally. And we aren’t saying that you can’t say hateful things. We aren’t saying that you can’t say evil things. But if you celebrate an assassination, then it is reasonable to expect that that could have negative consequences for your career. Hello. Defamation, harassment, incitement to violence does not shield you from your responsibility to abide by contractual obligations, university standards, or student honor codes. But naturally, the New York Times, after the Kirk assassination, finds a way to blame Trump, saying that he escalates attacks on political opponents after the killing. Come on, this is all a lie. The Democrats and their press poodles claim that we’re trying to stop all crit criticism of the president. What? Have you seen any evidence that Democrats are afraid to criticize Trump? My goodness, look at the way they’re treating his c his cabinet on Capitol Hill. Cash Patel today. Did they look like they were people who live in fear of the secret police coming after them for criticizing the administration? Of course not. Because this whole line of argument is a lie. They know no one is trying to hinder true free speech. The left knows they’ve encouraged violence, though, and they intend to keep doing so. And so, they’re going to continue to deflect blame and a lie and a desperate effort to avoid any political consequences for their own actions. So, the bottom line tonight on the angle is this. They will keep supporting violence against the right until they’re punished by the voters. Consequences are long overdue and consequences are coming. And that’s the angle. Fox News alert. We just got our hands on a trove of new evidence in the Charlie Kirk murder. Text messages between the shooter and his trans boyfriend. The secret note that was destroyed and a confession. Tyler Robinson making his first court appearance just moments ago on Zoom and wearing a suicide watch smoking of this offense may carry the death penalty or pursuant to Utah code 763-207.7 a mandatory mandatory term of imprisonment for life without parole or an indeterminate term of not less than 25 years that may be for life. Earlier today, the Utah County Attorney’s Office announced they were charging an emotionless Robinson with seven counts, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and they’re seeking the death penalty, death by firing squad is on the table. Prosecutors say this was a political hit. The state is further alleging aggravating factors on counts one and two because the defendant is believed to have targeted Charlie Kirk based on Charlie Kirk’s political expression and did so knowing that children were present and would witness the homicide. Officials say they interviewed Robinson’s trans lover and got their hands on a secret note, that the shooter left under his keyboard the morning of the assassination, and text messages between the two when Robinson was on the run. Robinson texting his trans boyfriend saying, “Drop what you’re doing. Look under my keyboard.” Underneath was a note that said, “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.” The shooter told his boyfriend to destroy the note, but police were able to recover it. Then Robinson confessed. You weren’t the one who did it, right, Robinson? I am I am I’m sorry. Roommate, I thought they caught the person. Robinson, no. They grabbed some crazy old dude. Roommate, why? Robinson, why did I do it? Roommate. Yeah. Robinson. I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. How long have you been planning this? Robinson. A bit over a week. That’s motive and intent. Robinson texted his trans roomie saying, “I’d hoped to keep this secret until I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.” Charlie’s killer thought he was going to just go home and no one would find him. He wasn’t that worried about getting caught. He was more worried about his father noticing his grandpa’s gun was missing. I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find Prince. How the f will I explain losing it to my old man? Remember how I was engraving bullets? The effing messages are mostly a big meme. If I see Notice Bulge UW on Fox News stroke, all right, I’m gonna have to leave it. That really effing sucks. So, what else did the roommate know? And when did he know it? And who else knew what? The FBI says Robinson may have had co-conspirators. Who else may have been on that thread? What they may have known? Is that fair to say? It’s a lot more than that. We’re running them all down. It’s a lot more than 20. Yes, sir. Cash says they’re following every lead and the FBI is currently investigating leftist groups in Utah to see if there’s a conspiracy. In the last year, Robinson became radicalized after moving in with his trans boyfriend. Robinson’s mother explained that over the last year or so, Robinson had become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented. She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transi trans transitioning genders. This resulted in several discussions with family members, but especially between Robinson and his father who have very different political views. Now, the media has been telling us Robinson’s conservative just because his parents were Republican. You don’t always have your parents’ politics. Look at me. Even though his family, his friends, his text messages pinned him as a progressive. and the anti-fascist catchphrases on his shell casings and his trans boyfriend. But Jasmine Crockett is still in denial. The reality is that the average person on the left probably couldn’t make a shot from 200 yards because they haven’t been playing with assault rifles since they were a little kid. He couldn’t be liberal because liberals are bad shots. That’s what they’re telling you. Now, if Crockett would read, she’d know Robinson accused Charlie of hate speech and killed him for it. And we got angry when we read the messages. ABC called them romantic. It was very touching in a way that I think many of us didn’t expect. A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate uh and the suspect himself with him repeatedly calling his roommate who is transitioning uh calling him my love and I want to protect you my love. ABC’s touched by text messages between an assassin and his trans roommate. Disney is tickled by the intimacy of a killer telling his trans roommate how to orchestrate a cover up. This isn’t a love story. This is a cold-blooded murderer obstructing justice. ABC wasn’t this touched when Charlie’s widow wept in front of the nation. And the far-left is acting like Charlie had it coming. If you wanted Charlie Kirk to be alive, Donald Trump shouldn’t have been president for the second term. You need conservatives to be afraid of getting killed when they go to events so that they look to their leadership to turn down the temperature. The issue is right now they don’t feel like there’s any fear. That guy’s name’s Destiny and he just learned his fate. He’s fired and banned from making any more money on his site. You need conservatives to be afraid of getting killed when you go to events. CNN is defending this guy. We can’t punish people for disagreeing with us. We can’t punish people for being jerks and celebrating the death of someone. That’s not illegal and that shouldn’t be who we are. She’s right. It’s not illegal to say Charlie deserved to die and you’re glad he did. They have a right to say that, but we have a right to fire you. You can’t walk into the office and say you’re into homicide. You can’t work at CNN and tweet, “I’m comfortable with cold-blooded murder. More people need to be killed.” Speech is free, but you’re not free from the consequences. If you’re glad Charlie’s dead and thought he had it coming, I’m supposed to sit next to you in the breakroom. you’re gonna teach my kid at school or serve in government and I’m supposed to just say free speech. You’re advertising that you’re a maniac and that you have no decency, compassion or humanity, that you’re indifferent to death. And not just indifferent, you’re sickly gleeful. That makes you a threat. That makes you dangerous. It makes you a beast. And what do we do with beasts? We leave them out in the wild. We have to be very careful about the kind of people we associate with. They aren’t entitled to work for us. And these people sadly are everywhere. Charlie Cook committed suicide is what he did. He knew it was coming. Charlie Cook did a great thing for humanity. He stopped that bullet before it hit a human being. That bullet connected with Trump. How would you have felt if it had connected with more than just I wish that shooter would have been in Butner, Pennsylvania instead of uh getting Charlie Kirk. This is more than just a disagreement over the border or crime or politics. We’re talking about murder. Would CNN be okay if their producer said that girl that got raped, she had it coming? Of course not. Or the Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death on a train deserve to die. Those floods in Texas, that’s karma. Hope you can swim. Never. And we’re not saying these people should be put in prison. We’re saying they’re not walking into my office. I’m not letting them hang around my family. I don’t want to be anywhere near them. This college student in Texas barged into a Charlie Kirk vigil and acted out the bullying ripping through his throat. Not real. He’s not real. He’s not real. [Music] [Music] buddy. Texas State University just expelled that clown. It’s a state school and taxpayers should never have to fund that ghoul’s education. He’s a sociopath. And if he didn’t learn his lesson today, in a few years, I guarantee he’ll be praying on some innocent victim or victims. So, we’re not advocating jail time. We’re recommending social purgatory until he repents and means it. Society’s already treating the cancer. A councilman in Florida got caught celebrating Charlie’s death and now he’s facing the will of the people. Your days are numbered. You’re rolling your eyes. It’s disgraceful, man. You have brought a horrible name to this community. I have a recall petition. If you’re really going to make the whole village go through this, it’s going to be done. I We have 30 40% of this village that’s going to do it. Walk away with respect. Do what’s right. I hope you find God and your final judgment day is better than today. A country that supports assassinations is a country hurdling towards civil war. It’s the very thirst for assassination and the fact that it’s tolerated that’s leading to more attempts. Charlie wasn’t president. He wasn’t a member of an extremist group. He was a mainstream Republican. He was on Fox. He had a hit podcast. He was my friend. They killed my friend. But above all, Charlie was a dad. He was a husband. Here he is telling his daughter how he met his mom. Story time. So, we’re here at Bill’s Burgers in New York City and right near this very table was the first time dad I met mom and it started as a job interview and I was asking all these questions, asking all these questions, philosophy, religion, Jesus. And then I realized mama was beautiful and smart and elegant and Christlike. And so I said, “Forget this job interview. I want to date you. I said, I have enough friends and that’s where your journey started. Charlie wanted more than anything for Americans to fall in love and get married and have families and draw themselves closer to God. There’s nothing more American than that. There’s nothing more human than that. Anyone who defiles a human life or advocates innocent lives to end violently is an animal. And we don’t break bread with animals. Hey, Sean Hannity here. Hey, click here to subscribe to Fox News YouTube page and catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis. You will not get it anywhere else.

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