According to reporting by the Denver Gazette, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced that the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk leaned politically left and lived with a transgender partner, who is cooperating with investigators. The governor said the suspect’s digital footprint revealed deep dives into dark corners of the internet and an apparent fixation on extremist ideology. While Cox admitted the shooter’s politics “leaned left,” he also noted that this was “ultimately about hate and violence, not about party affiliation”.
And yet – predictably – the debate has already tilted toward Left vs. Right, with the press dissecting whether this act of evil can be weaponized against the other side. As if political labels can explain a demonic act. As if party registration mattered to the man who pulled the trigger.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Governor’s update. Cox confirms the suspect was on the Left politically, living with a transgender boyfriend, and spending time in online cesspools.
- Digital darkness. Investigators found the shooter consumed extremist garbage from the far reaches of the internet.
- Press reaction. Media outlets already race to frame the crime through partisan lenses – because of course they do.
- False comfort. Labeling the killer “left” or “right” doesn’t address the root: this was evil, not mere ideology.
- Tragedy twisted. Instead of mourning and rebuking darkness, America’s stuck playing political ping-pong with a martyr’s blood.
My Bottom Line
Friends, I am so tired of this. “He was on the Left.” “He was on the Right.” Who cares? This is not about blue or red. This is about good and evil. About the principalities and unseen places of which Paul spoke. Ephesians 6:12 puts it plain: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
And yet we silly humans can’t help ourselves – we’ve got to make sure our “side” wasn’t at fault, and then point the finger at theirs. It’s pathetic. Political colors don’t explain spiritual darkness. Evil doesn’t need a party platform.
Here’s what we must face: no law, no headline, no political scapegoat will root this out. Only God can erase evil from the human heart. Romans 12:21 gives us the charge: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” That is the only way forward.
Charlie Kirk’s death is not a Left vs. Right story. It’s a battle of light vs. darkness. And until the Church rises to rebuke evil, to pray without ceasing, and to cling to the truth of Christ, we’ll keep spinning in the same partisan hamster wheel while the devil laughs.
