'Horrific': Kari Lake blames 'indoctrination camps' for Charlie Kirk's assassination

Kari Lake, the Trump administration's senior advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, claimed during conservative activist Charlie Kirk's memorial service at the Kennedy Center on Sunday that college "indoctrination camps" had radicalized Kirk's shooter.

Kirk's memorial service was attended by several members of President Donald Trump's cabinet, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

"How does a 22-year-old become so filled with hate?" Lake said during her speech. "Five years earlier, I was told he was a Trump supporter."

"Then we send our kids off to college and they brainwashed him," she continued. "I am making a plea to mothers out there, please don't send your children into these indoctrination camps."

"At one point, that 22-year-old was a baby in his mother's arms," Lake continued. "And by all accounts, they did a good job raising him until he was sent off to be brainwashed."

"We are living through the most horrific brainwashing campaign in the history of mankind," she added.

Lake's comments come at a time of intense debate about Kirk's assassination. Rightwing figures have blamed Democrats for Kirk's assassination, and Democrats have rejected those claims.

Lake also called on both sides to work to end political violence.

"I'm not going to say our side is perfect, but damn it, this is coming from the other side!" Lake said.