Fox News' Jesse Watters went into a tirade on Wednesday evening, following news that right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem.
"This hits differently, because Charlie was one of us," said Watters. "And Trump gets hit in the ear. Charlie gets shot dead. They came after Kavanaugh with a rifle, to his neighborhood. They went after Musk's cars. They just shot two Jews outside the embassy. Think about it. Scalise got shot, barely survived. It's happening, we've got trans shooters, we've got riots in LA."
"They are at war with us," Watters continued. "Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that's the question we're just going to have to ask ourselves."
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot in the neck during a political event with college students. Experts have said the shooter may have fired from an adjacent building. One person has been taken into custody.
No motive is currently known.
However, Watters is not alone in hunting for a political narrative in the event. The chair of the Utah Republican Party came under fire earlier for blaming the shooting on liberals on college campuses.
