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The sports world is still shaken by the murder of Charlie Kirk last week.
Kirk was shot while discussing at Utah Valley University and dying of his injuries soon after.
Many prominent figures in sports responded to the news, and in a recent appearance at Logan Paul’s podcast, UFC President Dana White shared her thoughts.
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UFC President Dana White speaks during a press conference ahead of UFC 264 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2021, while Charlie Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, speaks the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, July 15, 2024. (Getty Images)
“I just woke up and my phone jumped up. I was F-ing blown away,” White said.
As amazed as white was, he said his children also took it hard.
“I was actually surprised at how affected my kids were. My kids used to see him on social media. My daughter, she’s 19, she’s in college and she’s just been ruined over this thing in the last few days. You have to feel terrible to his family. It’s f-inch crazy,” White said.
Charlie Kirk poses in Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images to Cambridge Union)
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“The fact that it happened under what he was known for, which was just peaceful debate and conversation, which was a pillar in American virtue,” Paul added. “This country was built on people who had conversation and talk to people, maybe you don’t always agree with and hopefully reach a decision – or even if not, saying we respectfully. But there are many of the times how progress is made.”
“When you are unable to talk, shoot and go to violence, it’s just so pathetic,” Paul continued. “It’s so weak and I think it’s all against all that is America.”
White replied, “That’s what happens to people not intelligent enough to discuss.”
Paul also said he “really respected” Kirk for “his ability to step into a space and be the person he said he was.”
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks during Turning Point Action Conference, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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