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Chicago Cubs flew the American flag at half staff for Friday’s home game against Tampa Bay Rays in honor of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, It was murdered during a campus event in Utah on Wednesday.
The flag at Wrigley Field seemed to be flown by half staff in accordance with MLBs Request that team follow President Donald Trump’s presidential proclamation.
President Donald Trump ordered the flag, which was lowered to half mast on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, hours after the murder of Turning Point US founder Charlie Kirk. (Peter Pinedo/Pakinomist Digital)
In a statement to Pakinomist Digital on Thursday, the league confirmed that it “asked all the clubs to follow the direction of the White House Presidential Proclamation and Fly Flags at half staff in their ballparks.”
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The proclamation from the White House ordered the flag to be flew by half staff until sunset on Sunday. In addition to the flag, Tyler Bowyer, the top operator of Turning Point USA, reported on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that the kids would be “recognizing” Kirk somehow during the game.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is seen on stage at the Fiserv Forum in preparations for the Republican National Convention on July 14, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“He loved the kids,” the Andrew Kolvet added, Turning Point USA spokesman. “His grandmother was a lifelong kid fan and she got to see Cubs Win the World Series and then died. “
“She lived to see the biggest thing as a sports fan for her, and that meant a lot to him.”
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Cubs broke a 108-year-old drought when they defeated Cleveland in seven games to win the World Series 2016. Kirk shared a photo on X by him and his grandmother celebrating the team’s victory at that time.
Charile Kirk and his wife, Erika Lane Frantzve and their two children before murdering on September 10, 2025. (Erika Kirk via Instagram)
“We are grateful that the kids are world champions after 108 years,” he wrote in a post on Thanksgiving Day.
In March, Kirk shared another photo of his family on a Cubs game.
Cubs flew the flag at half staff, but did not hold a moment of silence, as New York Yankees did for Kirk on Wednesday night.
Police confirmed Friday That a suspect in Kirk’s killing was arrested. He was identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old resident of Utah. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared that a family member in Robinsons contacted a family friend who then reached the Washington County Sheriff’s Office “with information that Robinson had confessed to them or suggested that he had committed the incident.”
