Left wing agitator Taylor Lorenz whines over liberals being kind to Charlie Kirk just to look 'classy'
Journalist Taylor Lorenz has slammed bids to turn Charlie Kirk into a 'martyr' and questioned how long the late conservative activist should be mourned for.
Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University.
His sudden death has left the political world in mourning, with many claiming he was attacked based on his religious and right-wing beliefs.
On Thursday, Lorenz, a former Washington Post and New York Times reporter, told the BBC she isn't sure Kirk would be remembered as a 'martyr'.
'The thing about the internet is that it moves on so quickly, and do I think that people will turn him into a martyr? In some sense, but, you know, look at a lot of other - we have a very violent country, and in fact, a lot of political violence is escalating,' Lorenz said.
'We have sort of a tinder box of a political situation right now in America and we're seeing, you know, just a lot of violent rhetoric and a lot of people enacting violence outside the system. We also have rampant guns all over.'
On X, Lorenz spent the aftermath of Kirk's assassination relentlessly boosting posts critical of the response, and replied to surprise by Erik Baker that 'so many liberals instantly joined the cause' of canonizing him as a martyr.
'That's their whole thing,' Lorenz added on X.
Journalist Taylor Lorenz told BBC Thursday she is not quite sure Charlie Kirk will turn into a 'martyr.' She also said she doesn't know how long he will be mourned for since everything on the internet 'moves on so quickly'
Kirk, 31, is seen passing out MAGA hats to his crowd Wednesday - just before he was fatally shot in the neck by an unknown gunman
Lorenz used her BBC appearance to say she doesn't know 'how quickly people will move on' following his assassination.
'I think his death will remain relevant in the minds of conservatives of course, and I'm sure they will do a ton to memorialize him,' Lorenz stated.
'Again, this is a major American media figure, but the internet moves so quickly and people move on so quickly and I don't know how long that mourning will sort of take place online.'
Prior to her comments about what the future looks like following Kirk's death, Lorenz expressed her concern over the 'harmful speculation and hate driven toward the LGBTQ community' as a result of it.
She specifically turned toward the final conversation Kirk had with someone just before he was shot.
He eerily spoke about gun violence seconds before, as a member of the spirited audience stepped up to the microphone to debate Kirk, who was sitting under a tent, on the matter of mass shootings.
'Do you know many transgender Americans have been shooters over the last 10 years?' the challenging audience member asked.
In response, the political influencer asserted, 'too many,' as the crowd roared.
The same person told Kirk the number is five, following up to ask if Kirk knew 'how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years.'
Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika (pictured) and their two children. He was rushed to a nearby hospital after being hit, where he succumbed to his injuries
'Counting or not counting gang violence?' Kirk asked. These would be his last words.
His answer was cut off when the single gun shot rang and struck him - sending terror through the masses as blood spilled from his neck while he went limp and tipped back in his chair.
On Thursday, Lorenz shared a snip of her interview on Instagram, captioning the post: 'Let's not let this shooting be used to attack trans people.'
Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika and their two children.
Shortly after gunfire broke out, the FBI arrested two suspects who they later released.
On Thursday, the FBI released images of a person of interest connected to his death and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest.
The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long sleeve black shirt.
Federal agents said earlier that they found a high-powered rifle in the woods after Kirk was shot dead at the college campus - but admitted they still have not identified the killer.
Images were released Thursday showing the sniper's nest on top of the Losee Building on the UVU campus, around 200 yards away from where Kirk was speaking to students when he was shot dead.
The shooter is believed to have fired a precise shot into Kirk's neck from the perch before jumping from the roof and escaping into a nearby neighborhood.
Despite the distance of the shot from the rooftop, former FBI counterterrorism agent Tim Clemente told CNN that it could have been pulled off by a gunman with only a moderate skill level.
'It’s not a spectacular shot. I was actually training snipers (Wednesday) morning, up until the time this event happened, and they were taking shots out 500, 600 yards routinely,' Clemente said.
'So 200 yards isn’t a terrible distance. But you need to know how to aim and control your trigger pull.'
