‘They Are at War With Us!’ Fox News’ Jesse Watters Denounces ‘All These Rats’ After Charlie Kirk Assassination

Fox News’ Jesse Watters remembered Charlie Kirk — who was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday — and denounced violent actors on the Left during a monologue on The Five shortly after it was announced that Kirk had died.

“We’re sick, we’re sad, we’re angry, and we’re resolute, and we’re going to avenge Charlie’s death in the way Charlie would want it to be avenged. He was such a beautiful boy, he was an American boy, and he was incredibly positive, he was full of energy, and life, and he made politics fun,” began Watters. “You see it at his events when things blow up, and the music plays, and we haven’t had that in a very long time in this country. Every time he did a hit on my show, he would text me afterwards, ‘Thank you, Jesse. I really appreciate having you on.’ And my daughter loved him. I mean, she’s 13 years old. This is a man who touched an entire generation of Americans, and electrified them, and made them patriots.”

He continued:

And this is not a controversial person. This is not polarizing guy, a divisive person, a firebrand that he’s being described as in the media. This is like a guy that you have a barbecue with at your summer house. This is the kind of guy if you came back with your daughter, you’d say, ‘Thank God, we got a good one.’ He’s a great athlete, he’s a great person, he’s great Christian. You see his family out there. He had his kids not facing the photos because he wanted to protect them, because he knew how evil people were. So when he goes out to these college campuses, he’s not provoking anybody. He’s like Socrates. He asks questions, and he does it with a smile. And there’s nothing controversial about saying, ‘socialism is worse than capitalism. Men and women are different. Let’s put America first,’ because that’s all he was about, putting America first.

And as Greg [Gutfeld] said, this hits differently, because Charlie was one of us, 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 got trans shooters. We got riots in LA..

They are at war with us! Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us! And what are we gonna do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that’s the question we’re just gonna have to ask ourselves. Now, Charlie would want us to put as much pressure on these people as possible. Dana [Perino] nailed it. This is unacceptable and has to stop, and it has to stop now. And everybody’s accountable. And we’re watching what they’re saying on television and who’s saying what — the politicians, and the media, and all these rats out there. This can never happen again. It ends now, Greg’s right again. This is a turning point, and we know which direction we’re going.

Kirk was 31 years old. He is survived by his wife and two young children. President Donald Trump mourned Kirk’s passing in a post on Truth Social that read:

The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!

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