Posted on 09/12/2025 8:05:00 PM PDT by conservative98
Daily Wire hosts Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh stood firm in their defense of free speech and conservative values after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, even as some unhinged leftists called for more political commentators to be targeted.
Shapiro and Walsh dedicated their shows on Thursday to honoring the legacy of Kirk, who was killed while speaking to students at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. During their shows, both Shapiro and Walsh also told their followers that despite concerns of more violence against conservatives, they would never back down and continue to stand “up for what America is and what she should be.”
“I saw a lot of rumors online today that I’m going to cancel some sort of college tour. That’s bullshit. I saw those rumors. They are false. I will be coming to college campuses, many of them this year,” Shapiro said. “So will we all, I am sure, because we are Americans. And we’re not going to be deterred.”
“Charlie’s voice is not silent. We’re going to pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it,” Shapiro added. “And to those who would intimidate, who would seek to stop us, who would seek to end free discussion, who believe that they have ownership over public spaces and can violently threaten and kill people who speak freely, we are not going to stop. And I have two words: #### you.”
“We will not stop telling the truth. We will never stop telling the truth,” the Daily Wire editor emeritus continued. “We will never stop debating and discussing. We will never stop standing up for what America is and for what she should be. And we will never let Charlie Kirk’s voice die.”
Walsh also remained undeterred from speaking the truth after Kirk’s assassination, adding that the “evil gloating” of Kirk’s enemies following his killing “are accolades in their own right.”
“May we all be so successful and productive that our enemies celebrate when we die,” he said. “May we all be so devastating to the leftist project that they long for our demise. May we all fight so hard and so effectively that they have no choice but to try to kill us. May our lives be a problem for these people, and our deaths a relief.”
“Let them dance on my grave as they did on Charlie’s, then I will know that I did my duty,” Walsh continued, saying that even through Kirk’s smile and respectful debate, he was a “devastating fighter.”
“And his opponents are overjoyed because they think that they’ve gotten rid of him, but they’re wrong. They have gravely misjudged the situation. The only thing more powerful than a living fighter is a martyred one,” he said.
“I want to be very clear that we will not back down after this. We will not shrink away or go into hiding. We will not fall silent. We will not walk in fear. We will stand taller and prouder than we ever have, and be louder and bolder than we’ve ever been, and fight harder than we’ve ever fought.”
“trying to cash in”
Exactly! Well said.
I didn’t hear about Savage’s opinion; glad he recognized something funky going on, too.
Ben is one good choice he ain’t lisung a lot of arguments. Bless him and protect him. God please destroy the demonic forces all around us. Amen.
Ben is no Charlie - and never will be.
the bastion of integrity?
of high morals and convictions?
the one that tried to derail Trump's run, by creating drama and blowing up a smear against Trump, with what looks like a deliberate incident between michelle fields and the Trump campaign, as the Trump people tried to move through a crowd?
nah..... shapiro doesn't have the morals or ethics to qualify to have been a clump of .... stuff, on the bottom of Kirk's shoes, much less fill them...
I agree. Ben, with his annoying, whiny voice and superiority complex, is no replacement for the great Charlie Kirk. I cannot stand him and I suspect I’m not alone as far as that sentiment goes.
There is something worse than seeing TPUSA shut down. That would be seeing it infiltrated by players and turned into another worthless organization. Or even a leftist one.
A hard core Zionist Israel flag waver who opposed Charlie… nice hijack attempt.
Same for Laura Loomer.
That’s what happened with TEA. The grifters moved in, started trademarking names, creating events, hoovering up corporate money, then there was a TEA caucus in Congress etc.
I hope that some of Charlie Kirk’s young protégé’s pick up where he left off with the “ask me anything “part of his campaign. No one with a whiny voice should even try. It is a big turn off.
So you are going to cuss me out and degrade me because you think this guy should take over for a devout Christian?????????
https://x.com/KAGdrogo/status/1966604767100031233
The last interview he did with Shapiro before he was murdered shows why Ben cannot be the one to pick up Charlie’s blood stained mic.
He’s a smart guy, but he’s not the one to take the torch. Charlie was a Christian first with a gentle spirit. The Lord will raise someone now that Charlie is in heaven.
Or maybe why the mic is blood-stained.
OH.. does this mean Ben has now accepted Jesus???
I don’t think he quite gets it.
“No one with a whiny voice should even try.”
True. He would fail spectacularly with young people.
It’ll be tough, maybe impossible, finding someone with CK’s mix of brains, spirituality, conservatism, demeanor, and charisma to take up the mantle.
:)
I predict that there will not be a replacement for him. Like Rush, Charlie was one of a kind.
Please do, Ben, and please speak more slowly. Luvya (like a brother).
No.
No little ben. Ben is not the guy
Shapiro needs a voice transplant.
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