Overview

• Authorities on Friday identified and arrested Tyler Robinson, 22, as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
• In a streamed interview, Rep. Ilhan Omar expressed sympathy for Kirk’s family but criticized his record and said conservatives defending him and blaming the left were “full of s**t.”
• Omar and host Mehdi Hasan rejected portrayals of Kirk as a champion of civil debate, calling that a “rewriting of history,” while Omar cited his past comments on guns, George Floyd and Juneteenth.
• Conservative influencers and some Republican lawmakers called for Omar’s resignation or expulsion, as clips of the interview circulated widely on social media.
• Omar’s office pointed to her posts condemning the killing, while some outlets reported she shared a video labeling Kirk a “stochastic terrorist,” a claim not uniformly corroborated; President Trump ordered flags at half-staff and said he would award Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.