Rising Country Singer, Elizabeth Nichols, Pens Powerful Response To Those Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Yesterday, September 10th, Conservative activist and media personality Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while hosting an event at Utah Valley University courtyard as part of The American Comeback Tour, which was hosted by the TPUSA chapter at Utah Valley. During the event, Kirk was sitting under a tent with a massive crowd gathered around him as he spoke to the students. During the event, video footage shows that a singular shot was fired at Kirk, reportedly while speaking on transgender violence.

Kirk, whose full name was Charles James Kirk, was an American conservative political activist, author, and media personality. He was famously known for being a founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college, and university campuses. And he was also a devout Christian, often speaking about his faith and belief in Biblical values.

The popular political pundit often traveled around to various college campuses, speaking to students on political topics. Given his outward right-wing views, his events often attracted many left-wing attendees anxious to debate or argue, and he was often the subject of protests and criticism from the left. He encouraged thoughtful debate over violence and arguments, believing that violence comes when people stop talking to each other about their differences.

Immediately after the shooting, many government officials, including President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Utah Senator Mike Lee and even California Governor Gavin Newsom took to social media, urging prayers for Kirk. But unfortunately, his injuries ultimately proved to be fatal as President Trump announced that he had passed via Truth Social.

Following his death, the country music world was undoubtedly shaken. From Parker McCollum, Jason Aldean and Randy Houser penning lengthy tributes to the conservative activist to other artists such as Kane Brown, Tanner Usrey, J.R. Carroll, Colby Acuff and more calling for peace and subsequently calling out the vile celebration of his death, there has been an outcry of support for the late Kirk.

As many took to social media to pen their reflections via text, rising country artist, Elizabeth Nichols decided to pick up her guitar and write a moving tribute about his tragic murder.

In case you’re unfamiliar with Nichols, she is quite easily one of the most successful newcomers in the genre on TikTok. Getting her start on the platform, the 22-year-old Kentucky native scored a viral hit with her debut single, “I Got A New One,” which was propelled to further success after Kelly Clarkson performed the track on her daytime television show. She’d also score massive success both on TikTok and abroad with singles such as “Mama” and her most recent release, “Daughter.”

Following yesterday’s news cycle, Nichols penned a short yet undeniably powerful reflection on the reaction to Kirk’s death, taking aim at those celebrating the heinous act and simultaneously calling out the hypocrisy of those who call for empathy and peace while celebrating the loss of someone’s husband and father.

In the Instagram post, she sings:

“If you’re anti-gun and you’re anti-war
And your enemy is shot and you pop a cork
You’re not anti-gun, you’re not anti-war
If you’re pro free-speech, let people talk
But you clap your hand when the speech is stopped
You’re not pro free-speech, you just like to talk

If a family mourns and you celebrate
If your empathy can’t reach all graves
Then you’ve become
What you say you hate”

As Nichols and many others have said, it’s simply disgusting to celebrate the death of someone who was gunned down in cold blood. It doesn’t matter if you agreed or disagreed with Kirk’s worldview, he did not deserve to die for his opinions on faith, family, politics and culture. The country was founded on the right of free speech. If we don’t have that, we don’t have the country we know today. As many mourn and reflect on the senseless killing, take a minute to listen to Nichols.

Listen here:

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