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Liv golf star Phil Mickelson was among the best sports figures to talk about the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, 31, was shot dead at an event during an event at the University of Utah Valley in Orem, Utah. The shooting sparked a 33 -hour man hunt and led to the arrest of Tyler Robinson as part of Friday’s incident. Mickelson seemed to closely monitor the rhetoric that was used in the days that followed the murder of Kirk.
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Phil Mickelson of Hyflyers GC walks on the first green in the semi-finals of the golf golf team championship Liv at Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort on August 23, 2025. (Images Aaron Doster / Imagn)
“Charlie Kirk’s assassination brings out some of the best in humanity and this also exhibited some of the worst,” he wrote on X in response to a declaration by the president of the Oxford Union. “Unification, love, support and upset in its name around the world are comforting.
“The number of people supporting the appalling behavior of Tyler Robinson opened my eyes on one side of extremism with a complex of moral superiority which also shaken my belief in people in general. I hope they are held responsible for their disgusting rhetoric.”
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Mickelson also shared an article featuring one of Kirk’s debates. The conversation with another student presented Kirk closing a man of university age and his “hatred” for billionaires like President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
“His ability to use words and intellect to gain debates is what has frightened them,” wrote Mickelson.
A general view of a message to the memory of Charlie Kirk is displayed on the video table before the game between the Cowboys of Dallas and the Giants of New York at the Stade AT&T on September 14, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III / Imagn images)
On Sunday, the NFL world honored Kirk with moments of silence before the teams play their matches. There was only one handful of teams so as not to have a moment to pay tribute to Kirk.
