{"id":6030,"date":"2026-09-11T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2026-09-11T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:41:13","slug":"gov-spencer-cox-declares-charlie-kirk-day-in-utah-on-anniversary-of-his-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/?p=6030","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Spencer Cox Declares Charlie Kirk Day in Utah on Anniversary of His Assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared September 10, 2026, \u201cCharlie Kirk Day,\u201d marking one year since the Turning Point USA co-founder was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem. Cox used the anniversary to urge Utah residents to remember the tragedy while rejecting political violence and preserving peaceful debate. Contemporary reporting confirms the proclamation and the governor\u2019s emphasis on choosing political engagement without violence.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Valley University also closed for the day, giving students and employees time for reflection. Turning Point USA held a large memorial titled \u201cFreedom Built to Last: Honoring Charlie Kirk\u201d at UVU\u2019s UCCU Center. The venue scheduled the event for September 10 with doors opening at 4 p.m. and the program beginning at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ellipsis\" id=\"ellipsis-1934146272\">...<\/span><span class=\"rmwp-button-wrap\" id=\"rmwp-button-wrap-1934146272\" style=\"display: none;\"><button name=\"read more\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"rmwpButtonAction( '1934146272', 'READ MORE', 'READ LESS' )\">READ MORE<\/button><\/span><div class=\"rmwp-toggle \" id=\"rmwp-toggle-1934146272\" style=\"display: none\">            Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025, during a campus appearance centered on political discussion and debate. His death sent shock waves through conservative politics and prompted widespread discussion about political violence, campus security and free expression. A year later, Turning Point USA has continued expanding its presence on high-school and college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary also highlighted continuing divisions over Kirk\u2019s legacy. While supporters gathered for the memorial, student protesters held a separate demonstration nearby, criticizing the university\u2019s decision to host the Turning Point event. UVU officials have said they want the campus to remain a place where competing political viewpoints can be expressed peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>Cox\u2019s proclamation ultimately framed the anniversary around a broader message: Americans can disagree strongly about politics without allowing those disagreements to turn into violence.                        <\/div><div class='rmwp-toggle-end'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared September 10, 2026, \u201cCharlie Kirk Day,\u201d marking one year since the Turning Point USA co-founder was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem. Cox used the anniversary to urge Utah residents to remember the tragedy while rejecting political violence and preserving peaceful debate. Contemporary reporting confirms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6032,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions\/6032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}