Governor of Utah says he hoped Charlie Kirk’s killer was foreign, but admits “it was one of us”

The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said, "For the last 33 hours, I had been praying that this person (who murdered Charlie Kirk) was from another country. That he was not one of us because we are not like that. But it was one of us." pic.twitter.com/WhJqIHnz7v

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 12, 2025

The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said, “For the last 33 hours, I had been praying that this person (who murdered Charlie Kirk) was from another country. That he was not one of us because we are not like that. But it was one of us.”