Fascist pro-Trump political operative Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot to death Wednesday afternoon on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, as he was addressing a crowd at an open-air event.
Kirk was the founder and leader of Turning Point USA, a fascist youth group that has been active on college campuses promoting white supremacy and hatred of immigrants and leftists. After playing a major role in Trump’s 2024 election campaign, including a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, Kirk became a powerful advisor to the new administration, vetting cabinet nominees for their acceptability to Trump’s fascist “base.”
This should be worded differently. Shot to death sounds like he was riddled with bullets. It fits, it just makes the imagination run wild instead of something like “shot and killed” or “killed by sniper fire” or even “bled to death from single gunshot wound” to really sum it up. He was all about truth after all, and how you frame things.
It’s a term of art (or something like that) in journalism.
It’s just another one of the quirky phrases used bt journalists.