Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated while speaking to students at Utah Valley University. Open forums and dialoguing with students on tough moral and social issues was his trademark. But an assassin’s bullet silenced him. Many grieved over his death, yet many publicly rejoiced at his murder. Among the vulgar posts on social media a young woman on tik-tok danced to the news; a college-age kid with megaphone leading a chant “We got Charlie in the neck, neck, neck.” Trans activist attorney and author Sheryl Weikal posted “I wish the bullet that hit Charlie Kirk a very pleasant day.” Some would argue these are outliers, but public celebration of the murder of a political opponent is a sign that something is deeply wrong. When murder of political opponents replaces civil dialogue, our republic cannot long endure.