Columbia University encampment organizer Khymani James, already infamous for fantasizing about “murdering Zionists,” openly celebrated the Charlie Kirk assassination and urged more violence.
Shortly after the conservative activist was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University, James posted to X, “More. MORE!!!” and “Down with all the fascists.” In a series of disturbing posts, he added, “NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED,” “Thoughts and prayers for the bullet,” and “I think Nazis should be shot, actually.”
A Columbia spokesman condemned the rhetoric, saying, “Encouraging violence against others is unacceptable and has no place in our civil discourse.”
James rose to prominence as a spokesman for Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), the group behind last year’s anti-Semitic encampment. He was suspended after admitting administrators should be “grateful that I’m not just going out there and murdering Zionists.” CUAD later walked back its initial criticism, declaring “violence is the only path forward,” a position James endorsed.
Kirk, a staunch defender of Israel, had recently reminded students of the stakes in the Middle East: “The war started because 1,300 Jews were killed and 200 were taken hostage. When you declare war on Israel, expect a firestorm in reaction.”
His words now serve as a warning about the poisonous rhetoric spreading on campuses. Kirk’s defense of truth stands in sharp contrast to James’s glorification of violence. As Kirk himself declared: “Jew hate has no place in civil society. It rots the brain, reject it.”
