Liberal NCS analyst Van Jones revealed Saturday that he acquired a message from conservative activist Charlie Kirk that “shocked” him one day before the influencer was assassinated at a faculty tour occasion in Utah.
“Hey Van, I mean it, I’d love to have you on my show to have a respectful conversation about crime and race,” Kirk wrote in his message, which Jones shared on his Instagram.
Jones, who stated he and Kirk have been “beefing hard” within the final week of the Turning Point USA founder’s life, was clearly moved by the message.
Charlie Kirk sent Van Jonesa text saying, “I’d love to have you on my show to have a respectful conversation about crime and race.” AP
“I would be a gentleman as I know you would be as well,” the slain 31-year-old conservative activist had added. “We can disagree about the issues agreeably.”
“Charlie Kirk and I were not friends. At all,” the NCS analyst stated, noting that the message “shocked me.”
Jones stated he wasn’t certain about sharing the message after Kirk’s dying, however now thinks “it’s important” to place out.
“In the past week and a half, just watching people talk about civil wars and censorship and all this stuff coming out of his death, I just thought it was important to let people know – Don’t put that on Charlie Kirk,” Jones continued.
“The last day of his life, he was reaching out to have not more censorship, [but] more conversation, more dialogue, with somebody who, honestly, was one of his adversaries – me.”
Jones stated he hoped sharing Kirk’s message with the world “might help somebody, on both sides, deal with issues more like he did.”
Jones stated he hoped sharing Kirk’s message “might help somebody, on both sides, deal with issues more like he did.” Disney General Entertainment Content through Getty Images
In the wake of Kirk’s Sept. 10 assassination, social media has been flooded with vile feedback celebrating or mocking the influential conservative’s violent homicide.
Kirk’s funeral can be held Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.
President Trump is amongst a number of luminaries slated to ship remarks on the funeral.