LANSING, Mich. – State Rep. Jaime Greene (R-Richmond) today issued a forceful statement condemning the brutal assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. Greene shared an original poem, written in her grief, that underscores the horror of this political act of violence:

“I’m not OK.
I’m not OK with the gleeful cheers echoing over a sniper’s bullet that stole a husband, a father of two young children, from his family… in broad daylight, before a crowd of wide-eyed students chasing truth.

I’m not OK that a devoted wife now whispers goodnights alone, her babies’ laughter forever shadowed by absence, their future fractured by hate’s cruel aim.

I’m not OK with the rot of indifference, the poison of division that binds these tragedies in blood.
I’m not OK with political violence. I’m not OK with political terrorism.

And neither should you be, for it has no place in this country, where humanity must rise above the blade and the barrel, or we all fall together.”

Greene said the murder of Kirk is not just an attack on one man — it is an attack on free speech, on faith, and on the very right of Americans to stand up for their values without fear of being silenced by violence.

“Charlie Kirk was targeted because he spoke truth. Because he stood for freedom. Because he inspired a new generation to think for themselves,” Greene said. “That is why the enemies of liberty wanted him dead. But make no mistake: we will not be intimidated, and we will not surrender America to political terrorists.”

Greene called on every American to stand united against the normalization of violence in politics.

“Today it is Charlie Kirk. Tomorrow it could be any one of us who dares to speak boldly,” Greene said. “This assassination must be a line in the sand. Enough is enough. America must rise above hate before it consumes us all.”

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