{"id":1752,"date":"2025-09-12T22:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:50:47","slug":"oxford-debating-club-president-elect-celebrated-charlie-kirks-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/oxford-debating-club-president-elect-celebrated-charlie-kirks-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford debating club president-elect celebrated Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his apology, George Abaraonye has blamed the conservative influencer\u2019s own statements and media for amplifying his \u201cimpulsive\u201d reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The president-elect of the prestigious Oxford Union debating society, George Abaraonye, who had sparred with Charlie Kirk earlier this year, mocked the murder of his conservative opponent in a series of social media posts he has since retracted.<\/p>\n

Kirk, 31, was fatally shot on Wednesday during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in what authorities have called a targeted political assassination. Shortly after the news broke, Abaraonye, who is due to assume the Union presidency in January 2026, posted celebratory messages on WhatsApp and Instagram.<\/p>\n

“CHARLIE KIRK GOT SHOT LET’S F****** GO,”<\/em> the Afro-British debater wrote in a WhatsApp group chat, according to screenshots circulated among Oxford students and UK media. He also added, “SCOREBOARD FN,”<\/em> a reference to video game kill statistics. On Instagram, he posted: “Charlie Kirk got shot loool.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Abaraonye, who had debated<\/a> Kirk on “toxic masculinity”<\/em> in May, acknowledged the remarks, calling them “impulsive”<\/em> and made “prior to Charlie being pronounced dead.”<\/em><\/p>\n

He insisted “nobody deserves to be the victim of political violence,”<\/em> but argued that Kirk’s “horrific and dehumanizing statements”<\/em> on gun rights, Gaza, and LGBTQ issues had shaped his “raw, unprocessed response.”<\/em> He also complained that the media had “ignored”<\/em> his retraction while amplifying the deleted comments.<\/p>\n

The Oxford Union leadership quickly moved to distance itself. Current president Moosa Harraj condemned Abaraonye’s remarks as “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable,”<\/em> stressing they do not represent the debating society’s values.<\/p>\n

Former club president James Price resigned from its charitable trust in protest, saying the president-elect had “doubled down”<\/em> instead of apologizing.<\/p>\n

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Oxford University, formally independent from the debating society, said it “deplores comments appearing to endorse violence.”<\/em> Baroness Valerie Amos, master of University College, where Abaraonye studies, called<\/a> the remarks “abhorrent”<\/em> but confirmed no disciplinary action would be taken, saying they did not breach free speech rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his apology, George Abaraonye has blamed the conservative influencer\u2019s own statements and media for amplifying his \u201cimpulsive\u201d reaction The president-elect of the prestigious Oxford Union debating society, George Abaraonye, who had sparred with Charlie Kirk earlier this year, mocked the murder of his conservative opponent in a series of…<\/p>\n

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