Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reacted to reports that Charlie Kirk had been shot, with many sending prayers to the Kirk family.
"Pls join me in praying for Charlie Kirk," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a post on X.
"Our prayers are with Charlie Kirk," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said, also on X.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote in her own post that, "Charlie Kirk has been shot! Pray for him!"
Several other senators, who were in and around the U.S. Capitol during the shooting, reacted to the news.
"Charlie is a very, actually, a very good friend of mine. It's, it scares you to death for he and his family," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told reporters,
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters that news of the shooting was, "shocking and tragic."
"We’re all praying Charlie is going to be okay," Cornyn added.
Among notable Democrats, California Gov. Gin Newsom also weighed in on X, writing, "The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form."
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., also posted about the shooting, writing on X that the news is "horrific."
"Let’s hope he is well and keep him and his families in your prayers," Gallego added.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., wrote in his own post on X that, "The news that Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking in Utah is shocking and horrible. It’s an example of political violence that has no place in our country."
Kelly added that he and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was the victim of a shooting in 2010, are "thinking of him and his family."
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was giving a speech on the Senate floor this afternoon and addressed reports of the shooting, saying that, "we are all horrified watching images and following the news out of Utah, and we are sending all of our thoughts to Mr. Kirk, to his family, to survivors there."