Charlie Kirk assassination sparks major response from Generation Z in Arizona
The assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is having a heightened impact on the young people of Arizona, where his organization is headquartered.
The location of TPUSA’s headquarters, as well as its political arm, Turning Point Action, has resulted in the group playing an outsized role in the Grand Canyon State, which was considered hotly competitive in 2024.
A Fox News voter analysis found that 48% of people aged 18-29 voted for President Donald Trump in Arizona, with former Vice President Kamala Harris only narrowly winning the demographic with 51%. Overall, Trump won the state with over 52% of the vote.
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The state also has multiple large universities, including Arizona State University, the University of Arizona in Tucson, Northern Arizona University, and Grand Canyon University, a private Christian institution in west Phoenix.
Arizona State University’s College Republicans and TPUSA are hosting a large vigil for Kirk on Monday night. A source familiar with the event told Fox News Digital that it already has thousands of people registered to attend.
Jordan Oveson and Chandler Buchanan, both 23 years old, told Fox News Digital outside the Hansen Mortuary Chapel in Phoenix, where Kirk’s body is being held, on Saturday that Kirk had a major impact on Generation Z.
“He really meant a lot to me, helping younger people find their voices and talking about faith and politics. And I feel like a lot of young people have a hard time figuring out what they believe in, and I feel like Charlie Kirk really helped a lot of people, and especially younger people, realize and find what they believe in and find their voices for that,” Buchanan said.
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“I didn’t know too much about him until he came to Grand Canyon University last year and spoke to all of us, and I heard things that he was saying like that he brings all of this through God and through his faith. And I do come from a Christian college, so I already believed in that, but it made me look deeper into what we are as people and our freedom, and he shed a good light on that,” Oveson said.
Buchanan said the tragedy could “bring a lot of people closer to God, and it’s gonna help a lot of people find what they truly believe in.”
TPUSA has seen 37,000 new chapter requests since the Wednesday shooting, and the group already has roughly 900 college and 1,200 high school chapters. There’s also an increase in job and volunteer applications.
“I have personally received hundreds of offers to work for us, or to work for free, or to just help however,” TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet told Fox News Digital.
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Kirk’s celebration of life is scheduled for Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and Trump said he is planning to attend. Hotels immediately around the stadium have already sold out for the weekend of the event.
His wife, Erika Kirk, in her first public remarks since her husband’s assassination, called on people to get involved in the Christian faith by joining a “Bible-believing church” and to get involved in Turning Point USA as a way to honor the slain activist’s legacy.
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“To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die,” she said. “It won’t. I refuse to let that happen. No one will ever forget my husband’s name. And I will make sure of it. It will become stronger. Bolder. Louder and greater than ever. My husband’s mission will not end. Not even for a moment.”
FBI investigates possible accomplices in Charlie Kirk shooting, cites ideological motive
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Monday that investigators are probing whether Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin acted alone or as part of a broader plot, while also revealing troubling signs that the suspect had been “taken over” by ideology leading up to the shooting.
Bongino told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” that although one suspect is in custody, the bureau is “looking into” possible accomplices.
“If this was a larger effort, if there was any aiding and abetting, whether it be financial or someone who knew the specifics of it and failed to report that, we’re looking into that,” he told Bill Hemmer Monday. “There’s not going to be a stone left unturned.”
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Investigators are scrutinizing video showing the gunman leaping from a rooftop after the fatal shot. Bongino said the video was critical in helping the agency crack the case.
“When you’re watching the video, it appears that the gun is either in the backpack or on him,” he said. “This is where we got a significant portion of the forensic evidence, which was the key piece of information that cracked this thing open.”
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The deputy director confirmed reports that the suspect had voiced violent intentions before the attack.
“You see this a lot in targeted violence cases, assassinations, school shootings, where the individual expresses in advance his desire to do these specific things. That appears to be the case here as well,” he said.
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Family and coworkers, Bongino revealed, told investigators the suspect had grown more political and withdrawn in the time leading up to the Sept. 10 assassination of 31-year-old Kirk.
“It appears from the data we’ve accumulated that this ideology had infected him and had taken over,” Bongino said. “He was intent on making Charlie his target and people may have known in advance.”
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While stressing that the case is still developing, Bongino said the motive is clear: “It’s fairly obvious this was an ideologically motivated attack.”
“Charlie Kirk is a conservative commentator who sadly and tragically gave his life underneath a sign asking people to challenge his ideas, the very essence of our constitutional republic,” he said.
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Bongino, who described Kirk as a close personal friend, added that the FBI’s rapid response should reassure the public.
“We got our guy in 33 hours. Next time, when there’s a crisis, we’ll look at what we can do well and what we can do better,” he said. “We can do better than that.”
Trump orders military to blow up Venezuelan narcoterrorists in bold sea operation
President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military had carried out a second strike on Venezuelan cartels as the administration continues its crackdown.
Trump shared a video of what he called a Kinetics Strike which resulted in the death of three male terrorists.
Posting on Truth Social Trump said:
“This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.”
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Outlining how the cartels pose a threat to the nation’s security, Trump confirmed several terrorists had been killed in the strike.
“These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests. The Strike resulted in 3 male terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this Strike. BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU! The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens. NO LONGER. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!”
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The first strike against a suspected Tren de Aragua drug boat happened Sept. 2. and left 11 suspected narcoterrorists dead after being hit in the southern Caribbean.
At the time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated on a visit to Ecuador that the U.S. and its allies were working on a tougher approach to cartels.
He said that “cooperative governments” would help the U.S. identify drug traffickers and “blow them up, if that’s what it takes.”
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During an interview with Fox News on Monday, Rubio also stated the president had been clear about putting an end to drug trafficking.
“Interdiction alone is not going to stop these drug traffickers,” he told Gillian Turner during an exclusive interview in Jerusalem.
“They don’t mind losing 2% or 3% of their shipments. They’ve already sort of baked that into their economic plan. What needs to start happening is some of these boats need to get blown up. Some of these boats need to be not just intercepted but stopped,” Rubio said.
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Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office after the second strike, the president set out evidence that showed the boat was carrying narcoterrorists making their way to the U.S.
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“All you have to do is look at the cargo,” he said. “It was spattered all over the ocean. Big bags of cocaine and fentanyl all over the place,” he said.
“We know what time they were leaving, when they were leaving, what they had, and all the other things that you’d like to have,” Trump added.
Maher says he ‘cant stop thinking’ about Kirk’s death, recalls their friendly interview
Liberal host Bill Maher mourned the killing of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, contrasting conservatives who embrace dialogue with far-left activists who, he argued, seek to silence it.
“Look, I might drink a little more than usual today,” Maher told guest Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. “Because I don’t know when this is airing, but this is a s— day. A guy who sat there – Charlie Kirk – got shot today, and I can’t stop thinking about it.”
Kirk’s assassination during a campus event stunned the nation and reignited a national conversation about the value of political dialogue – even across deeply divided ideological lines.
“Neither can I,” Corgan replied.
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“And we shouldn’t,” Maher continued, before addressing liberals who openly celebrated Kirk’s death. “And if you’re on the other side of the political divide, and you don’t care because the wrong team guy got shot – f— you. You’re what’s wrong with this country.”
Maher reiterated that he still identifies as an “old-school liberal” but remains sharply critical of what he sees as the far left’s dominance over modern progressive politics.
“As I always say to my woke friends, we voted for the same person – you’re just why she lost,” Maher said.
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He went on to highlight the divide between conservatives and the far left on the issue of political dialogue:
“They’re the people who don’t want to talk,” Maher said. “Charlie Kirk was always willing to engage – I talked to him here. Say what you want about right-wingers, but they’ll talk to you. The left has more of a, ‘I won’t talk to you. You’re deplorable. I can’t break bread with you.’ Right-wingers don’t have that attitude.”
Maher emphasized that disagreement does not negate humanity. “Now again, I didn’t vote for them. Charlie Kirk and I certainly don’t agree on much politically. But he sat here. He’s a human being. He’s not a monster.”
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“And a husband, and a father,” Corgan added.
“Yes. And I liked him – I like them all. They’re all nice people when you meet them in person. Nobody’s as crazy as they’re made out to be,” Maher said, stressing that both sides must take responsibility for their own extremists if political violence is to be stopped.
“Violence has to be off the table,” Corgan agreed, warning that peace should never be taken for granted and pointing to countries still plagued by sectarian political violence.
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NY newspaper admits ‘error’ after publishing bloody cartoon of slain conservative
Newsday, a daily newspaper serving Long Island, New York, apologized for an “insensitive and offensive” editorial cartoon referencing the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk after sparking calls for a boycott.
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, one of the most influential political organizations in the country, was killed while holding an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The editorial cartoon, which appeared in Saturday’s paper, featured an empty chair with a blood splatter under a tent labeled “Charlie Kirk” and “Prove Me Wrong” while an arrow labeled “Turning Point USA” pointed to the empty seat.
The cartoon by illustrator Chip Bok was the latest example of insensitive reactions to the heartbreaking assassination of Kirk as America has seen professionals across all walks of life come under fire for tactless rhetoric on the heels of the shooting. Once Newsday was scolded by Long Island conservatives, the paper admitted the “error in judgement.”
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“On Saturday, Newsday published a syndicated editorial cartoon referring to the assassination of Charlie Kirk that was insensitive and offensive. We deeply regret the mistake and sincerely apologize to the family of Charlie Kirk and to all,” Newsday said in a statement.
“We made an error in judgement. The cartoon has been removed from our digital platforms. In his illustration, Chip Bok used the name of Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, and the theme of his Utah event — ‘Prove Me Wrong’ — to suggest that Kirk’s assassination might be a turning point for healing our nation’s divide,” the statement continued. “The imagery was inappropriate and should have never been published in Newsday.”
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The apology came following widespread backlash on social media.
Suffolk County Republican Party chairman Jesse Garcia blasted the paper, saying it “crossed a line” and demanded the “vile cartoon” be removed.
“By publishing a vile cartoon about the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, the paper has mocked tragedy, stoked division, and poured gasoline on the flames of political violence. This isn’t journalism. It’s a reckless, partisan attack that blames the victim, silences free speech, and shames everything this country should stand for,” Garcia said in a statement.
“There is no way – or context – that this disgraceful political cartoon can be excused away,” Garcia added, before calling for the cartoon to be removed from all platforms.
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“Do not support a publication that normalizes hate and endangers lives. It’s this type of hate – by media outlets like Newsday and others, social media platforms, and national, state, and local Democrat officials that instill political violence against those they disagree with,” Garcia said.
Trump campaign New Jersey delegate Mike Crispi urged New Yorkers to “drop your subscription,” while Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., called the cartoon “heinous.”
Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman called the cartoon “unconscionable” and urged residents to cancel their subscriptions.
“The unconscionable cartoon in Newsday trivializing the assassination of Charlie Kirk is so over the top despicable that it is shocking even for the majority of us who realized long ago that Newsday abandoned any pretension of fairness. Cancel Newsday,” Blakeman posted on X.
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Newsday has not indicated whether it will take further internal action regarding editorial oversight.
Former senator reveals Biden’s explosive threat: ‘I will never speak to you again’
Former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., wanted Republicans to win the Senate last year in order to prevent Democrats’ pursuit of “raw political power.”
In his new book, “Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense,” set to be released on Tuesday and obtained by Fox News Digital, the former West Virginia Democrat-turned-Independent ripped into his ex-political party, tore into former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden and blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., while lauding the relationship that he had with President Donald Trump.
Manchin made waves when he and former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who also left the Democratic Party to become an Independent, bucked Schumer and voted against the move to nuke the Senate filibuster in 2022.
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He recalled that vote in his book and the pressure he felt from Schumer and Senate Democrats to fall in line on that and other key votes during Biden’s presidency.
Manchin accused Schumer of wanting a vote he “could broadcast to the radical left to prove his loyalty” and said the then-Senate majority leader didn’t actually believe that getting rid of the filibuster was the right thing to do, but rather to fulfill his “only priority” of maintaining control of the Senate.
“Because of what I knew — and what I had seen firsthand — I wanted Republicans to win the Senate majority in 2024,” Manchin wrote. “I believed it was the only hope for preserving the Senate as an institution. I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.”
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“Schumer and the Democrats had already shown their hand — eliminating the filibuster would have been their first order of business,” he continued. “They had no interest in protecting the Senate’s role as the deliberative body. They only cared about raw political power.”
The quest to end the filibuster is also why Manchin wouldn’t endorse former Vice President Kamala Harris in her run against Trump.
“She knew this was the Holy Grail and the only hope we have to preserve any bipartisanship and maintain our democracy,” Manchin said.
He also outlined an early fight he had with Biden where, when Democrats were trying to ram through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in the early months of his presidency in an evenly-divided Senate, Manchin rejected it.
Biden ripped into Manchin for standing in the way of an early victory.
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“As the drama began, I got a call from the president, and was he hot,” Manchin wrote. “‘If you kill this f— bill, I will never speak to you again,’ he promised. Anyone who knows Joe Biden — and I have known him for a very long time —knows he’s got a very bad temper. He calls it his ‘Irish.’ I call it unfortunate. But if he was going there, so was I.”
“‘Your actions are reckless,’ I spat back. ‘You’re sending a f— check to everyone. And if you missed anyone, it was only by mistake.’”
The legislation ultimately passed after a compromise was reached, but Manchin noted that he later regretted “capitulating on the American Rescue Plan.”
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He also described having a far better relationship with Trump, who he considered a fellow “outsider,” than Obama, and noted that Obama reached out to him twice during his entire presidency: once after he won re-election to the Senate in 2012 and again in 2015 to persuade him from voting against his nuclear deal with Iran.
“From the start, President Trump had an open line of communication with me. I spoke to him more in the first two years of his presidency than I did to President Obama during all eight years of his time in office,” Manchin said.
Sydney Sweeney stuns in swimwear for birthday getaway before Emmy Awards
Sydney Sweeney is in a season of celebrating.
The “White Lotus” star enjoyed a sun-soaked vacation with friends in honor of her 28th birthday Friday.
Sweeney shared a carousel of clips on Instagram from a “little trip to mars” before switching gears for the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday.
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The “Euphoria” actress rocked a sleek black one-piece bathing suit with a plunging neckline to perfect her poses in the middle of a lake.
She fearlessly cliff-jumped with pals before strapping on a board and surfing the wakes behind a speedboat.
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Sweeney slipped into a golden bikini top with metallic bottoms while posing near the red rock canyons, wearing a sheer cream-colored shirt and cowboy hat.
She traded her sparkling swimsuit for a white one-piece to trek through the caves and write her name in mud on one of the walls.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” actress was worlds away from the great outdoors while appearing on the red carpet for the Emmy Awards.
Dressed in a strapless crimson-colored Oscar De La Renta gown, Sweeney accessorized with a stunning 120-carat diamond necklace which featured a 40-carat marquise drop.
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Sweeney’s Emmy appearance came on the heels of her controversial collaboration with American Eagle for their fall clothing campaign, titled “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.”
In one version of the ad, Sweeney stated: “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My jeans are blue.”
While some dubbed the campaign as “tone-deaf” due to the alleged racial undertones, others have praised the actress for killing “woke” advertising.
American Eagle later defended Sweeney amid the backlash, but removed the controversial video from the brand’s social media accounts.
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“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans,” the statement said. “Her Jeans. Her Story. We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way.”
Liberal outlet admits Melania Trump article ‘did not meet our standards’
The Daily Beast issued a public apology to first lady Melania Trump and retracted an article that alleged she was introduced to her husband, President Donald Trump, via a modeling agent connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The outlet acknowledged the story, which relied on allegations by journalist Michael Wolff, did not meet editorial standards. It was initially pulled in July after the left-leaning site received a legal threat from the first lady’s attorney challenging “the headline and framing.” The Daily Beast formally apologized on Monday in a statement that Melania Trump shared on X.
“The Daily Beast recently published a story headlined ‘Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author’ based on an interview with Michael Wolff. Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms,” The Daily Beast said in a statement.
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“In response to a letter from the first lady’s attorneys, The Daily Beast has also removed a portion of an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast titled ‘Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ referencing the first lady,” the statement continued. “The first lady points to her bestselling book Melania as the definitive account of her life story. We apologize to the first lady and our readers.”
Wolff initially made the allegations in an interview with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast. They were discussing Trump’s alleged connections with Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in 2019.
“[Melania] was very involved in this Epstein relationship. There is this model thing, and she’s introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She’s introduced to Trump that way, Epstein knows her well,” Wolff alleged.
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Wolff did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In July, he told Fox News Digital that he had nothing to do with the article.
Wolff’s reporting style and credibility in the journalism industry has long faced scrutiny. In 2018, the journalist told Bill Maher he had evidence that Trump was having an affair and claimed that a clue to his mistress’ identity could be found at the end of his White House tell-all “Fire and Fury.”
Readers identified passages that seemed to implicate then-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. Haley called the insinuation “disgusting” and “highly offensive.”
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In a subsequent interview on “Morning Joe,” Wolff denied that he ever insinuated Haley was having an affair with Trump, but then said he “found it puzzling that she would deny something she was not accused of,” prompting co-host Mika Brzezinski to accuse him of “having fun… slurring a woman” and end the interview abruptly.
Multiple figures in Trump’s orbit also denied having made quotes attributed to them in “Fire and Fury.”
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‘Sick of this s—‘: Kelce’s sideline outburst precedes costly drop in Chiefs’ defeat
Travis Kelce’s frustrations boiled over on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch of Super Bowl LIX.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was seen on the FOX broadcast telling his teammates in the second quarter that he was “sick of this s—” and slammed his helmet down on the field. The clip came after Patrick Mahomes scored on a rushing touchdown. It was unclear what Kelce was upset about.
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The star tight end then suffered a crucial drop that led to an Eagles interception and, eventually, a touchdown on the next drive for the Jalen Hurts-led squad.
The Chiefs’ quarterback fired a pass to Kelce as the tight end was cutting across the field. The ball was just to the right of Kelce and he was unable to make a play. The ball bounced out of his hands and into the hands of Eagles defender Andrew Mukuba.
Hurts led the Eagles on a 10-play, 59-yard drive from there and it ended with a touchdown. Philadelphia took a 10-point lead and won the game 20-17.
Kelce had four catches for 61 yards, leading the team.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid talked about Kelce’s emotions on the sidelines.
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“He’s trying to get guys fired up and going. I mean, that’s him. He’s that way every week if you keep an eye on him. He’s all in, all the time. That’s the way he was today,” Reid said.
Mahomes talked about Kelce’s drop.
“We got the defense that we wanted. We expect them to play that zero-zero with the hole player – with the safety,” he said. “I think I threw it just a tad too early, just trying to put it on his (Kelce’s) body low before that hole player got there and I think if I can put it more on his body and not so far out in front of him then he can catch it, take the hit and get in the end zone.”
Kansas City dropped to 0-2 for the first time in the Mahomes era.
“I think just after the first few weeks now, you just let games slip away. We played two good football teams and made mistakes in big moments – stuff that we’re not used to doing,” Mahomes said. “But I think we’re coming together as a team, man. I mean, when you deal with adversity it’s about how you deal with it and obviously, this isn’t how we wanted to start. But how are we going to respond?
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“So, I’m excited for the next few weeks to see who wants to be challenged and how we can get back and really get after it.”