WASHINGTON, D.C - - Nebraska's congressional leaders are reacting to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts said Kirk was participating in the very American act of political dialogue when he was taken from us.

He called the shooting an attack on our values and on the American republic.

Nebraska Congressman Mike Flood reacted to the news with a call for national unity.

 

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer posted about the killing on X.

U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith called it a tragic day for American politics. 

 

Rep. Don Bacon served on a board with Kirk.