In August, Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Charlie Kirk’s podcast to discuss the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda and climate science.
Less than a month later, Wright is among the senior Trump administration officials mourning the conservative activist who was shot and killed Wednesday at an appearance at a college campus in Utah.
“Charlie Kirk was an exceptional American,” Wright posted on social media Wednesday. “Sadly, a violent ignorance took from us today a towering figure striving only to reinvigorate the American spirit.”
Kirk, 31, who was a close ally of President Donald Trump and founder of the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, praised Wright’s early tenure as Energy secretary during the Aug. 19 interview.
