Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah was in the crowd in Orem, Utah when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday, and described the scene in an emotional interview with Fox News shortly after Kirk was taken to a local hospital.
“I was watching Charlie, I can’t say that I saw blood. I can’t say that I saw him get hit, but I did see him fall immediately backwards into his left,” Chaffetz said, adding that he saw a connection between the violence and what Kirk was saying when the shot was fired.
“I don’t think it was a coincidence that the shot rang out when he got a question about transgender mass shootings,” he said.