Several teams of the National Football League honored the memory of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk before their games in the second week of the season, but some did not.

The White House commended the teams that paid tribute to Kirk in a statement on Monday.

‘We commend these organizations for honoring a figure who championed the values that unite us all, and we join the nation in celebrating his legacy.’

“From coast to coast, sports teams and organizations paused this week to commemorate the legacy of Charlie Kirk,” the statement reads. “The White House recognizes these profound tributes that celebrate Kirk’s enduring legacy as a champion for faith and patriotism and honor the remarkable impact he had on millions of Americans.”

The NFL had said previously in a statement that they decided to have the tribute for Kirk ahead of the Thursday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Commanders. However, for the rest of the games on Sunday, each team hosting an opponent was to decide for itself whether to offer a moment of silence.

In addition to the Packers, the White House said that the following teams had either moments of silence or other tributes for Kirk: New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, and Arizona Cardinals.

Among those who did not have a tribute for Kirk were five teams:

Baltimore RavensCincinnati Bengals Indianapolis Colts Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions

Other sports teams offered Kirk tributes, including the New York Yankees.

Some on the left were outraged over the tributes and expressed their opposition on social media.

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The Houston Texans hosted a game on Monday Night Football and included a tribute to all victims of violence.

“These tributes reflect the widespread admiration for Kirk’s dedication to inspiring the next generation of American Patriots,” continues the statement from the White House. “We commend these organizations for honoring a figure who championed the values that unite us all, and we join the nation in celebrating his legacy.”

Blaze News requested a comment from each of the five teams without a tribute, but none responded immediately.

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The unprovoked murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and the horrific attack on Annunciation Catholic School that killed two children were still bleeding wounds when the news of Charlie Kirk’s death hit like a tidal wave. The martyring of our fellow conservative warrior and brother in Christ was like acid poured into those gashes.

We’re not just grieving — we’re angry and salivating for justice.

But as we move toward worldly justice, like sentences for the criminals and policy reforms, we need to keep one thing in mind.

“You cannot address spiritual issues and solve spiritual problems with secular, worldly solutions,” says Rick Burgess, BlazeTV host of “Strange Encounters.”

The gruesome attacks on innocent people that have dominated the news of late are at their core spiritual issues, which means they must be fought with spiritual weapons.

That doesn’t mean that worldly justice isn’t important; it just means that the harshest of consequences for the alleged murderers, enhanced security at political events, and regulations for online extremism won’t do a thing to counter the demonic forces at the root of these heinous attacks.

But what does it look like for Christians to fight back spiritually against the spreading evil in our nation?

First, it demands we understand the difference between demonic possession and mental illness.

“The brain is part of our body. Just like you would have problems with your heart, your kidneys, sometimes our brain is sick. Sometimes it has issues. We see this in Alzheimer’s and dementia,” Rick says.

But people our culture euphemistically dubs “mentally ill” who are clearly out to “kill, steal, and destroy” are in a category of their own. Their brains aren’t sick; their spirits are sick with demonic possession.

Dacarlos Brown Jr., who’s been officially charged with murdering Iryna Zarutska, “is possessed of a demon,” Rick says, “and we can put him in jail as many times as we want to. … But until the demonic possession of this man is addressed in the holy name of Jesus, he is always going to be dangerous.”

Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, as well as Robin (formerly Robert) Westman, the transgender-identifying biological male who shot and killed the two children at Annunciation Catholic School, are in the same category as Brown, Rick says. They’re dealing not primarily with mental illness and political radicalization but with demons.

Like vultures to a rotting carcass, demons will go where sin flourishes, and we have fostered a culture of death in this country, Rick explains. Whether it’s violent video games, abortion, or the transgender movement that butchers healthy bodies and inverts God’s design, we have forgotten “how valuable human life is.”

These atrocities that society has whitewashed or even called good are equivalent to “handing out an invitation for demons to come into our lives,” he says. The horrific violence that took Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, and the Catholic children’s lives is evidence of this.

“Until we stop the things that keep giving them an invitation, the darkness will only grow,” Rick warns.

This truth is something “we’ve got to apply to today’s headlines.”

But secular society that’s heavily driving our culture of death isn’t just going to wake up suddenly and reverse course. Christians must be willing to wade into the darkness with the truth of the gospel.

“Those of us that are redeemed, we’re going to have to stop being so apathetic. The only hope for this society is the church — the salt and the light,” Rick says, “but sitting around doing our programs and turning the church into a spiritual social club, that’s not going to battle.”

“We’re going to have to get back to where we take the holiness of God serious. We’re going to have to get back to where we take Jesus Christ’s commandment to go and teach the world all that He’s commanded — to go be disciples and make disciples — [serious].”

“Until the church starts bringing the salt and light into the darkness, nothing’s going to change.”

To hear more of Rick’s commentary, watch the full episode above.

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What happened to Charlie Kirk is not only devastating, but it’s left conservatives across the country grappling with a terrifying message.

“Everybody got their wakeup call that we could all be greenlit, that the left has established a precedent, a normalization, of, ‘Hey, if someone disagrees with you, if you don’t get your way, run out into the streets and be violent. Assassinate the people that disagree with you,’” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says on “Fearless.”

And the Democrats who are cheering the death as if it’s a touchdown at an NFL game are “demons.”

“You can stand shoulder to shoulder with them if you want to, with the demons, with the transgender crowd, with the gay crowd, with the abortion crowd. Stand shoulder to shoulder with them and say, ‘Well, I know I may be standing shoulder to shoulder with them, and I know the Bible says, ‘Come out from among them, but I can’t because the Democrat Party offers something for me,’” Whitlock says.

“‘I’m gay, and they’re normalizing my sin. I’m transgender, and they’re normalizing my insanity. I’m black, and they’re making it easier for me to get jobs that I’m not qualified for. I’m black, and they gave me a black woman Supreme Court Justice,’” he continues.

“You justify it however you want, but you’re standing shoulder to shoulder with people that are insane and willing to kill and willing to laugh off the assassination of a Christian father and husband,” he adds.

And unfortunately, this means that the left doesn’t hold themselves even close to the same morals that the right does.

“They’re not like us. This whole both-sidesing of issues is a joke. It’s a fallacy. You will not find evangelical people doing this,” he says, adding, “We’re not out hunting and trying to murder and assassinate people we disagree with.”

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The suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk allegedly confessed to the crime on an online messaging system, according to the Washington Post.

Tyler Robinson, 22, allegedly posted the message to acquaintances on Discord, according to the report. He was persuaded by family members to turn himself in after they realized he fit the images released to the public of the suspected shooter.

‘Im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments.’

“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments. thanks for all the good times and laughs,” the message allegedly read.

About two hours after the alleged message was sent, Robinson turned himself in to law enforcement authorities in Utah.

Earlier on Monday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel said that Robinson had texted another individual to say that he had an opportunity to attack Charlie Kirk and that he was going to do so. Patel said that the suspect indicated that his motivation for the shooting was that he hated what Kirk stood for.

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Robinson also had a romantic relationship with a person who identified as transgender and lived with him in an apartment in St. George, according to a Fox News Digital report. That person is cooperating with the FBI and has reportedly said he didn’t know anything about Robinson’s alleged plan to attack Kirk.

In an email to Blaze News, the FBI National Press Office declined to comment.

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