Video: Gov. Cox’s plea to America’s youth

Cox called on American youth to choose a different path, embrace differences and have hard conversations

Published: Sept 12, 2025, 12:39 p.m. MDT

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a press conference while joined by FBI Director Kash Patel and other local and federal law enforcement and government officials in the Pope Science Building on the campus of UVU in Orem on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox spoke to America’s youth as part of a press conference Friday morning announcing the arrest of the man arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

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Cox called on America’s youth to choose a different path, embrace differences and have hard conversations. Watch the video of his comments below.

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