What About Iryna Zarutska?

By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

 

Charlie Kirk has been honored by our President and Vice President; and seemingly, he has been canonized.[2]  What about an outpouring for the lovely Ukrainian woman, Iryna Zarutska, who fled war-torn Ukraine for a better life in America, yet was murdered by a monster on a train in North Carolina?

Not to detract from Kirk, but this woman's story is compelling too.[3]  Women's rights groups should be championing her, inter alia, because any woman could suffer her fate.  Indeed, a decade ago, Kate Steinle was killed in San Francisco by an illegal alien; and she must not be forgotten either.[4]

Either Iryna or Kate might have been someone's mother, sister, daughter, wife, best friend or simply someone whom we have known.  Their precious lives were snuffed out by monsters who did not deserve to live.

 

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© 2025, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at [email protected]

[2]  See, e.g., https://pjnewsletter.com/tpusa-charlie-kirk-schools/ ("Turning Point USA Gets 120,000 Requests to Start New Chapters Following Charlie Kirk Memorial")

[3]  See, e.g., https://www.jamesfuneralhomelkn.com/obituaries/iryna-zarutska/obituary ("Obituary, Visitation & Funeral Information | Iryna Zarutska")

[4]  See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kate_Steinle ("Killing of Kate Steinle")