"He celebrated when violence came for his enemies. When Paul Pelosi was nearly killed in his own home, the grace this purported holy Christian man could muster amounted to a homophobic snicker, and a request for "some amazing patriot" to "be a midterm hero" and "bail this guy out." Kirkbuilt his following by rewarding cruelty and training his audience to see violence as entertainment."
"He claimed to have helped in transporting 80+ buses "full of patriots" to "fight for this president" the morning of Jan. 6 and recently called for "full military occupation" of American cities. He mocked protests over George Floyd's murder and spread COVID conspiracies. After Zohran Mamdani's New York City mayoral primary win, Kirk posted: "24 years ago a group of Muslims killed 2,753 people on 9/11. Now a Muslim Socialist is on pace to run New York City.""
Charlie Kirk was a husband and a father who was gunned down in public, on camera. The image of him slumped in his chair will live in political memory. His violent death is seen as part of a growing trend of political violence in America, alongside assassinations of Democratic lawmakers and prior sniper attempts on the president. Kirk actively celebrated violence against opponents, trafficked in conspiracies, mocked protests, organized buses for Jan. 6, called for military occupation of cities, posted Islamophobic content, and argued some gun deaths were necessary to preserve the Second Amendment.
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