Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, met Monday with podcaster Candace Owens amid an intensifying public feud over Owens’ promotion of conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk’s death. Both women described the meeting as “productive” in social media posts Monday night. Owens wrote that their conversation lasted 4.5 hours and she promised to…
A leading MAGA education official has announced plans to establish chapters of Turning Point USA, the conservative organization founded by slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, in every high school across his state. Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters unveiled the proposal on Tuesday and warned schools would be punished if they refused to…
A small group of Kirk critics gathered outside the stadium, some with placards bearing some of the pundit’s more controversial quotes. Most appeared to be congregants of Westboro Baptist Church, a far-right religious group that issued a press release attacking Kirk a week ago. “The Christ that [Kirk] preached was not the Christ of the…
Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, has been named CEO of Turning Point USA following her husband’s assassination while speaking to students at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The board of Turning Point USA, the nonprofit Charlie Kirk founded in 2012, made the announcement Thursday morning. The statement said that Erika Kirk’s election…
The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will face formal charges next week, according to Utah’s governor. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday night, local time, after relatives and a family friend alerted authorities that he had implicated himself in the crime, Governor Spencer Cox said…
Charlie Kirk– Trump’s aide and far-right activist was recently shot dead at a college event in Utah. Soon after his death, the social media flooded with photos and videos from the incident, some allegedly celebrating the killing. One such post appeared on Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) which claimed that a former Tesla employee called…
I tend to tune out whatever nonsense comes out of conservative MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk’s mouth, but then I remember we live in a country where thousands of people follow him for their political opinions, and I am suddenly curious why someone would do such a thing. Handout / Photo Courtesy of the Committee on…