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 Kirk ‘Hitler’. The post further claims that it further “tells him to ‘Rest in piss’”. It names the employee to be Beth Ayers who worked as a data analyst at Tesla. The post caught Elon Musk’s attention who clarified that Ayers is no longer employed by Tesla. “This person is not currently employed by Tesla,” Musk said.
Elon Musk mourns Charlie Kirk’s death
Previously, Elon Musk has expressed shock and grief over Charlie Kirk’s death in a series of posts on X. “The shot looked real bad, but I sure hope Charlie makes it somehow,” the tech billionaire wrote as the news broke out. A couple of X users pointed out that posts on Bluesky are “celebrating the assassination”. The Tesla CEO responded saying “shows what we’re dealing with. Evil people.”When a user wrote “Whether you agreed with him or not, Charlie Kirk is dead purely because some people didn’t like what he had to say. That should outrage every single one of us”, Musk responded with an affirmative ‘yes’.“They are celebrating cold-blooded murder,” he wrote in another post.
Who was Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk was a far-right political activist and an aide to Donald Trump. He co-founded the organization Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization he started in 2012 when he was just 18 years old. TPUSA focuses on promoting conservative values on high school and college campuses, often emphasizing free markets, limited government, and individual freedom.The accused has not been caught yet. The FBI has shared pictures of a person they want to talk to, and they are offering a reward of $100,000 to anyone with information.
