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A lot of people have noticed this (Original Post) Coldwater Sep 23 OP
It wasn't a funeral, just people waving the bloody shirt. sop Sep 23 #1
Hoping that WE don't become Cicero and Brutus. WarGamer Sep 23 #2
spatio brevi spem longam reseces markodochartaigh Sep 23 #28
It was just another grift, selling $7 million in merchandise. Bev54 Sep 23 #13
Look. For the Christmas toys malaise Sep 23 #22
Apparently, many of them weren't even there. GoCubsGo Sep 23 #3
I read his parents were moderates Tree Lady Sep 23 #8
Well, given wife, Erika has taken over his creepy Turning Point USA (or is it Toilet Paper USA) hlthe2b Sep 23 #4
Yes, and with money pouring in because of his death..... SergeStorms Sep 23 #6
Sounds like Kirk found his soulmate PatSeg Sep 23 #10
Not really "soulmates"...... lastlib Sep 23 #21
Good point PatSeg Wednesday #37
I feel sorry for the entire planet. SergeStorms Wednesday #43
Right now I think there are a bunch of contenders PatSeg Wednesday #44
She was already rich TommyT139 Sep 23 #34
I'd like to get..... SergeStorms Wednesday #42
Must be the "Mrs. Kirk Exception" TommyT139 Sep 23 #7
I remember wondering about that women-belong-at-home "exception" way back in the days of Phyllis Schlafly Seinan Sensei Sep 23 #18
Dear, sweet phyllis got soooooo mad at me when I pointed that out once. niyad Sep 23 #23
Vroom vroom TommyT139 Sep 23 #35
awwww, you are too kind! It would have been an accident, of couuse. niyad Wednesday #36
And greet your husband wearing nothing but Saran Wrap. OMGWTF Wednesday #45
I Just Call It RobinA Sep 23 #19
It certainly is a strange way to grieve. Bluetus Sep 23 #27
I watched part of her speech and markodochartaigh Sep 23 #29
There is a 1985 movie which is a satire of the advertising business. John1956PA Sep 23 #5
K&R canetoad Sep 23 #9
That some_of_us_are_sane Sep 23 #11
I heard a lot of people came away disappointed...... Butterflylady Sep 23 #12
GL DiVittorio! blogslug Sep 23 #14
keep the hating alive. pansypoo53219 Sep 23 #15
Who's Charlie Kirk? Gimpyknee Sep 23 #16
Right!? ToxMarz Sep 23 #17
He was a racist right wing provacatuer grifter who is now a pawn in the game of MAGAts. Moostache Sep 23 #26
I noted earlier that college was the best thing that ever happened to ol' Chuck Orrex Sep 23 #20
. . . niyad Sep 23 #24
For trump, its more convenient that Kirk is dead 70sEraVet Sep 23 #25
Let his call to release Epstein files come back with that vengeance. Festivito Wednesday #38
Right Cirsium Wednesday #39
Parents, siblings and old friends have no production vaĺue. Sneederbunk Sep 23 #30
There is only so much stage time... n/t crud Sep 23 #31
Very strange... Mike Nelson Sep 23 #32
The memorial for Charlie Kirk was really a MAGA grifting session and not a memorial LetMyPeopleVote Sep 23 #33
The thing is Alsteen Wednesday #40
For a memorial service for a supposed Christian, TNNurse Wednesday #41
Strange, isn't it? Cirsium Wednesday #46

GoCubsGo

(34,397 posts)
3. Apparently, many of them weren't even there.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:42 PM
Sep 23

From what I have heard, he had a falling-out with several family members, who don't agree with his beliefs. I have no idea whether the differences lie to the left or right, just that there's allegedly some kind of big rift between them.

hlthe2b

(111,531 posts)
4. Well, given wife, Erika has taken over his creepy Turning Point USA (or is it Toilet Paper USA)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:42 PM
Sep 23


--well, I'm guessing she was thrilled... i.e., thrilled over all her newly found "resultant" opportunities... Maybe that is too cruel, but I've seen the male viewers/pundits (even on the left) take in her tearful religiosity and forgiveness bit at the rally (it certainly was NOT a memorial), but I (and most women I know) did not take it as sincere. Maybe it is just conflicted feelings. Who knows?

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
6. Yes, and with money pouring in because of his death.....
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:52 PM
Sep 23

she'll be financially secure forever. I hope donors don't believe every dollar they give goes to the deceased Kirk's tour of hate and christian nationalism. She's been well-schooled in the ways of the pseudo-christian "prosperity gospel.""

lastlib

(26,761 posts)
21. Not really "soulmates"......
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:05 PM
Sep 23

moe like "black-hole-mates," ---hard to say they had souls..... my 2cts

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
43. I feel sorry for the entire planet.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:23 PM
Wednesday

If he's not the so-called anti-christ, he's a close second and gaining fast.

PatSeg

(51,035 posts)
44. Right now I think there are a bunch of contenders
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:35 PM
Wednesday

for the title of anti-christ, it is hard to choose who is number one.

TommyT139

(1,965 posts)
34. She was already rich
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:40 PM
Sep 23

I copied text from a captioned pic. Haven't found the original, but it's enough to prompt further research.

She was Miss Arizona 2012 for Trump's Miss USA pageant. Her mom worked for the Dept of Homeland Security and has ties to the Dept of Defense. She was a millionaire before marrying Kirk, and now has amassed his fortune and media empire. ...Fans are encouraging her to run for VP in 2028.


She allegedly operated a ministry in Romania that was accused by local residents of "relocating" children internationally under the pretense of orphan or mission work.


I'm trying to get it out of my head that Trump was fond of watching "his" pageant contestants in the changing room.

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
42. I'd like to get.....
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:21 PM
Wednesday

every aspect of Trump expunged from my mind, including his freaking name. I wish I'd never heard that name or stained my brain by his very existence. If there's a god, it completely lost its mind when it created that sub-human scumbo.

TommyT139

(1,965 posts)
7. Must be the "Mrs. Kirk Exception"
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:53 PM
Sep 23

...to that whole "women belong in the home," best seen and not heard, clearly defined gender role system.

Seinan Sensei

(1,156 posts)
18. I remember wondering about that women-belong-at-home "exception" way back in the days of Phyllis Schlafly
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 05:45 PM
Sep 23

Ms Schlafly was way too busy flying around the country, going to conferences and Bible events to tell women they should stay-at-home, to stay at home.

niyad

(127,629 posts)
23. Dear, sweet phyllis got soooooo mad at me when I pointed that out once.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:21 PM
Sep 23

She got mad a second time when I asked, if it was so bad for our daughters to go to war, why it was great for our sons. And another time, at a different event, if the males and females in her house used separate bathrooms.

There are still days I regret not running her over when I had the chance.

TommyT139

(1,965 posts)
35. Vroom vroom
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:46 PM
Sep 23
There are still days I regret not running her over when I had the chance.


But then we would not enjoy your many contributions to DU!

niyad

(127,629 posts)
36. awwww, you are too kind! It would have been an accident, of couuse.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 01:42 AM
Wednesday

Brake failure. . .panic. . tears. .. ah well!

Here's to my super-wonderful DU family!!!

Bluetus

(1,590 posts)
27. It certainly is a strange way to grieve.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:41 PM
Sep 23

Many people have "unconventional marriages", so to speak.

But isn't that the point? This was a guy (his wife included) whose whole life was about attacking people who have relationships that didn't measure up to his definition of "normal ".

markodochartaigh

(4,200 posts)
29. I watched part of her speech and
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:47 PM
Sep 23

I was quite impressed with her acting ability. I mean, like her or her husband or not, she has to be under enormous pressure. If she did manage to blow through those millions she would easily be able to get work in the daytime soap operas.

John1956PA

(4,499 posts)
5. There is a 1985 movie which is a satire of the advertising business.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:46 PM
Sep 23

In the movie plot, the real-life wife of a "reality" hero in a series of beer commercials wants to publicly support her husband after a traumatic event. The advertising executive admonishes the wife, "Stop screwing with reality!"

Moostache

(10,825 posts)
26. He was a racist right wing provacatuer grifter who is now a pawn in the game of MAGAts.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:31 PM
Sep 23

He said that gun deaths were an unnecessary side effect of maintaining the 2nd amendment. Requests to Turning Point USA for an update on this position have gone without response...

70sEraVet

(4,948 posts)
25. For trump, its more convenient that Kirk is dead
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:24 PM
Sep 23

From what i understand, trump tried to get Kirk to let the Epstein thing go. But Kirk went right back to calling for ALL the files to be released.
Kirk was becoming troublesome. Now, he's a handy martyr.
We still don't know much about the guy who supposedly shot him, do we? I mean, except for those VERY suspicious messages between him and his 'trans-lover'. I mean, do we have any REAL (as in, NOT fabricated!) evidence of his motives?

Festivito

(13,796 posts)
38. Let his call to release Epstein files come back with that vengeance.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:29 AM
Wednesday

He had become a disposable liability.

Mike Nelson

(10,768 posts)
32. Very strange...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:00 PM
Sep 23

... I know he had at least a sister. I thought the parents and siblings would be there... maybe not to speak, but there and shown. I did not see the Third Lady there, either. Just Elon.

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,520 posts)
33. The memorial for Charlie Kirk was really a MAGA grifting session and not a memorial
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:06 PM
Sep 23

I did NOT watch this event but I saw that the only family member to speak was the Widow. This was NOT a memorial but a MAGA grifting session.

Alsteen

(90 posts)
40. The thing is
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 01:20 PM
Wednesday

I looked up how many followers he has on X and it's about a million. Compare that to Taylor Swift at nearly a billion. There are dogs on Tictok with way more followers than Kirk.

TNNurse

(7,423 posts)
41. For a memorial service for a supposed Christian,
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:00 PM
Wednesday

I have seen no mention of a minister, scripture or hymns.

Cirsium

(2,917 posts)
46. Strange, isn't it?
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:38 PM
Wednesday

I was at a AOG service a while back. No hymns, no sermon, no scripture - just right wing political rants. Once in a while some one would leap to their feet and yell "praise Jesus!" It was a fascist rally masquerading as a church service.

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