Why MAGA's Canonization of Charlie Kirk Is Truly Monstrous [View all]

David Rothkopf

It is one thing to condemn, as we all should, the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk or, for those who cared about him, to mourn his death.

It is quite another to turn Kirk into a MAGA saint, or to use his death as a Reichstag fire-like justification for increasing Trump’s authoritarian chokehold on America

But at this point, it appears that we as a country have lost our minds.

The president of the United States has ordered all flags in the United States to fly at half-mast. He has announced he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The vice president decided to skip out on 9/11 observations—among the most solemn on the federal calendar—to be with Kirk’s family.

He then offered Air Force Two to fly Kirk’s casket from Utah to Arizona. The Secretary of Defense used a 9/11 remembrance speech to salute Kirk. Congress declared a moment of silent reflection on the loss. So too did sporting events across America. Trump called Kirk “a martyr.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-magas-canonization-of-charlie-kirk-is-truly-monstrous/

And it keeps getting worse. Does the name HORST WESSEL ring any bells? Anyone?