00:00hey fascist catch taunting kirk as a fascist with a gaming konami code mocking conservative
00:07ideology notices bulges owo what's this referencing a furry meme with absurd internet
00:15humor to provoke or troll oh bella chow bella chow bella chow chow chow citing an anti-fascist
00:22song signaling leftist or anarchist resistance and if you read this you are gay lmao
00:29a juvenile troll phrase to mock investigators with edgy online humor the shock rippled instantly
00:36within minutes social media flooded with frantic posts shaky footage of students running cries of
00:43charlie's been shot the sound of chaos echoing across tiktok and x news alerts broke within the
00:50hour charlie kirk assassinated on campus who was charlie kirk to understand the magnitude of this
00:57moment you have to step back born in 1993 raised in illinois charlie seemed destined for politics
01:04before he even knew it at 18 he co-founded turning point usa building it into a national force with
01:11millions in funding and tens of thousands of student chapters he wasn't just talking about politics
01:16he was creating an army of young conservatives by his mid-20s kirk was rubbing shoulders with
01:22presidents donald trump not only praised him but elevated him into one of the most prominent voices
01:28of the new right kirk's podcast drew millions of downloads his college debates went viral he was as much
01:35a cultural influencer as a political activist his topics range from criticizing woke culture and black
01:42lives matter to staunch defenses of israel and unwavering support for the second amendment but it
01:48wasn't just his positions it was his style combative confident sometimes inflammatory he called climate
01:56change alarmism labeled trans rights as dangerous ideology and dismissed systemic racism as a myth
02:04every line brought applause from his supporters and outrage from his critics that polarity made him
02:10one of the most influential and controversial voices of his generation which is why his death wasn't just
02:17the end of a life it was the ignition of a firestorm utah's governor declared it a political
02:24assassination donald trump raged that the left has demonized conservatives to the point of violence
02:30israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called kirk a lion-hearted friend leaders around the world
02:37condemn the killing like and follow for more parts and updates at red tape red flag