'It’s not cool anymore': How Charlie Kirk’s legacy became 'really cringe'
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'It’s not cool anymore': How Charlie Kirk’s legacy became 'really cringe'
After Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah on September 10, 2025, countless critics of the MAGA activist — from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) — condemned the killing in no uncertain terms. AOC called out the "depravity of Kirk's brutal murder." But President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Fox News' Jesse Watters and many other MAGA Republicans blamed Kirk's cri…
The vulgar memes about this prominent figure of the MAGA movement are shooting on the Internet, less than a year after the conservatives repressed any defamation against him. Ten months after his murder, the name and image of Charlie Kirk continue to proliferate on the Internet. But not in the way the extreme right-wing activist would have wanted. The “Kirkification” has emerged, in which Internet jokers superimpose their face over unusual image…
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