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3. Stop it! Charlie Kirk was not "a leading political figure."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:18 PM

Thursday

He was a 31-year-old community college dropout who was never elected or appointed to any government job. He founded Turning Points when he was 18, and became a social media personality playing the role of a rightwing MAGA troll.

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Stop it! Charlie Kirk was not "a leading political figure." sop Thursday #3

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