Pentagon Plots to Recruit Radicalized Charlie Kirk MAGA Fans [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Sep. 19 2025 7:38AM EDT
Published Sep. 18 2025 7:48PM EDT
The Pentagon is reportedly looking to recruit Charlie Kirk’s young fans into the military. The Defense Department is considering a new military recruitment campaign centered around the 31-year-old slain conservative activist, NBC News reported Thursday, citing two officials familiar with the planning.
The officials said the proposal involved framing the recruitment campaign as a national call to service. Pentagon leaders have discussed slogans such as “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors,” they added.
The Defense Department is also looking into using chapters of Kirk’s conservative youth organization Turning Point USA as military recruitment centers, according to the outlet. This could mean the organization’s events would feature military recruiters or advertisements, one official said.
It remains unclear when the proposal would be implemented, if at all. NBC reported that some Pentagon leaders were resistant to the idea, warning their colleagues that the campaign could be viewed as the military capitalizing on the assassination of the popular MAGA firebrand. The two officials told the outlet that the ideas were floated as the Pentagon’s Military Service Recruitment Task Force, led by Defense Undersecretary Anthony Tata, warned of a possible drop in future recruits.
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Why would they use him as a "recruiting tool"? He never served in the military and was rejected from West Point. These people are so shallow.
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