For years, extremist groups, white nationalists, and militias like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers saw Charlie Kirk not as their ally, but as their enemy.
Though Kirk denigrated data-offer-url=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1671658500005699584″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1671658500005699584"}” href=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1671658500005699584″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>trans people, data-offer-url=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1937719454324130124″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1937719454324130124"}” href=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1937719454324130124″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>Muslims, unmarried data-offer-url=”https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/charlie-kirk-reaction-taylor-swift-143436452.html” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/charlie-kirk-reaction-taylor-swift-143436452.html"}” href=”https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/charlie-kirk-reaction-taylor-swift-143436452.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>women, and many data-offer-url=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1008416394281488385″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1008416394281488385"}” href=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1008416394281488385″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>minorities and advocated for an America with Christianity at the data-offer-url=”https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/news/charlie-kirk-from-secular-activist-to-christian-nationalist-icon/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/news/charlie-kirk-from-secular-activist-to-christian-nationalist-icon/"}” href=”https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/news/charlie-kirk-from-secular-activist-to-christian-nationalist-icon/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>center of every aspect of life, he was, in data-offer-url=”https://x.com/shoe0nhead/status/1965870557595107408″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/shoe0nhead/status/1965870557595107408"}” href=”https://x.com/shoe0nhead/status/1965870557595107408″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>their view, a moderate. data-offer-url=”https://x.com/MajestyRia/status/1966527753081294932″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/MajestyRia/status/1966527753081294932"}” href=”https://x.com/MajestyRia/status/1966527753081294932″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>For some, his staunch data-offer-url=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1949908699411288130″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1949908699411288130"}” href=”https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1949908699411288130″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>support of Israel’s government made Kirk a target rather than a friend.
But in the immediate aftermath of Kirk being fatally…
