Wikipedia is under fire for how it has handled pages about Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination. Despite policies meant to protect recently deceased individuals, editors added mocking references to Kirk’s last words and smeared his work with unverified claims, drawing criticism that the platform is violating its own neutrality standards.
Andrew Kolvet, spokesperson for Turning Point USA and longtime executive director for The Charlie Kirk Show, has publicly refuted rumors that Charlie Kirk’s assassination is suspicious because there was no exit wound. Kolvet says he consulted with the surgeon who treated Kirk, and the lack of an exit wound was not evidence of foul play but a rare anatomical anomaly—something the surgeon called “a miracle.”
A vice president of a local Democrat club in Texas attempted to organize adults in a private Facebook group to pressure Stratford High School teachers not to sponsor a Turning Point USA chapter, known locally as Club America. Leaked messages show adults urging others to email teachers and spreading false claims about the motives behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
On Fox Business “Mornings with Maria,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded to findings from Senator Chuck Grassley’s recent release of documents revealing the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation. The probe, launched in 2022, reportedly targeted nearly 100 Republican‐aligned organizations and individuals—among them Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA.
Students at Thurston High School in Oregon staged a walkout this week after a teacher sparked outrage by publicly celebrating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Despite widespread backlash, the teacher remains employed at the school.
A shocking incident of vandalism unfolded Sunday in Phoenix at a Charlie Kirk memorial where a man was arrested after trampling and destroying tributes left for the late Turning Point USA founder outside the organization’s headquarters.
New information about the alleged assassin of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has begun to surface, painting a clearer picture of the suspect’s political leanings and background. Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident now in custody for the murder, was described by a high school friend as being "pretty left on everything" — a stark contrast to his family’s staunch Republican beliefs.
Comedy Central has pulled a recently aired episode mocking Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination on Wednesday. Although Kirk appeared to take the satire in stride—going so far as to use the caricature of himself from the episode as his social media profile photo—the timing of the rerun's airing sparked immediate backlash online.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has added conservative youth organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to its controversial “Hate Map,” grouping the group founded by Charlie Kirk with extremist organizations like the KKK. In its 2024 Year in Hate and Extremism report, the SPLC labeled TPUSA as an “anti-government extremist group,” joining conservative nonprofit PragerU on the same list.
