Turning Point, USA?

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IT may take time for hindsight to come into focus, but it eventually sharpens moments that change the course of history and national identity. Among these are infamous assassinations — Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi. Looking ahead to the blurry future, will Charlie Kirk’s make the list?

He Warned Us

“When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts… it becomes a lot easier to want to commit violence.”

—Charlie Kirk

The irony of Charlie Kirk’s death by political violence is not lost on his followers. “He always made the point that you need to be able to have differences of opinion out in the public square, to avoid descent into political violence,” said conservative commentator Douglas Murray, hours after the shooting.

Loud, but Not Loud Enough?

Believe it or not, the tussle now begins over what Charlie Kirk really thought about Israel.

Although he’s on record endlessly arguing in defense of the Jewish State and its actions in Gaza, infamous hater Candace Owens, claiming to speak up for “her friend,” alleged that Charlie was on the verge of changing his views — and would have, until he was subjected to an “intervention” in the Hamptons. Two weeks ago, she charged, billionaire Bill Ackman, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, and Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu, by phone, threatened Kirk — while offering handsome donations to TPUSA if he continued to play along.