A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

The statue was found with red spray-paint. A nearby poster memorial in front of the statue was vandalized with red paint as well.

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    My gut says there’s a 40% chance they did this themselves to try and gain sympathy. They thought Kirk would be their Horst Wessel, but public opinion never went their way. Less than a month in and they couldn’t even get Jimmy Kimmel fired. A year in and everyone finds the Kirk widow off-putting. Thanks to Candice Owens, they’re even reduce to arguing with own supporters about whether Erika Kirk and the Mossad had Charlie killed. I could see this being a last ditch effort to regain narrative control.

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      Idk if it were a false flag thing they probably would have spraypainted some dumb shit like “A TRANS ANTIFA DID THIS MUHAHAHA” or “IM SO GAY FOR CHARLIE” or something obvious like that, because they lack subtlety.

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      candance ownes is pretty much who kept kirk’s “legacy alive” since she was questioning the motive behind his assasination. "reporting on the billionaire backer associated with israel(since shes antisemetic she would report on this) was pressuring kirk to stop associating with TUCKER CARLSON. candace also dint like erika kirk.

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        I have been wondering if we would even be talking about Kirk if it weren’t for Owens conspiracy theories.

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          , she had some evidence(recorded phone conversations with charlie) that he was frustrated by his israeli billionaire backer pressuring him to stop hosting “nazis” on his podcasts, that they were doing this to him. she is apparently a very close friends of him, she doesnt like ERIKA kirk thats for sure.

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      Just by the responses in this thread, I don’t think it’s approaching anywhere near 40%.