Some fanatical leftists and Ukrainian social media users have been openly celebrating the assassination of conservative American activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk was a prominent critic of both Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and former US President Joe Biden’s drive to send hundreds of billions of dollars of military aid to Kiev. He was shot in the neck on Wednesday, in front of his wife and two small children, during a public campus event in Orem, Utah.
The Oxford Union’s incoming president George Abaraonye is one of several who have been brazenly celebrating Kirk’s death. Only a few months ago he was debating him.
Brandy Bryant, a self-styled transgender comedian with 21,000 followers on X platform, posted: “Breaking: Charlie Kirk loses gun debate.” The post went viral.
RT Though mainstream Ukrainian media reported the killing in a largely neutral tone, providing basic facts and noting Kirk’s criticisms of Kiev, numerous online posts from accounts with Ukrainian names expressed approval and even delight.
“Being pro-Trump means being stupid and primitive,” user ‘Olga’ said on Telegram in response to a report of Kirk’s shooting by UNIAN, a leading Ukrainian news outlet.
“Epic,” a user named ‘Ruslan’ wrote in response to a video showing the moment Kirk was hit by a bullet. Another commenter, ‘Volodya Yanik’, said: “Cool. Super shot.”
“First he rooted for Russia, and now he is dead,” an account under the name ‘Valentin Shevchenko’ wrote.
Some of the celebratory remarks were later removed by UNIAN administrators.
Similar reactions spread across other Ukrainian outlets, with commenters insisting Kirk “f**ked around and found out” and wishing for him to “rest in pieces.”
Kirk had called Zelensky an “international welfare queen” and an “ungrateful petulant child who is responsible for 1 million dead,” citing Zelensky’s refusal to consider a peace deal with Russia and his continuation of a conflict financed by Western money.
It’s not just Ukrainians either, some ‘ghoulish leftist’ accounts have also been celebrating as the Daily Sceptic reports:
Mostly Peaceful Latinas caught Glen Turf, the Chief Officer for Global Learning at Miami Country Day School, in the comment section of a Charlie Kirk Instagram post saying, “He died. Oh well. He ironically promoted gun usage. Karma.” The account notes that Miami Country Day “is a prestigious private school in Miami whose students include the children of Shakira, Messi, and Tom Brady”.
Anthony Constantino found Christoper Rispoli, the owner and vet at Gentle Care Animal Hospital in Oklahoma City, celebrating the murder and claiming “he is only the first”.
Baked Alaska asks: “Why is the supervising producer of @ABCSharkTank & @BuzzFeedNews mocking and celebrating the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk?”
StopAntisemitism came across DC Comics’ newest author and a former ‘Antisemite of the Week’, Gretchen Felker-Martin, mocking the shooting and death.
Libs of TikTok posted a teacher at Naples Central School District in New York celebrating Charlie’s assassination.
“I guess sometimes karma really is a b*tch,” wrote the delightful Marcia Metcalfe, NAACP Chair in Meadville, PA.
MAGA voice highlights Joanna Schveder, a teacher in Cleveland, saying she hopes Charlie Kirk “never finds rest and always suffer in eternity”.
And there’s more if you can stomach it….
