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This weekend conservatives across the coalition descended upon Phoenix, Arizona to pay tribute to the late activist at Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) marquee event, one of them being the second-in-command.

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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim ...

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... Vice President JD Vance arrived on stage following an introduction by Kirk's widow, Erika, as pyrotechnics and the song "Long Cool Woman" went off in the background.

There, he echoed Charlie, applauding the display of "free thinkers" whilst calling for conservative unity after a weekend of high-profile clashes on the TPUSA AmericaFest stage.

"Every American is invited [into MAGA]," Vance said. "Charlie invited all of us here for a reason because he believed that each of us, all of us, had something worth saying, and he trusted all of you to make your own judgement, and we have far more important work to do than cancelling each other."

Every speaker at the event was unified in their animosity towards transgender Americans, yet much of the event was marked by debate. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 12:28 AM | Reply

unified in their animosity towards transgender Americans

That kinda talk can get you shot in the neck.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-23 12:36 AM | Reply

@#2

Yeah, that seems to be the level that Pres Trump has reduced the Country to be.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-23 01:18 AM | Reply

Erika is just going through the five stages of grief:

1. Pyrotechnics
2. Merch
3. Podcasting
4. Grifting
5. Acceptance

Like she summed up at the TP USA conference...

"Despite the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, my incredible husband at UVU, Caleb has persisted with the same grift, excuse me, gift, grit. It has been a long day. Trust me, you're not a grifter, honey. It's all good."

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-23 09:20 AM | Reply

Wouldn't surprise me if we learned Erika and the couch f*&^er were involved in offing Charlie.

Just all feels like it was too convenient for him to get shot (and, thus, be used as a public martyr) while Erika and couch f*&^er take the reins of the political machine he built.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 11:04 AM | Reply

I suspect she's always been an opportunist, figured she could ride Charlie's coattails, and his murder is truly just a serendipitous event for her.

The way she grabbed onto J.D. Vance, you can tell what her next move is.

J.D. and Erica is going to be a Travis and Taylor for them. J.D. just needs to convince his wife to self-deport. Frankly I'm surprised it's taken her this long.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-23 11:12 AM | Reply

On the Socials, there's a woman talking about her extremely public dating history. You can tell she's a climber.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-23 11:13 AM | Reply

Grifting is like 11th Commandment to Prosperity Gospel Faux-Christians.

According to their own bible, in the last days it's their ilk who leave the Church and follow the Leader of the World's most powerful military. Then they start beheading those who won't take his Mark.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-23 11:35 AM | Reply

" Wouldn't surprise me if we learned Erika and the couch f*&^er were involved in offing Charlie.

Just all feels like it was too convenient for him to get shot (and, thus, be used as a public martyr) while Erika and couch f*&^er take the reins of the political machine he built.

#5 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-12-23 11:04 AM | REPLY | FLAG"

For someone who claims to be a scientist you frequently ignore facts and evidence and don a tinfoil hat. You really should cut down on working truck stop dick.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 12:17 PM | Reply

grow up, jeff.

#10 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-23 12:18 PM | Reply

For someone who claims to be a scientist you frequently ignore facts and evidence and don a tinfoil hat.
#9 | Posted by BellRinger

Facts like Nick Fuentes called for Kirk's assassination two weeks before Kirk's assassination.

You remember Nick Fuentes, you commented in the thread here on the DR, when Nick was a speaker; as I recall the keynote speaker at CPAC, about twelve years ago. It was on C-SPAN. It might still be on C-SPAN; hopefully it is since it's essentially a government record and those should remain accessible forever.

Yeah, no. You are not capable of having this conversation. Go watch both videos, the one two weeks before Kirk's death, and the keynote address at CPAC, and we'll talk.

Until then,

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-23 12:23 PM | Reply

Megyn Kelly admits she prays to a dead racist.

people.com

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-23 12:43 PM | Reply

Ballwasher is just an idiot.

Nothing about the Kirk shooting makes any sense. Available info doesn't pass the smell test.

Which I know because I spend all day everyday analyzing data and information.

Ballwasher just believes what he's told to believe.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 01:28 PM | Reply

#13 He was shot and killed by a psychopath. Are you suggesting it was staged?

On the DR discussion thread Snoofy was so gross about his cheering that it happened that even you were disgusted by him.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 04:59 PM | Reply

He doesn't trust the trump admin, MAGA, or any of the Kirk grifters taking advantage of Kirk and turning him into a martyr.

Neither do I, but the shooting wasn't staged.

#15 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-23 05:01 PM | Reply

#14 In just the exact same way, bell boi, you were so gross about your cheering that Melissa Hortman and her husband and her dog were murdered in cold blood.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 05:05 PM | Reply

Charlie Kirk was murdered because the murderer hated Charlie Kirk. He was killed for whatever reason the murderer had for murdering Kirk.

Meanwhile, Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman (and her husband and their dog) were all shot and murdered in cold blood - all of this in front of their daughter. The killer shot and wounded another lawmaker before he was ultimately caught. The murderer had a list of additional lawmakers he was targeting for murder. Their sin? THEY WERE ALL DEMOCRATS.

But, there were no calls or orders that flags should be flown at half-staff. There was no post on Delusion Social denouncing the killings. Not even a call to the Governor of Minnesota to express sympathy and solidarity against political violence. Nope. None.

In the case of Charlie Kirk, he was killed for whatever reason the murderer had for murdering Kirk.

In the case of the Hortmans, they were killed because they exercised their First Amendment right to choose to be a Democrat.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 05:09 PM | Reply

#13 He was shot and killed by a psychopath. Are you suggesting it was staged?

You're not good at the whole thinking thing, so I'll try to be nice about this.

No, it wasn't staged. He was shot and he did die. You could see him go into decorticate posture before falling off the chair in a shower of blood.

But what doesn't make sense is the official story from FBI/LE.

You can't see a gun when the kid jumps off the roof, so they claim it was disassembled (and put down his pants...for him to jump off a two-story building with?). Except disassembly of that kind of rifle takes special tools and a fair bit of time without breaking it down enough to matter.

But then they say they found the gun intact in the woods with his fingerprints on it and conveniently engraved cartridges still in it.

Not to mention the supposed Discord "confession" that read like it was written by a bunch of middle-aged dudes trying to sound like weirdo kids...

And since then, they've been entirely tight lipped about any of it despite it being a major event that should be given significant coverage. No motive. No statements from the "shooter." No real new information from law enforcement. No coverage of the trial.

On the DR discussion thread Snoofy was so gross about his cheering that it happened that even you were disgusted by him.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger

That literally has nothing to do with the rest of the conversation.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 06:02 PM | Reply

Oh, and not to mention the aftermath of it with his "memorial" being a political rally complete with pyrotechnics, entrance music and merch.

His "widow" being the least sad "widow" I've ever seen in my life who has immediately moved to seize control of his organization and money and align closely with Couch F*&^er to try and steer MAGA.

And their recent faux Americafest nonsense with even more pyrotechnics complete with a replica of the tent and setup where Charlie was shot so the ghouls could take pictures...

It's all so very very very f*&^ed up and I have zero trust in the current power brokers of the right wing to not kill people when/if convenient to drive a narrative to continue seizing and consolidating power.

#19 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-23 06:06 PM | Reply

" 14 In just the exact same way, bell boi, you were so gross about your cheering that Melissa Hortman and her husband and her dog were murdered in cold blood.

#16 | POSTED BY A_FRIEND AT 2025-12-23 05:05 PM | FLAG: "

Never happened, liar.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 07:17 PM | Reply

" Their sin? THEY WERE ALL DEMOCRATS."

And the murderer claImed he was operating on orders from Tim Walz.

Again, you seem to be suggesting that one murder is worse than another. It's plain stupid, but considering the source ...

#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 07:20 PM | Reply

#20 Sure it did, liar.

You cheered and publicly cheered over the murders of Melissa Hortman.

You love it.

You reveled in it.

Accept it, bell boi.

#22 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:20 PM | Reply

" #18 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-12-23 06:02 PM | FLAG: "

Those are all valid points. Thank you for taking the time to type all of that out.

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 07:21 PM | Reply

#22. I never cheered the Hortman's deaths. I was aghast by the killing and wished their loved ones my best and hoped the Hortmans were at peace.

Now you know the truth. Further false accusations are lies.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 07:24 PM | Reply

#21 Do you touch yourself over and over again when you read this, bell boi:

Let's throw in just a couple of other things happening:

Around the time of the election, [Binance founder ChangPeng] Zhao's representatives began discussions with allies of Trump, saying they wanted to find a solution to Binance's legal troubles in the U.S. and offering a deal with a Trump family business, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Once Trump won, Binance formed a high-level task force to strike a deal with the Trumps' nascent cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, that Binance could leverage into clemency for Zhao, other people familiar with the matter said.

This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture's new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion.

Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week, likely paving the way for the world's largest crypto-trading platform to return to the U.S., from where it was banned after the company pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering rules. At the time, the government said Zhao had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security" by allowing sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges, Russian drug-traffickers, Hamas militants and other criminal groups to move billions of dollars through the exchange.

The bottom-line (as if there is a bottom):

The pardon marks the most distinct instance yet of Trump using the powers of his office to benefit someone at the center of deals that have enriched his family.

No sh*t.

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:24 PM | Reply

#24 You masturbate to this ...

Why are you so gleeful about the prospect of people in America dying of hunger?

You seem particularly giddy (hard/wet) over the prospect of American men, women and children starving to death on the streets in the cities, towns and villages of America.

Why is that?

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:26 PM | Reply

#24 You masturbate to this ...

The horrid and hateful words of CK ("the 1964 Civil Rights Act was wrong ... " and "Women should only go to college to get an Mrs. Degree ... " and "successful black women lack the brain power to get where they are, so they stole a white person's job").

People, especially young people and people of color, know what CK said (no "context" needed), and they'll look at your so-called BS and figure your "Jesus Christ" is just as much a bigot as CK.

Good work.

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:28 PM | Reply

#24 I remember you saying, verbatim:

"I am so excited about the deaths of Hortman.

"They deserved it.

"They voted against (something).

"Hahaha, they're dead."

- Posted by bell boi


Completely believable ...

#28 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:32 PM | Reply

#21, #24 Are you on my payroll?

I don't remember seeing Impotent fool as a check to be approved.

Please contact my Accounting department.

#29 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:38 PM | Reply

You have a bigger hard on for me than Twoothy and that is really saying something. Get bent, stalker.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-23 07:38 PM | Reply

#30 What a sweetheart you are, you impotent, "I boil pork," bell boi...

Ella has a song, just for you, for your unusual attraction to me (not that there's anything wrong with that...)

The poets say that all who love are blind
But I'm in love and I know what time it is
The Good Book says "Go seek and ye shall find"
Well, I have sought and my what a climb it is
My life is just like the weather
It changes with the hours
When he's near I'm fair and warmer
When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers
In emotion like the ocean, it's either sink or swim
When a woman loves a man like I love him
Never treats me sweet and gentle the way he should
I got it bad and that ain't good
My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood
I got it bad and that ain't good
But when the weekend's over
And Monday rolls around
I end up like I start out
Just cryin' my heart out
He don't love me like I love him, no, nobody could
I got it bad and that ain't good
So bad, so bad
I got it so bad, so bad
Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
I'm glad I'm mad about him
I can't live without him
Lord above me make him love me the way he should
Like a lonely weeping willow lost in the wood
The things I tell my pillow no woman should
I got it bad, bad
So bad and that ain't good

#31 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 07:44 PM | Reply

#24 You say, "(F)urther false accusations are lies."

Gosh.

You mean like this, bell boi?

"I don't take horse paste, kid diddler."

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-22 01:14 PM

#32 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 08:10 PM | Reply

#2 "I never cheered the Hortman's deaths. I was aghast by the killing and wished their loved ones my best and hoped the Hortmans were at peace."

No one believes that.

Sh*t... you're the one who cheered every single one of these:

Dr. David Gunn (1993): Shot by an anti-abortion protester in Pensacola, Florida, after being targeted in "wanted" posters by Operation Rescue.
Dr. John Britton & James Barrett (1994): A doctor and clinic escort killed by Paul Jennings Hill outside a Pensacola clinic.
Shannon Lowney & Lee Ann Nichols (1994): Two receptionists killed in Brookline, Massachusetts, by John Salvi during clinic attacks.
Other Violence: Includes bombings, shootings, and attacks targeting abortion clinics and staff in the U.S., primarily from the 1990s.

#33 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 08:20 PM | Reply

#30 "Stalker" = Someone who posts uncomfortable truths that are impossible to refute/retort.

Transparency.

#34 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-23 08:33 PM | Reply

Creepy stalker. Get a life.

#35 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-24 12:27 AM | Reply

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