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Nevilledog

(54,712 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:03 PM Jan 2021

Charlie Kirk provided nearly 100 buses & offered free hotel rooms to any terrorist willing to come..


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Charlie Kirk provided nearly 100 buses & offered free hotel rooms to any terrorist willing to come.. (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #1
Who is he? nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #2
Yes, who is he? Amaryllis Jan 2021 #5
He runs the right wing Turning Point USA, which started on as a college student group tblue37 Jan 2021 #7
Now what is Turning Point USA? Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #25
Clarence Thomas' wife is on their Board of Directors too. nt avebury Jan 2021 #29
Google. Use it Beaverhausen Jan 2021 #8
I use Duck Duck Go Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #17
Sorry but he's been mentioned here quite often Beaverhausen Jan 2021 #24
Better empedocles Jan 2021 #18
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask who this random guy is without having to run to Wikipedia Dream Girl Jan 2021 #19
From Wiki: ret5hd Jan 2021 #9
Thanks, and a quick who is it, is my preference sometimes too. For those being snarky. Thanks for LizBeth Jan 2021 #23
Turning Points USA - an evil fuck who should be heading to prison malaise Jan 2021 #11
A guy who's a little too old to be hanging around, really harassing, all these college kids. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2021 #12
One of Trump's propagandists dalton99a Jan 2021 #16
He seems to have gums that match Eric T's Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #26
He's right, it WAS consequential. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #3
He's not ashamed to show his true colors. secondwind Jan 2021 #4
I know, I thought that as well.......doesn't even try to hide it. a kennedy Jan 2021 #14
Blatant about that white power sign, isn't he? tblue37 Jan 2021 #6
Doesn't even try to hide it.......🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Jan 2021 #15
Complicit RealityCheque Jan 2021 #10
Arrest Him Today! MineralMan Jan 2021 #13
He's another one to be banned from Twitter and all the SMS FakeNoose Jan 2021 #20
Cost him? Sanity Claws Jan 2021 #27
Report him CousinIT Jan 2021 #21
And didn't Ginni Thomas sponsor 80 buses? tanyev Jan 2021 #22
That's what was reported. Duppers Jan 2021 #28

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

tblue37

(68,204 posts)
7. He runs the right wing Turning Point USA, which started on as a college student group
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:11 PM
Jan 2021

and then got bigger and more influential.

Wicked Blue

(8,466 posts)
17. I use Duck Duck Go
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:18 PM
Jan 2021

and boycott Google products

I hope posters on DU can make a little more effort to clarify their posts, and also to explain acronyms that aren't widely known. We all can't know everything. And we're all on the same team. (except Agent Mike)

Beaverhausen

(24,682 posts)
24. Sorry but he's been mentioned here quite often
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 01:11 PM
Jan 2021

I’m surprised some don’t know who he is.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
19. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask who this random guy is without having to run to Wikipedia
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:22 PM
Jan 2021

ret5hd

(22,210 posts)
9. From Wiki:
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:11 PM
Jan 2021

Charlie Kirk is an American conservative activist and radio talk show host. He founded Turning Point USA with William T. Montgomery in 2012 and serves as its executive director. He was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in Law & Policy. His Twitter account had the fifth most engagements/interactions in 2019. Wikipedia

LizBeth

(11,222 posts)
23. Thanks, and a quick who is it, is my preference sometimes too. For those being snarky. Thanks for
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 01:00 PM
Jan 2021

this info.

 

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,848 posts)
12. A guy who's a little too old to be hanging around, really harassing, all these college kids. nt
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:13 PM
Jan 2021

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
4. He's not ashamed to show his true colors.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:07 PM
Jan 2021

That’s a lovely white supremacist hand signal you have there, my friend.

FakeNoose

(40,234 posts)
20. He's another one to be banned from Twitter and all the SMS
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:23 PM
Jan 2021

Those buses and hotel rooms must have cost him $50 grand or more.

Sanity Claws

(22,339 posts)
27. Cost him?
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 01:47 PM
Jan 2021

My guess is that he was just the intermediary. There's probably lots of dark money behind this.

CousinIT

(12,263 posts)
21. Report him
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:32 PM
Jan 2021

https://fbi.gov/USCapitol

You can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) to verbally report tips and/or information related to this investigation.
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