A lot of people have noticed this

[Coldwater]

[sop]

1. It wasn't a funeral, just people waving the bloody shirt.

[WarGamer]

2. Hoping that WE don't become Cicero and Brutus.

[markodochartaigh]

28. spatio brevi spem longam reseces

n/t

[Bev54]

13. It was just another grift, selling $7 million in merchandise.

[malaise]

22. Look. For the Christmas toys

😀

[GoCubsGo]

3. Apparently, many of them weren't even there.

From what I have heard, he had a falling-out with several family members, who don't agree with his beliefs. I have no idea whether the differences lie to the left or right, just that there's allegedly some kind of big rift between them.

[Tree Lady]

8. I read his parents were moderates

So they probably didn't like Trump.

[hlthe2b]

4. Well, given wife, Erika has taken over his creepy Turning Point USA (or is it Toilet Paper USA)

--well, I'm guessing she was thrilled... i.e., thrilled over all her newly found "resultant" opportunities... Maybe that is too cruel, but I've seen the male viewers/pundits (even on the left) take in her tearful religiosity and forgiveness bit at the rally (it certainly was NOT a memorial), but I (and most women I know) did not take it as sincere. Maybe it is just conflicted feelings. Who knows?

[SergeStorms]

6. Yes, and with money pouring in because of his death.....

she'll be financially secure forever. I hope donors don't believe every dollar they give goes to the deceased Kirk's tour of hate and christian nationalism. She's been well-schooled in the ways of the pseudo-christian "prosperity gospel.""

[PatSeg]

10. Sounds like Kirk found his soulmate

I feel sorry for their kids.

[lastlib]

21. Not really "soulmates"......

moe like "black-hole-mates," ---hard to say they had souls..... my 2cts

[PatSeg]

37. Good point

These people feel like a different species.

[SergeStorms]

43. I feel sorry for the entire planet.

If he's not the so-called anti-christ, he's a close second and gaining fast.

[PatSeg]

44. Right now I think there are a bunch of contenders

for the title of anti-christ, it is hard to choose who is number one.

[TommyT139]

34. She was already rich

I copied text from a captioned pic. Haven't found the original, but it's enough to prompt further research.

She was Miss Arizona 2012 for Trump's Miss USA pageant. Her mom worked for the Dept of Homeland Security and has ties to the Dept of Defense. She was a millionaire before marrying Kirk, and now has amassed his fortune and media empire. ...Fans are encouraging her to run for VP in 2028.

She allegedly operated a ministry in Romania that was accused by local residents of "relocating" children internationally under the pretense of orphan or mission work.

I'm trying to get it out of my head that Trump was fond of watching "his" pageant contestants in the changing room.

[SergeStorms]

42. I'd like to get.....

every aspect of Trump expunged from my mind, including his freaking name. I wish I'd never heard that name or stained my brain by his very existence. If there's a god, it completely lost its mind when it created that sub-human scumbo.

[TommyT139]

7. Must be the "Mrs. Kirk Exception"

...to that whole "women belong in the home," best seen and not heard, clearly defined gender role system.

[Seinan Sensei]

18. I remember wondering about that women-belong-at-home "exception" way back in the days of Phyllis Schlafly

Ms Schlafly was way too busy flying around the country, going to conferences and Bible events to tell women they should stay-at-home, to stay at home.

[niyad]

23. Dear, sweet phyllis got soooooo mad at me when I pointed that out once.

She got mad a second time when I asked, if it was so bad for our daughters to go to war, why it was great for our sons. And another time, at a different event, if the males and females in her house used separate bathrooms.

There are still days I regret not running her over when I had the chance.

[TommyT139]

35. Vroom vroom

There are still days I regret not running her over when I had the chance.

But then we would not enjoy your many contributions to DU!

[niyad]

36. awwww, you are too kind! It would have been an accident, of couuse.

Brake failure. . .panic. . tears. .. ah well!

Here's to my super-wonderful DU family!!!

[OMGWTF]

45. And greet your husband wearing nothing but Saran Wrap.

What a fking weirdo!!

[RobinA]

19. I Just Call It

the Hitler Youth.

[Bluetus]

27. It certainly is a strange way to grieve.

Many people have "unconventional marriages", so to speak.

But isn't that the point? This was a guy (his wife included) whose whole life was about attacking people who have relationships that didn't measure up to his definition of "normal ".

[markodochartaigh]

29. I watched part of her speech and

I was quite impressed with her acting ability. I mean, like her or her husband or not, she has to be under enormous pressure. If she did manage to blow through those millions she would easily be able to get work in the daytime soap operas.

[John1956PA]

5. There is a 1985 movie which is a satire of the advertising business.

In the movie plot, the real-life wife of a "reality" hero in a series of beer commercials wants to publicly support her husband after a traumatic event. The advertising executive admonishes the wife, "Stop screwing with reality!"

[canetoad]

9. K&R

Thank you, reposted on BlueSky. Welcome to DU.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

11. That

Wasn't a funeral, that was a 'Nazi Tent Revival'.

[Butterflylady]

12. I heard a lot of people came away disappointed......

It was about campaign rally.....

[blogslug]

14. GL DiVittorio!

Thanks for this. Now I know she moved "The Pocket Report" over to TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@thepocketreport?lang=en

[pansypoo53219]

15. keep the hating alive.

[Gimpyknee]

16. Who's Charlie Kirk?

[ToxMarz]

17. Right!?

Charlie WHO?

[Moostache]

26. He was a racist right wing provacatuer grifter who is now a pawn in the game of MAGAts.

He said that gun deaths were an unnecessary side effect of maintaining the 2nd amendment. Requests to Turning Point USA for an update on this position have gone without response...

[Orrex]

20. I noted earlier that college was the best thing that ever happened to ol' Chuck

[niyad]

24. . . .

[70sEraVet]

25. For trump, its more convenient that Kirk is dead

From what i understand, trump tried to get Kirk to let the Epstein thing go. But Kirk went right back to calling for ALL the files to be released.
Kirk was becoming troublesome. Now, he's a handy martyr.
We still don't know much about the guy who supposedly shot him, do we? I mean, except for those VERY suspicious messages between him and his 'trans-lover'. I mean, do we have any REAL (as in, NOT fabricated!) evidence of his motives?

[Festivito]

38. Let his call to release Epstein files come back with that vengeance.

He had become a disposable liability.

[Cirsium]

39. Right

I doubt that the Nazi hierarchy missed Horst Wessel's Schalmei playing.

[Sneederbunk]

30. Parents, siblings and old friends have no production vaĺue.

[crud]

31. There is only so much stage time... n/t

[Mike Nelson]

32. Very strange...

... I know he had at least a sister. I thought the parents and siblings would be there... maybe not to speak, but there and shown. I did not see the Third Lady there, either. Just Elon.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. The memorial for Charlie Kirk was really a MAGA grifting session and not a memorial

I did NOT watch this event but I saw that the only family member to speak was the Widow. This was NOT a memorial but a MAGA grifting session.

[Alsteen]

40. The thing is

I looked up how many followers he has on X and it's about a million. Compare that to Taylor Swift at nearly a billion. There are dogs on Tictok with way more followers than Kirk.

[TNNurse]

41. For a memorial service for a supposed Christian,

I have seen no mention of a minister, scripture or hymns.

[Cirsium]

46. Strange, isn't it?

I was at a AOG service a while back. No hymns, no sermon, no scripture - just right wing political rants. Once in a while some one would leap to their feet and yell "praise Jesus!" It was a fascist rally masquerading as a church service.