The level of hate over the political assassination of Charlie Kirk has been absolutely horrendous. There have not only been terrible scenes of people publicly celebrating and mocking his death, but also of them callously destroying memorials set up in his honour.

What has been especially disturbing, though, is the irresponsible misreporting of what actually happened by the mainstream media. For instance, when Kirk was first shot, it was reported by MSNBC that it could have been one of his own supporters shooting their gun off in celebration!

It was further said:

But following up on what was just said, he’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures, in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of … aimed at certain groups.

And I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that’s the environment we’re in. That people just you can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then say these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place.

And that’s the unfortunate environment we’re in.

In response to his comments, the host has since lost his job. One’s thoughts lead to unwise words, which then ultimately result in significant consequences.

But since then, there has been a growing number of people who have mispresented what Charlie Kirk believed and the various ideological positions which he publicly stood for. And sadly, even some church leaders have erroneously claimed that Kirk didn’t represent the Christian faith he claimed to follow.

What follows then is a summary of the ten biggest lies about Charlie Kirk which are currently being circulated.

Patriarchal Chauvinism

Many are claiming that Kirk was somehow or other a chauvinist because he believed in the Biblical paradigm of headship and submission (Eph. 5:22-33).

What’s missing from this so-called analysis is that it completely overlooks the fact that the Bible never calls on a woman to submit to every other man, but instead to their own husbands. What’s more, Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, went on to make one of the most powerful speeches of the decade from his podcast studio a few days after his death. So much for the statement then that, ‘Patriarchy doesn’t pass the mic, sis.’

One example of this mistaken belief is a social media user who said:

Erika Kirk can’t carry Charlie’s legacy, his entire ideology doesn’t even allow women in positions of power. Y’all chanting ‘she’ll continue his work’ while his work was literally about keeping women silent. Patriarchy doesn’t pass the mic, sis.

Significantly, Erika described what Charlie’s Christian ‘headship’ of their family looked like. I’ll re-print what she herself said below and you decide whether he could in way be described as being chauvinistic:

But most of all Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart, and I knew that. Every day he made sure that I knew that every day.

Every day he would ask me, “How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father?” Every day. Every day. Such a good man. He is still is a good man.

He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.

Charlie always believed that God’s design for marriage in the family was absolutely amazing. And it was the greatest joy of his life.

And over and over he would tell all these young people to come and find their future spouse, become wives and husbands and parents. And the reason why is because he wanted you all to experience what he had and still has. He wanted everyone to bring heaven into this earth through love and joy that comes from raising a family.

It’s beautiful.

Another aspect which I only discovered recently was the respect – yes respect – he received from the women on the Whatever podcast who are involved in producing content for OnlyFans. As a Christian committed to the Biblical ideal of sexual purity and integrity, one would expect that Charlie Kirk would be hated for his views. Instead, after his death, they posted:

CHARLIE KIRK REST IN PEACE! It was always an honour and a privilege to have you on the show. You were a remarkable man. Your insight, character, and presence left a lasting impression. You will be deeply missed.

Gay People

Charlie was repeatedly accused of being homophobic because he believed what the New Testament teaches about God’s design for sexuality. But that hasn’t stopped some people, such as the horror writer Stephen King, from posting the following immediately after his death:

He advocated stoning gays to death. Just Sayin’.

Not only was what Stephen King said untrue and taken out of context, gay men, such as Dave Rubin, quickly defended Charlie Kirk as being nothing but kind and respectful, as well as being willing to have a meal at his own house.

Stephen King later deleted his tweet and publicly apologised.

Empathy

Lots of people have also been guilty of misquoting Charlie Kirk regarding his views on ‘empathy’ as though he was against the virtue of showing sympathy or being compassionate (i.e. 2 Cor. 1:3-7). However, the issue is quickly resolved by providing a quote of what he actually said in full:

I can’t stand the word empathy, I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term, and it does a lot of damage. Sympathy is a better word because empathy means you are feeling what another person felt, and no one can feel what another person feels.

This is actually part of a much broader debate on how the term ‘empathy’ is not only distinct from the Biblical ideal of ‘sympathy’ but is often specifically weaponised by those on the Left. For those who are interested in understanding the issue more see Allie Beth Stuckey’s book Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion (Penguin, 2024) or Joe Rigney’s The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and its Counterfeits (Canon Press, 2025).

Gun Rights

Probably the most disingenuous lie of all being promoted by those who were opposed to Charlie Kirk is a lack of sympathy for his death because of his vigorous defence of the Second Amendment in the US Constitution regarding the right to bear arms. For example, consider how these comments from an Australian publication frame his death:

Charlie Kirk, figurehead of the American far right, took a question at a 2023 event in Salt Lake City about the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and gun-related deaths. He answered: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

Two years later, once again in Utah, Kirk was killed with a gun.

However, there are a number of significant problems with this line of argument.

First, Kirk was not advocating for gun violence but rather defending the rights of citizens to bear arms. A right which is not only enshrined in the American Constitution but is also integral to how the United States historically understands itself.

Second, the rifle which Kirk was killed with – not a semi-automatic weapon but a standard bolt action rifle – is not only legal in every state of America but can also be purchased in countries such as Australia which has very strict gun laws.

Third, what people conveniently overlook is that Kirk was answering a question specifically about how many transgender people commit gun violence every year. It was in the midst of answering that particular question where he was allegedly shot and killed by Tyler Robinson who is in a relationship with a transgender biological man involved in Furry internet subculture.

Rather than function as an argument against Kirk’s position, his tragic murder is further evidence of the link between gun violence and transgenderism.

Transgenderism

This is a massive issue but time and time again Charlie Kirk interacted with people from a transgender background with the utmost patience, kindness, and respect. Check out the following four-minute video which contains two such examples:

The underlying issue here is that an act of ‘hate speech’ is to lie about someone’s biological reality. What’s more, it demeans people who are actually women. Kirk’s ideological position defends the rights of women not only in sport, but also their safety in changerooms and bathrooms, as well as threats of violence against them in women’s prisons.

Racism

Again, Charlie Kirk is repeatedly accused of being somehow or other a racist and against black people in particular. The accusation not only has no substance but as the following video demonstrates, Charlie Kirk repeatedly supported and championed the flourishing of all people.

What Kirk did challenge though was the life and teaching of Martin Luther King Jnr. In particular, Kirk believed that King’s legacy led to more of an emphasis on race and the colour of one’s skin rather than the content of one’s character.

What’s more, Kirk referred to King as ‘not a good person’ (as FBI tapes have now demonstrated). While being an ordained Christian minister King was himself guilty of having a string of extramarital affairs, including a number of other ‘sexual aberrations’, as well as being secretly a Marxist. For example, the BBC reports that King was accused of having taken part in ‘drunken sex orgies’ in which he coerced young women to participate.

People who actually knew Charlie Kirk personally testified that ‘he did not have a racist bone in his body’ and he exemplified reaching across the aisle and bringing people of different political backgrounds together.

Affirmative Action

Charlie Kirk was against affirmative action policies involving diversity, equity, and inclusion. This infuriated those on the Left, but Kirk believed people should gain places in university or the workforce based on merit and not because of their race, gender or sexuality.

Kirk came especially under fire for a quote – again taken out of context – where he appears to say that black women ‘do not have the processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously’. As can be seen from the full clip though, Kirk was not making a statement about all Black women in general, but DEI picks in government who boasted that they were selected not on merit but merely because of their race.

Critical Race Theory

Charlie Kirk’s organisation which he co-founded, Turning Point USA, was well known for being deeply opposed to Critical Race Theory (CRT). This is one of the biggest false teachings facing Christians today which Kirk and his crew have addressed head-on.

In short, Kirk believed that one’s race shouldn’t count for anything but instead what really matters is one’s character and actions. For an excellent five-minute summary of what this means see the following video:

Illegal Immigration

One of the most hotly contested issues of the last election was the disastrous border policy of the Democrats. As we’ve seen recently in Australia and the UK, there are limits to how many immigrants a country can take in.

While Kirk is often maligned for being racist in this regard, it is crucial to point out that his position was shaped by legal and illegal immigration rather than one’s race. Simply calling someone an ‘undocumented citizen’ doesn’t change the fact that they have broken a country’s law and are therefore guilty of having committed a felony.

Abortion

Finally, Kirk was outspoken in his opposition towards abortion. While it is not a lie that Kirk was against it, it was because he was so outspoken on the issue that often resulted in the deep opposition and hostility which was directed towards him. Because some parts of the Left revere abortion as a celebrated right, the issue can take on something akin to a religious sacrament.

The Real Reason Charlie Kirk was Killed

In a powerful tribute, Tucker Carlson recently revealed the real reason why Charlie Kirk was killed. It wasn’t because of any of the issues I have listed above but because of his Christian faith. And I’ll conclude with this extended quote by Carlson since he says it better than I ever could:

Charlie was not a Nazi. He was not killed because he was a Nazi. Yes, he was a defender of Israel. He didn’t die for Israel. However, why did he die? What was his life about? What was the sin, the core sin that Charlie Kirk committed against somebody, power that got him killed in the end?

And the answer is right in front of us, certainly those of us who knew him. Charlie’s life was defined by his Christian faith, not his spirituality, but his belief in Jesus, his life as a Christian. Everything in his life flowed from those beliefs. Everything.

Everything he did, said and believed came from the fact that he was above all, a Christian. And that is and was and in fact has always been deeply provocative and offensive to the rest of the world.

And why is that? It’s worth thinking about it for just a second. Christianity doesn’t seem like the kind of religion that provoke people to anger and violence. In fact, it seems just the opposite. It’s the world’s most profoundly nonviolent religion. Maybe the world’s only truly nonviolent religion, a religion based on a man who Christians believe was also God, who, as he was being led away to be tortured to death on made-up charges, scolded one of his disciples for fighting back.

This is a religion committed to love above all and to living in peace and harmony. Truly, it’s a universalist religion that believes that every person has a shot at heaven. It’s not exclusionary at all. And so you would think it would make sense that if you’re a government or if you’re in power, that you’d want a lot of Christians living in your country because they’re not going to cause massive problems.

Not a lot of sincere Christians are fomenting insurrection at any given moment. Pretty much none. Most of the time, they’re tidy. They get married, they love their children, they pay their taxes. They’re commanded to pay their taxes. So why wouldn’t you want a nation full of Christians?

Why wouldn’t you encourage this religious belief, even if it wasn’t yours? Why would you hate it? Well, there are a couple of reasons. There are a couple of things about Christianity, and these were evident throughout Charlie’s public life, that are deeply provocative to the people in power.

And the first is the insistence that Christianity comes with inherently that you are not God, you are not God and neither are your leaders. God is God and all of us stand before him in the end to be judged and all of us will be found lacking.

Christians believe the only way to heaven is through Jesus. That’s the only way. But all of us, whether we believe in Jesus or not, are fallen. We are sinners, we are less than we ought to be. We are not gods, and neither are the people who lead us.