Charlie Kirk: MAGA's First Martyr or Medieval Cosplay Star?
On September 9, 2025, Charlie Kirk, a college dropout-turned-Turning Point USA co-founder, shifted overnight from secular conservative to the reluctant face of MAGA's new religion. Partnering in 2021 with Pastor Rob McCoy to launch the faith-based 'TPUSA Faith,' Kirk was still mostly known for arguing on campuses and preaching church-state separation — until his assassination skyrocketed him to martyrdom. Suddenly, MAGA internet claimed him as a modern-day John the Baptist and Pentecostal Jesus remix, while the White House called his memorial a 'revival.' Even Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Putin’s Confessor Metropolitan Tikhon weighed in, canonizing Kirk with bewildering cross-denominational honors. Meanwhile, comparisons to Nazi martyr Horst Wessel add that awkward historical flavor best reserved for bad history lessons and worse political messaging.
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Charlie Kirk went from college dropout to MAGA’s first martyr so fast, it’s like watching a podcast host accidentally stumble into medieval cosplay while the White House live-streams a revival. Spiritual copy-paste has never looked so confused.
Nothing screams religious profundity like a Pentecostal college dropout dubbed martyr while Putin’s Confessor and Catholic Cardinals swap fan mail about who gets to saint him first.
MAGA’s new playbook: 1) Kill the college argument guy. 2) Paint him as a medieval martyr. 3) Win hearts, minds, and awkward history class comparisons.
Source: Vox | Published: 9/24/2025 | Author: Katherine Kelaidis
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