Taylor SeelyCharlie Kirk became a political force known for galvanizing the youth behind President Donald Trump. But his religious faith was the legacy he said he hoped would endure.
"I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important. The most important thing is my faith," Kirk said in June on a podcast.
In his debates and speeches and on his internet broadcast, "The Charlie Kirk Show," he pressed conservative views and stumped for Republican politicians. He encouraged listeners to follow God, marry young, have children and prioritize family.
He stressed Judeo-Christian values and regularly spoke at Dream City Church in Phoenix. The church is Pentecostal, a branch of Protestantism. Its Pastor Luke Barnett said he met Kirk in 2020, after Kirk had started attending the church and sought to rent out the space. It's not clear whether Dream City was Kirk's official home church.
Judeo-Christian values are the shared ethical and moral principles derived from the foundational texts of Judaism and Christianity, particularly the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Key values include the belief in a single God, the inherent dignity and worth of all human beings created in God's image, objective moral truths, the sanctity of life, personal responsibility, and compassion for others. These values are seen as the bedrock of Western civilization, emphasizing love for God and neighbor, justice, and a moral framework for ethical living.
Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of Meidas Touch, wrote on X: "So after days of Republicans blaming and vilifying Democrats and trans people for Kirk's murder despite having no clue who the person was, we find out it's a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns."
Actor Billy Baldwin, citing the Daily Mail report, said the following on X: "Not Black.
Not Trans. Not Muslim. Not an Immigrant. Not a Democrat. Meet Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. A white Christian, Conservative, Republican male with a gun... again."
Andrea Junker, a self-proclaimed "voice against Trumpism" with more than 256,000 X followers, wrote on the platform: "So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's killer, is neither a Democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. — Did I get that right?"
"Well, well, well...Tyler Robinson, the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk...Not trans. Not an immigrant. Not a 'radical leftist.' Just a straight, white male. Where are the apologies? I can't hear any over all these crickets," wrote BrooklynDad_Defiant!, a Democrat who has 1.3 million X followers.
Singer-songwriter and anti-Trumper Bill Madden, who has over 327,000 followers, wrote on X: "Apparently, this educated white Christian son of a sheriff, Tyler Robinson, was groomed in all the ways MAGA likes."
He posted a picture from Amber Jones Robinson's Facebook page, dated June 10, 2017, showing the suspect holding a rocket launcher.
Ballwasher, suck on this.
A little more of Kirk’s respectful dialogueOn Monday, September 15, 2025 at 1:34:39 PM UTC-5 Navy wrote:Yet you feel like you deserve respect and kindness? Plueeez!
On Monday, September 15, 2025 at 12:47:51 PM UTC-5 I-think4me wrote:
Cute way of ignoring his words.Why don’t you give me a positive spin on“The Democrat Party supports everything that God hates,”Show the respect and kindness in telling your millions of followers that half of their fellow country men are hated by God.
On Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:41:57 AM UTC-5 Irie wrote:
Cute way of twisting his words.
On Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:37:51 AM UTC-5 I-think4me wrote:
Respectful? God says you are an abomination, but we will accept your votes and pray that God fixes you, is respectful?Perverting DEI purpose to claim it is a program that lowers the standards to hire black people who are otherwise too dumb to get a job is respectful?Telling the world that democrats, millions of Americans, stand for everything God hates, is respectful? Urging pastors to spread that message from their pulpits is respectful?