Backlash is underway towards President Donald Trump and his administration for utilizing taxpayer {dollars} to return the physique of conservative podcaster and media persona Charlie Kirk residence to Arizona after he was killed whereas talking at an occasion Wednesday in Orem, Utah, at Utah Valley College Wednesday.
At situation is Vice President JD Vance utilizing Air Power Two to ferry Kirk’s physique and his spouse Erika Kirk the brief distance from Salt Lake Metropolis to their residence in Arizona.
“Let’s be clear, Kirk was a White Nationalist. I’m not okay with my tax {dollars} getting used for this goal. I perceive Vance and Kirk have been shut associates, then he pays for a industrial airline to respectfully ship the casket,” Kim Minnaugh blasted on Threads. She additionally identified that Vance missed 9/11 memorials to fly the podcaster residence himself.
“I’m enraged!” one other replied irately.
“As saddened as I’m together with his homicide why is he being flown on a authorities aircraft?” Threads person Christopher J. Marren puzzled.
And so they weren’t the one ones who had an issue with utilizing the navy and authorities flights, which value 1000’s of {dollars}, for non-government enterprise.
“Isn’t he a podcaster?” this Threads person requested.
“They’re exhibiting us that their right-wing media pundits are considered as a serious a part of the federal government, by the internal circle of the federal government. Trump higher be paying for all of that out of his personal pocket. They care extra a couple of divisive white supremacist than the well being of your complete nation. And why is Netanyahu so concerned already?,” one other replied.
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“And Charlie Kirk was a millionaire. Why are our tax {dollars} paying for this for a wealthy podcaster who didn’t work for the federal government?” one other Threads person questioned.
Vance was noticed serving to carry Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake Metropolis. Second girl Usha Vance stepped off the aircraft in Phoenix with Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, the Related Press reported. Each girls wore black and sun shades. The vice chairman was a number of steps behind in a darkish swimsuit.
Social media posts responding to video of Vance carrying the casket have been hilarious.
“Lol very symbolic of Vance to performatively cling to the casket whereas not providing any significant assist,” this Threads person noticed.
“He’s ineffective but once more,” one other answered.
“JD Vance resting his hand on the casket is simply the performative bullshit I’ve come to anticipate from this regime.” social media poster G Lopez identified.
One other mused, “LMFAO is he actually leaning on it?”
Vance has been vocal about his friendship with Kirk who is usually credited for pushing his title to the highest of Trump’s VP picks.
“Charlie Kirk was a real buddy,” Vance posted on X. “The sort of man you can say one thing to and know it will all the time stick with him. I’m on various group chats with Charlie and other people he launched me to over time. We have a good time weddings and infants, bust one another’s chops, and mourn the lack of family members.”
Kirk’s demise has spiraled right into a circus reaching the best ranges of presidency when half the inhabitants has no concept who the conservative media star was.
Trump mentioned Thursday he feels an obligation to attend Kirk’s funeral, which he believes is deliberate for a while subsequent week. Persevering with for heap reward on Kirk, he advised reporters, “He’s was a terrific individual … a terrific man … nice in each approach.”
Even Congress received in on the motion.
“We might be introducing a decision authorizing Charlie Kirk to lie in honor within the Capitol Rotunda, ought to the Kirk household want for him to be honored there, South Carilina Rep. Nancy Mace proclaimed to the chagrin of many.
“Charlie Kirk devoted his life to defending the freedoms defining our nation. He impressed thousands and thousands, led numerous souls to Christ, and by no means wavered in protection of the First Modification. Such a legacy makes him uniquely worthy of this distinction,” she insisted.
Kirk was the co-founder of the right-wing youth group Turning Level USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics on highschool and school campuses.
“Behind the branding of ‘patriotism’ and ‘freedom,’ the file reveals a sample of rhetoric, organizational tradition, and alliances that echoed white supremacist and Christian nationalist ideologies,” Professor Vernellia R. Randall identified.
“The Southern Poverty Regulation Middle documented how TPUSA repeatedly framed immigrants, LGBTQ+ folks, and racial justice advocates as existential threats to ‘white Christian America,’ warning followers that their households, faith, and full lifestyle have been below assault,” she wrote.
The 31-year-old Kirk had thousands and thousands of followers on social media and is credited not solely with serving to Trump win re-election, but in addition with influencing the collection of Vance as his working mate.
