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September 21, 2025
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Pro-CCP Influencers Exploit Kirk’s Assassination to Attack US, Divide Americans

Pro-Chinese regime social media influencers and accounts are capitalizing on the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk to attack the United States and sow division, an Epoch Times investigation has uncovered.

Additionally, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has allowed information and comments about Kirk to spread widely on the Chinese internet; many comments that use the assassination to argue that the American system of governance is inferior the CCP’s. In China, the internet is tightly controlled by Beijing’s censors and topics are only free to spread and be discussed when allowed by the CCP. (More)


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The memorial service for Charlie Kirk, political commentator and founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), will be held on Sept. 21 at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Kirk, who is survived by his wife, Erika Kirk, and their two young children, will be eulogized by his wife as well as President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and others. (More)

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