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Bottom bitch got his orders.

Why is Charlie Kirk protecting child rapists and why are they his friends?

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

One thing Alex Jones got right. These Republicans all have dirt on each other and its all pedophilia.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 37 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh ok wasn't just me noticing his face getting smaller when his balls shrank too from falling in line. So much for being the alpha!

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I mean… he was never a good dude. He has always been a complete shitbag.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 2 points 53 minutes ago

I completely agree. I was just mocking his usual rhetoric.

[–] leftthegroup@lemmings.world 2 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Wtf is this from? I know I've heard of this but can't remember if.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 6 points 19 hours ago

Mick and Rorty

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Morty and Rick

Rick and Morty

[–] lunasandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Rick and Morty

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago

This is guy a conartist

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 21 hours ago

He exposed his bare buttocks in submission.

[–] match@pawb.social 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

cannot imagine being this cucked

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

but I can imagine charlie cucked. it practically rhymes

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon are pitching a special prosecutor to look into the Epstein stuff.. who do they support to do it? Matt Gaetz. You know, the guy who also traffics underage women for sex. Why would you want something like that one would ask? Child rapists investigating child rapists? Simple... If Gaetz doesn't manipulate the investigation in a manner that goes the way Trump wants it too, the DOJ can charge and convict him of trafficking and having sex with an underage girl for money, because they never formally charged him previously.... It's not much of a reach to say it was just blackmail they were putting aside to ensure his full cooperation after swearing him in Attorney General. (Thankfully he wasn't)

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

The defense I’ve seen start to pop up on 4chan’s /pol/ board, which has had a fairly big impact on politics/conspiracy theories, is that the girls were “only” 14 and might have had sex before (some of the victims who’ve spoken publicly described having experienced sexual abuse before.) Some of the girls “participated” in trafficking others, being paid to bring friends with them.

There are several in the alt right and conservative spaces who do think it is ideal for men to marry teenage girls. Many parts of the states where child marriage is legal (with minors also unable to file for divorce).

With the attack on women’s rights - the same types literally want to abolish the 19th amendment, several conservatives have proposed the idea of “family votes,” at least five women are dead because of the end of Roe with more likely but states are actively refusing to investigate/are covering up these deaths, the attacks on “no fault” divorce, the alt right hysteria/obsession with birth rates…

We have concentration camps now, for people who are in the country legally. All bets are off. I’m wondering if it’ll be more than just the 4chan degenerates suggesting that raping teenage girls is an acceptable thing to do.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think you've just coined 2025's tagline.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mean I hope/wish it was a joke

“Matt Gaetz would be the best,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said on stage with conservative activist Charlie Kirk at this weekend’s Turning Point USA summit.

“Matt Gaetz would be a no brainer, right?” Kirk added to rapturous applause by the crowd.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-demands-trump-teen-sex-161228413.html

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

He certainly has the experience in trafficking underaged girls.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago

He doesn’t get to decide how my conversations go. Fuck off.

[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The issue isnt that Trunp is on the lost. We have photos.

The issue is all the other nameless faceless republican Mega donors that are on the list and the liability disclosure has on them, if their victims can now name them.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 8 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Republicans are NOT Pedophiles but they LOVE Protecting Them!

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They probs are.

Jeffrey Epstein was not the only dude with a list. Wouldn't be surprised if Trump (and his mates) have their own lists to use as mutually assured destruction.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago

Wow, imagine if all this awful shit could lead to a Mutually Assured Destruction of documents and net worths rather than one of nuking the biosphere.

That line of thought just turned the worst parts about the worst people into a pleasant thought for me this morning!

🎼 Always look on the bright side of life🎶🎵

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans are NOT Pedophiles

That's just an assumption

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Thats just an ass....

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Uh, have you seen The List? There are definitely Republicans who absolutely are pedophiles.

I'll see if I can find the copypasta.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Oh, look, another pedophile apologist.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't know this guy. I'm not sure which side he's in favor of.

The only thing I get is his face has a tucker Carlson type of punchable arrogant face.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Charlie Kirk got famous through Turning Point USA, a political group targeting young voters, spreading stupid political memes as conservative propaganda.

There’s many videos of him setting up a booth at college campuses and debating college students on their liberal or progressive viewpoints.

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Your initial reaction is accurate. He's a massive piece of shit.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

Gee I hope nobody relentlessly badgers him about it at all of his public appearances

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 6 points 23 hours ago

"...which part, specifically?"

[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago

Billionaires threatened to cut his money train. He’s always been a stooge to dark money.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

TIL

Charlie Kirk's face is exactly 10% smaller than normal.

Enlarged 20%, Charlie Kirk looks like Adam Driver.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Has his face been Charlie Kirked?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

I thought that at first too but this is his real face. It is actually this tiny.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Just another bootlick, toeing the line.

Although I'm glad to see that not every Tacolover is this obedient, at least on this one issue.

They were so fucking sure that Taco the rapist was going to get all the pedos, who they assumed were all Democrats, LOL. And now these assholes are gaslighting the ever-living fuck out of the Tacolovers and saying there is nothing to see here on Epstein. After they spent years and years on the qanon shit, the "Storm" nonsense, the "save the children" stuff, and so on. And now they are being told by their spray-tanned god-emperor that there is nothing to see here....Kirk might have folded, but I don't know about the rest of the magats.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

That's ok.

We're not.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

Cool, cause that's how that works... keep fucking asking

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's almost as if he has zero principles and just repeats what he's told to, who'd have guessed?

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Now there's a good little face, staying loyal to his overlords. I'm sure a big burst of shill money will flow in any day for this, Charlie.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Just because you look like a kid doesn't man he'll fuck you, chuckles.

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