{"id":52915,"date":"2026-06-09T17:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=52915"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:43:45","slug":"man-in-charlie-kirk-costume-mocks-assassination-at-erika-kirks-turning-point-usa-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=52915","title":{"rendered":"Man in Charlie Kirk costume mocks assassination at Erika Kirk\u2019s Turning Point USA event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A protester donning a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 head resembling Charlie Kirk has sparked outrage after rocking up to Turning Point USA&#8217;s latest event.Footage shared on social media shows the unidentified man suddenly dropping to the floor in what appeared to be a reenactment of the moment the political activist, 31, was fatally struck with a bullet last September.While these antics were unfolding outside of the building where Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Women\u2019s Leadership Summit was being held last week, Kirk&#8217;s widow Erika was preparing to take to the stage.The right-wing organisation that was founded by Kirk and Bill Montgomery hosted a conference in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday (5 June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to TPUSA, the event at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter brought together &#8216;women of all ages to strengthen their minds, cultivate wellness, step boldly into their purpose, and anchor their spirits in faith&#8217;.Some of the folks who crowded outside apparently didn&#8217;t get the memo about this, though.A gang of demonstrators gathered outside the venue to make their feelings about the Kirks known &#8211; and footage of one man&#8217;s strange stunt has since gone viral.n video shared to X, the bloke can be seen wearing a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 head that bears a resemblance to Kirk.e also appears to be sporting a t-shirt sporting the word &#8216;Freedom&#8217;, which resembles what the late father-of-two was wearing when he was shot dead.The protestor then dramatically drops to the pavement &#8211; and people think he was mimicking the moment that Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University in 2025.Tyler Robinson, 22, was charged with Kirk&#8217;s murder after turning himself into authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A protester donning a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 head resembling Charlie Kirk has sparked outrage after rocking up to Turning Point USA&#8217;s latest event.Footage shared on social media shows the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":25,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52917,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915\/revisions\/52917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}