Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member. The Washington Post was quick to point out that one of these caravans “turned deadly” before saying in the third paragraph that one participant was shot dead. Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government. Defending ALL Americans, even those who oppose and attack me, is what I will always do as your President! Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government. 1.3m Followers, 2,641 Following, 1,310 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk1776) Charlie Kirk, 26, is a Conservative activist and staunch Donald Trump ally. https://www.foxnews.com/us/pastor-charlie-kirk-post-apologize-online Shortly after news of the arrests broke, social media users began sharing a photo of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and another man with the caption that this other man was one of the five arrested in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. Whitmer has tried to blame Trump for the plot against her, even though so far evidence of Trump support among the arrested men isn’t obvious. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI). She locked down her state for everyone, except her husband’s boating activities. “But a web search shows that the man pictured is Alex Kuzmenko, also known as Alex Kyzik, a pro-Trump activist who lives in Idaho and was in no way related to the alleged Whitmer plot,” Buzzfeed reported. It would take another few paragraphs before the Post would turn its focus away from Kuzmenko to report what happened: The shooting of Aaron “Jay” Danielson, 39, a supporter of the far-right group Patriot Prayer and a participant in the cruise rally, became a bloody bookend to an anguished summer in Portland and other communities. Shortly after news of the arrests broke, social media users began sharing a photo of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and another man with the caption that this other man was one of the five arrested in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Charlie Kirk is an American conservative activist and writer. Governor Whitmer—open up your state, open up your schools, and open up your churches,” Trump added. Charlie Kirk (born October 14, 1993), an evangelical Christian, was born in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois, and raised in nearby Prospect Heights, Illinois. My Justice Department and Federal Law Enforcement announced today that they foiled a dangerous plot against the Governor of Michigan,” Trump said. “Rather than say thank you, she calls me a White Supremacist—while Biden and Democrats refuse to condemn Antifa, Anarchists, Looters and Mobs that burn down Democrat run cities … I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence. The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. He founded Turning Point USA with William T. Montgomery in 2012 and currently serves as its executive director. The alleged assailant, a self-described adherent of antifascism, or antifa, was later killed in an encounter with police. Trump responded by saying Whitmer was ungrateful for the help provided to Michigan by the Trump administration. “Governor Whitmer of Michigan has done a terrible job. Kuzmenko was not one of the men involved in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. The Federal Government provided tremendous help to the Great People of Michigan. The misinformation was helped along by an unverified Twitter user with more than 100,000 followers who says in his profile that he’s “never seen someone spread so much hate and ignorance as [President Donald] Trump.” In a now deleted tweet, the user, John Oberlin, claimed the photo showed “a speaker who opened the republican national convention for Trump” and one who “just got arrested for ploting [sic] terrorism and to kidnap the governor of Michigan.”.