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Tommy Carcetti

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9. I predict a major public backlash against the whole Charlie Kirk canonization effort.

Reply to snowybirdie (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 10:23 AM

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People don't like being told who to idolize, and the effort from when Kirk's body wasn't even cold to shove him down everyone's throats will not sit well with a lot of people, especially the younger set who aren't Campus Republicans.

He was a fringe element until his death.

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