“Charlie Kirk’s [Turning Point USA] Sick Logic | The New Republic” 9/23/21 1/ newrepublic.com/article/163577…
“Kirk’s virulent anti-vax rhetoric reflects his own evolution from campus free-speech warrior to Trump lackey, it also reflects the extent to which the base of the conservative movement has narrowed in recent years.” 2/
“According to one poll, less than a fifth of Americans and fewer than a third of Republicans say they will never get the vaccine.” 3/
“No matter—the principal task for [dangerous extremist] pundit-operatives like Kirk is not so much to create disciples or persuade the undecided as it is to rack up partisan points with a well-placed and intractable minority.” 4/
It is sickly ironic that TPUSA’s co-founder, Bill Montgomery, died of Covid. But the other TPUSA co-founder, Charlie Kirk, persists in his opposition to vaccine mandates and other reasonable Covid mitigation strategies. 5/ politico.com/news/2020/07/2…
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