Thread by @loffredojeremy

After watching recent clips of Charlie Kirk, the founder and president of the largest conservative youth organization in the US, I’ve seen him suggest there was a military stand-down order on October 7th, accused Israel of ethnically cleansing Gaza, claimed he doesn’t have the freedom to criticize Israel, and he invited Dave Smith, a well-known anti-Zionist, to speak at the country’s biggest conservative youth event.

If Israel is worried about the rise of anti-Zionism among young conservatives (which is happening) — then the 31 yr old founder and president of the country’s largest conservative youth movement is exactly the kind of figure Israel fears when he begins to stray from the script.

Kirk went from unwaveringly supporting Israel to suggesting it allowed October 7th to happen, accusing it of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and inviting one of the most prominent anti-Zionist voices to speak at TPUSA’s flagship event. If he’s willing to go this far in a matter of a single year, who’s to say where he’ll be in three, five, or ten years and what kind of impact that political evolution could have on an entire generation of conservative Americans? Considering he’s in charge of the largest conservative youth organization in the entire country.

As the head of the largest conservative youth organization in the country, Kirk was consistent for years on issues like progressive gender/race politics and illegal immigration. But recently, he began taking positions on Israel that could, if they continued to develop and influence young conservatives through his behemoth organization, shape how the next generation of Americans perceives Israel.

There are certainly extremely powerful Israeli billionaires, military strategists, and lobbyists who see it as the upmost importance to prevent something like that from happening.