You’re letting the real culprits off the hook.
In the weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sep. 10, 2025, a poisonous conspiracy theory began circulating in certain corners of the right: “Israel did it.” Some claimed the Mossad orchestrated the sniper attack because Kirk had supposedly “noticed” Jewish influence, turned critical of Israel, or stood in the way of a larger agenda.
Even a few public figures treated the idea as a legitimate “data point” worth investigating.
This narrative is not just false — it is a deliberate distraction that shields the actual forces responsible for his death and betrays everything Charlie stood for.
As the author of For Christ and Country: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk, I reject this lie outright. My book, written in the immediate aftermath of his murder, does not entertain foreign plots, Mossad involvement, or antisemitic tropes.
Instead, it names the real culprit: years of domestic left-wing radicalization, demonization, and a culture that treated disagreement as violence and conservatives as legitimate targets.
The facts are straightforward and inconvenient for the conspiracy peddlers. The shooter, Tyler Robinson, was a 22-year-old who had drifted sharply leftward from his conservative Mormon upbringing. He lived with a transgender partner who openly despised conservatives and Christians.
Investigators recovered evidence showing ideological motivation — including bullet casings engraved with anti-fascist slogans and leftist memes. Family and friends reported that Robinson had repeatedly criticized Kirk for “spreading hate,” particularly on issues like gender ideology.