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Search results for "An assassin murdered Charlie Kirk in September 2025"

People (15)

Fact-checks (4671)

X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:
A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
By Samantha Putterman• September 12, 2025
JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2025
Sean Hannity stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity":
There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”
By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2025
Social Media stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
By Loreben Tuquero• September 17, 2025
Laura Loomer stated on December 15, 2025 in an X post:
Image shows Rob Reiner tweeted in 2023 that he would stop posting until “Trump goes to prison.”
By Maria Briceño• December 17, 2025
X posts stated on August 28, 2025 in an X post:
A Vanity Fair cover featured first lady Melania Trump as “The American Queen.”
By Maria Briceño• August 29, 2025
X posts stated on September 23, 2025 in posts on X:
“Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.”
By Madison Czopek• September 26, 2025
Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate:
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
By D.L. Davis• March 28, 2025
Charlie Kirk stated on August 02, 2023 in a video:
Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
By Madison Czopek• August 9, 2023
Threads posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a Threads post:
Charlie Kirk X post about iPhone storage reveals his top app is Grindr.
By Jeff Cercone• August 29, 2024
Charlie Kirk stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet:
The World Economic Forum has its own police force.
By Monique Curet• June 2, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 24, 2024 in Instagram post:
“7.2 million illegals entered the U.S. under Biden administration,” showing that “the ‘Great Replacement’ is not a theory, it’s a reality."
By Katelyn Ferral• March 1, 2024
X posts stated on May 08, 2025 in posts:
Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”
By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• May 9, 2025
Charlie Kirk stated on June 01, 2023 in a post:
“Jamie Foxx left ‘paralyzed and blind’ from blood clot in his brain” after a COVID-19 vaccine injection.
By Gabrielle Settles• June 5, 2023
Charlie Kirk stated on November 08, 2022 in a tweet:
“Maricopa County intentionally reduced the polling places.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 9, 2022
Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social:
Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026
Charlie Kirk stated on October 03, 2022 in a video:
For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”
By Kristin Hugo• October 25, 2022
Charlie Kirk stated on February 04, 2020 in a tweet:
"Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020
X posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a tweet:
Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.
By Caleb McCullough• February 16, 2022
Donald Trump stated on February 07, 2020 in a comment to reporters:
"I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law."
By Bill McCarthy• February 7, 2020

Articles (2015)

'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025

Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting

By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What we know

By Grace Abels, Katie Sanders• September 10, 2025

Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk tributes sounded like Adele and Bieber, but were AI. How to spot synthetic music

By Loreben Tuquero• October 1, 2025

‘How about a little less Trump?’ PolitiFact readers share feedback on our fact-checking

By Ellen Hine• October 21, 2025

Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2025

Can Trump designate antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization?’ Here’s what we know

By Maria Briceño• September 18, 2025

Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026

Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025

What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies

By Katie Sanders• December 15, 2025

Does a bullet analysis clear Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer? What an ‘inconclusive’ result means

By Loreben Tuquero• April 2, 2026

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024

Charlie Kirk’s comparison of migrant entries with US births lacks reliable data

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2022

Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record

By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy• May 16, 2022

Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2025

Fact-checking the Gordon Sondland impeachment hearing about Trump, Ukraine

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• November 20, 2019

In Context: Donald Trump tells Christians they 'won't have to vote anymore'

By Mia Penner• July 29, 2024

What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics

By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025