Khloe Kardashian blasted for liking Christian tribute to Charlie Kirk: 'Different kind of evil'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Khloe Kardashian is facing intense backlash after she liked, commented, and reshared Instagram content about conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his fatal shooting in Utah.
The reality star’s actions have sparked a debate over whether she was expressing sympathy for a victim of violence or signaling support for his controversial politics.
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Khloe Kardashian’s social media response draws attention
On Thursday, September 12, fans spotted that the 41-year-old 'The Kardashians' alum had liked a post from Pray.com featuring a video of Kirk speaking about his Christian faith. She also commented under the video with three praying-hand emojis.
Kardashian then reshared another post on her Instagram Stories by a South Carolina–based chiropractor lamenting “the country’s current state numbness toward acts of violence,” which it said had “nothing to do with left or right or red or blue.”
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Kirk, 31, died after being shot in the neck by a gunman on the roof of a nearby building at Utah Valley University. Multiple followers preserved screenshots of Kardashian’s interactions before they disappeared from her stories.
Fan backlash highlights Charlie Kirk’s views
Many of Khloe Kardashian’s fans were vocally opposed to Charlie Kirk because of his anti-abortion, anti-immigrant, anti-transgender, and pro-Second Amendment positions. “This is the worst thing she’s ever done in my eyes fr. Yuck!!” wrote one disappointed commenter on Reddit.
Another user replied that Kardashian’s reshared story was essentially a “flimsy ‘politics aside, he was a husband and a father’ explanation.” Critics said she “sits up in her tower built up on the privilege of not needing to care about politics,” adding, “I will not waste an ounce of empathy on a man who didn’t bat an eye when innocent children were shot in their classrooms.”
Some also referenced a 2023 speech in which Kirk said, “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”
Several users labeled Kirk a “white supremacist” based on offensive comments he had made questioning the intelligence and qualifications of Black people. “Like why are you mourning a man that said Black people were better off in slavery… SHE HAS MIXED CHILDREN,” responded another poster.
Others wrote “Tell us you’re crying for a White supremacist without telling us” and “empathizing with a White supremacist when you have Black children is a different kind of evil.”
Many expressed dismay that Kardashian, who frequently posts Bible verses and faith-centered content, would appear to endorse or sympathize with Kirk despite his record.
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