Watching a movement grieve should be a moment of sober reflection, not a feeding ground for wild conspiracy and petty infighting. The brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025 shocked patriotic Americans and left a hole in our public square that opportunists and panic merchants have predictably rushed to exploit.
On Dave Rubin’s show, Brandon Tatum spoke for many of us when he warned that conspiracies are eating the right from the inside and sullying the memory of a man who built an important youth movement. Tatum’s interview was raw and clear-eyed, calling out the dark currents of misinformation that have turned grief into a spectacle and pushed decent conservatives into bitter camps.
Tatum also reminded listeners why principled, unapologetic support for Israel is an essential part of conservative foreign policy, and he didn’t back down during his viral appearance on Piers Morgan where he squared off with Dave Smith. He rightly exposed the fantasy that Hamas ever wanted a peaceful two-state outcome and argued, with moral clarity, that Israel had every right to aggressively defend its citizens in the wake of barbaric attacks.
What’s depressingly predictable is how quickly some corners leapt from sorrow to conspiracy — even accusing Israel or others of involvement in Kirk’s death — a grotesque inversion of decency that targets his widow and Turning Point USA. Those narratives are not courageous skepticism; they’re a parasitic ideology that preys on pain and amplifies antisemitism and paranoia inside our ranks. Conservatives who care about winning elections and protecting liberty must repudiate that poison.
The right’s infighting makes us weak at the exact moment we need clarity and discipline, and Tatum’s warning is urgent: obsessing over salacious theories while blue cities burn and border chaos continues is political malpractice. He’s spent years exposing the collapse of public safety in liberal-run cities and explaining why voters — including many black Americans — are turning toward candidates who promise order, security, and opportunity rather than chaos. That is the message conservatives should double down on, not the latest rumor thread.
If we are serious about honoring Charlie Kirk’s work, we remember what he fought for: bold ideas, campus battles won through argument not slander, and a movement that builds institutions rather than tearing them down with gossip. The memorials and turnout that followed his death show a movement that still has muscle and a mission, but muscle without discipline becomes self-destructive. Conservatives must refuse to let grief be weaponized; we must organize, argue, and win on facts and principles.
So here’s the plain truth to everyday Americans who prize faith, family, and country: don’t be distracted by the carnival of conspiracy. Stand with those who seek honest debate, defend our allies, demand law and order, and reject the small-minded, destructive forces that would turn loss into a sideshow. Our cause is too important to be derailed by rumor — it’s time to get back to winning.
