CHARLOTTE, AZ — The national conversation intensified Sunday as thousands gathered in Arizona to honor the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, assassinated earlier this month at Utah Valley University (UVU). A wave of social media outrage and deeply hostile commentary has followed, including one of the more jarring attacks from Rebekah Jones, the “whistleblower” with multiple past arrests who previously accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of manipulating COVID‑19 death counts.
Jones’s post, shared during the memorial service, drew condemnation even from critics who generally agree with her prior positions. Her words were stark: “His entire persona was a gimmick steeped in theocratic and white supremacy. He was a bigoted, racist, homophobic, sexist piece of shit. He participated in an insurrection against our country. He repeatedly called for the deaths of his perceived political enemies. He cheered on those who violently assaulted Americans.” She added: “He should have been in jail. Instead, he got shot.”
On the upper-left is Rebekah’s mugshot from her arrest for battery and resisting arrest.
On the upper-right is Rebekah’s mugshot from her arrest for cyberstalking and posting revenge porn.
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That sentence — “Instead, he got shot” — particularly struck many as hypocritical given Jones’s own record of warning against political violence. Jones contrasted Kirk’s death with other tragedies: “He wasn’t a Rhodes scholar shot in the face while seeing a movie … He wasn’t an elected official in Minnesota murdered for defending women’s rights. He wasn’t a first grader left bleeding to death in the company of a crazed gunman.” In her view, Kirk was instead “a bad person who said horrible things on his mid‑tier little podcast.”
Her post continued as she acknowledged that she herself had been targeted: “Many, like Ben Shapiro, have come after me by name. They’ve spent years vilifying me for trying to save lives during COVID. They’ve fabricated stories, promoted propaganda, and incited more death and rape threats than I can count.” Yet, she writes, she does not advocate violence: “I would never say that children should watch DeSantis’ public execution as a rite of passage. I would never say Matt Gaetz and every pervert in Congress should be stoned to death.”
Jones also argued that saying “good riddance” when someone like Kirk dies is not equivalent to celebrating violent death, drawing parallels to deaths of other polarizing public figures. “Everybody dies. That doesn’t make up for the life they spent harming others. And when people who choose to spend their existence hurting people are gone, the world is a better place.” She concluded: “Kirk was a vapid demagogue unworthy of mass hysteria over his death.”
While some in conservative media condemned her remarks as vile and opportunistic, others expressed regret: not at what she wrote, but over what they see as her own spiritual and political trajectory. Several noted Jones’s past controversies—including her broken campaign in Florida’s 1st Congressional District against Rep. Matt Gaetz—and her charges for public nudity, drug possession, and a Baker Act involuntary psychiatric hold.
Meanwhile, the dominant story remains the aftermath of Kirk’s assassination. Authorities continue to investigate Tyler James Robinson, arrested and charged with aggravated murder, witness tampering, and related offenses. Prosecutors in Utah County announced they will pursue the death penalty. And Turning Point USA has rallied under the new leadership of Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, who has vowed to preserve his mission of conservative activism on college campuses and beyond.
Fine. I’ll say it.
The podcaster who was killed in Utah was a fucking creep. Goofy-ass looking grown man who flunked out of college and could never let it go. He grifted off completely fabricated stories about “oppression against conservatives.” His entire persona was a…
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) September 21, 2025
