Right-wing shame campaign over Charlie Kirk posts leads to death and rape threats

Right-wing stars are using their platforms to publicly shame people they believe celebrated the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a confidant of President Donald Trump who was gunned down at an event in Utah.

Extremist podcaster Laura Loomer, Libs of TikTok operator Chaya Raichik and former Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio were all posting identifying information of people who commented on Kirk's slaying, Wired reported Thursday.

“I will be spending my night making everyone I find online who celebrates his death Famous, so prepare to have your whole future professional aspirations ruined if you are sick enough to celebrate his death,” Loomer wrote on X shortly after Kirk’s death. “I’m going to make you wish you never opened your mouth.”

She has followed through on that threat, posting identifying information of people on her X account. In one case, an assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University was fired from her position.

"A central hub of this activity is a website called Charlie’s Murderers, which was registered in the early evening on the day Kirk was shot and is revealing certain personal information, such as social media usernames and email addresses, of individuals the operators believe were celebrating the horrific murder," the report said.

The people whose names and occupations were shared on the website included a transportation driver, a Canadian influencer, a mushroom salesman, a technology education teacher and a supervisor at Boeing Space, Defense and Intelligence Systems working with the Department of Defense.

It also included an independent journalist Rachel Gilmore at Bubble Pop Media, who wrote on X that she was “terrified to think of how far-right fans of Kirk, aching for more violence, could very well turn this into an even more radicalizing moment. Will they now believe their fears have been proven right and feel they have a right to ‘retaliate,’ regardless of who actually was behind the initial shooting?”

Gilmore told Wired she felt terrified by her inclusion on the website, and that she's received both death and rape threats since being added.

"This website has me genuinely afraid for my safety,” she said. “I feel awful for anyone whose name is on it. It’s clear that the purpose of the website is to do exactly what the post that landed me on there warned Kirk’s supporters might do: retaliate.”

Notably, Wired's review of the posts in question revealed many that didn't glorify violence.