Charlie Kirk Assassination Theories Emerge Over Nicolas Cage Film ‘Snake Eyes’

Charlie Kirk’s assassination sparks online theories linking his decease to the Nicolas Cage movie ‘Snake Eyes,’ fueling speculation crossed societal media. Image: Nicolas Cage, Snake Eyes poster / Charlie Kirk. credit: Paramount Pictures  (fair use)/ GageSkidmore – Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0

An array of conspiracy theories has flooded societal media successful the aftermath of the assassination of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk. One of the astir salient claims ties his decease to the crippled of the 1998 Nicolas Cage movie ‘Snake Eyes.’

Kirk, the 31-year-old laminitis of Turning Point USA, was fatally changeable connected Sept. 10 portion carrying retired 1 of his accustomed statement events astatine Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah. As instrumentality enforcement officials proceed the investigation, online sleuths person pointed to what they telephone “eerie similarities” betwixt the real-life calamity and the Brian De Palma thriller, fueling a communicative of “predictive programming” among immoderate of Kirk’s followers.

‘Snake Eyes’ Movie Parallels Fuel Online Theories About Charlie Kirk Assassination

The cardinal crippled of ‘Snake Eyes’ revolves astir a corrupt constabulary detective, played by Cage, who uncovers a conspiracy during a boxing lucifer wherever the Secretary of Defense is assassinated. Social media users were speedy to item respective alleged connections. The astir cited parallel is the victim’s name, arsenic successful the film, the assassinated authoritative is Secretary of Defense Charles Kirkland, portion Kirk’s afloat sanction was Charles James Kirk. 

Theorists besides enactment that some Kirkland successful the movie and Kirk successful existent beingness were changeable successful the neck. Another constituent of absorption is the suspect’s name, arsenic a 22-year-old Utah native, Tyler Robinson, has been arrested and charged successful Kirk’s killing; successful the film, the boxer who throws the combat to make a diversion is named Lincoln Tyler. Finally, a transportation to President Donald Trump, whom Kirk staunchly supported, was drawn from the information that a information of ‘Snake Eyes’ was filmed astatine the Trump Taj Mahal.

Calls Mount for Action After Kirk Assassination

The ‘Snake Eyes’ mentation is conscionable 1 of galore that person taken clasp wrong the MAGA ecosystem, which has mostly rejected the authoritative communicative that the alleged shooter acted alone. Influential figures are pressuring the Trump medication to analyse sprawling networks of expected conspirators. “You’ve got to get to the bottommost of these groups, you’ve got to get to the bottommost of antifa,” said “War Room” big Steve Bannon connected his podcast, dismissing substance messages released by prosecutors betwixt Robinson and his spouse arsenic a “script.”

Responding to this pressure, President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid designating antifa arsenic a “domestic panic organization,” contempt Robinson having nary known connections to the decentralized left-wing movement.

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FBI Director Kash Patel has taken the antithetic measurement of publically confirming that the bureau is investigating theories that originated online, including the veracity of the substance messages and claims that manus gestures from radical successful the assemblage were “signals” to the shooter.

Other salient right-wing figures person floated different, and sometimes conflicting, theories. Podcaster Candace Owens, a erstwhile workfellow and adjacent person of Kirk, has utilized her amusement to suggest Israeli involvement. This baseless assertion prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to merchandise a video calling the rumors “insane” and “outrageous.” At Kirk’s memorial, impermanent talker Tucker Carlson was condemned by immoderate Jewish groups for a eulogy that they said invoked antisemitic “blood libel” tropes.

No Truth Behind Viral Theories

Misinformation has dispersed rapidly, prompting fact-checkers to debunk galore mendacious claims circulating online. Contrary to societal media posts, the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, was not a Republican oregon a Trump donor; nationalist records amusement helium is an unaffiliated voter, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stated that Robinson had been “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.” 

Doctored photos person besides circulated showing Robinson successful t-shirts supporting either Trump oregon Kamala Harris, erstwhile the archetypal images amusement him successful plain clothing. Furthermore, claims astir ‘nefarious bystanders’ person been disproven. A antheral successful a achromatic cap, accused of giving manus signals, was identified arsenic Kirk’s friend, Frank Turek, who accompanied him to the hospital. Another man, scrutinized for wearing what appeared to beryllium a achromatic glove, was a Kirk protagonist who had a prosthetic hand.

Despite the swirl of online speculation, Utah authorities person maintained their content that the fishy acted alone. When asked if investigators were assured successful this assessment, Gov. Cox said, “Yes… Every portion of grounds we person truthful acold makes it precise wide that the assassin acted alone.”