The death of Charlie Kirk and the ensuing social media responses to his shooting have triggered a manhunt perpetrated by GOP officials and, most recently, the Texas Education Agency.

The divisive right-wing figure and ally to President Donald Trump was shot in the neck at a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. Instantaneously, social media feeds were flooded with jarring videos of the shooting, as well as hot takes about the controversial figure known for anti-LBGTQ+ rhetoric and disavowing stricter gun laws, among other common conservative beliefs.

Many Republican leaders remember Kirk as a “hero” and a model for the American ideal of free speech. In the days following Kirk's death, conservative lawmakers have condemned critics who posthumously critiqued Kirk, with

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