{"id":1497,"date":"2025-09-23T07:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:23:56","slug":"rfk-jr-drops-a-weird-comment-at-charlie-kirks-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1497","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Drops a Weird Comment at Charlie Kirk\u2019s Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a pretty heavy day when a big crowd showed up to say goodbye to Charlie Kirk at his memorial at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Donald Trump didn\u2019t make it, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who\u2019s now the Secretary of Health and Human Services, was there on behalf of the administration.<\/p>\n

In his speech honoring Charlie Kirk\u2014the conservative activist and influencer who got shot and killed last Wednesday at an event in Utah\u2014RFK Jr. didn\u2019t just stick to the usual eulogy stuff. He said something that had people in the room exchanging glances.<\/p>\n

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Charlie\u2019s death hit hard, and folks all over the country have been holding vigils to remember him. He was gunned down during a talk at Utah Valley College, and after a nail-biting 33-hour manhunt, this 22-year-old guy named Tyler Robinson turned himself in as the suspect.<\/p>\n

On top of the vigils popping up everywhere, there\u2019s a big memorial service lined up for Sunday, September 21, out in Glendale, Arizona, at State Farm Stadium. At the recent one at the Kennedy Center, a bunch of big names showed up, including RFK Jr., who gave a talk to the crowd.<\/p>\n

He started off sharing a little story about his 17-year-old niece, who\u2019s getting ready to head off to college in Europe. \u201cThere are so many kids out there who looked up to Charlie Kirk,\u201d RFK Jr. said. \u201cThey want to walk in his shoes, and that\u2019s a real win for America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Moment RFK Jr. and Charlie Kirk Supposedly Became \u201cSoulmates\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Things got a bit odd when RFK Jr. started talking about this supposed meeting back in 2001 that apparently turned them into close buddies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first ran into Charlie in July 2001 on his podcast,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWe were both a little wary at first, but by the end of it, we clicked. We turned into spiritual brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on about how their friendship stuck around over the years. But right away, people on social media started calling out the issues with that story. Charlie was born on October 14, 1993, so he\u2019d have been just eight years old in 2001. And his podcast? That didn\u2019t even start until 2020, so maybe RFK Jr. meant 2021 instead.<\/p>\n

Online, folks were quick to point it out: \u201cCharlie Kirk was only eight in 2001,\u201d one person tweeted.<\/p>\n

Someone else chimed in, \u201cBonding over a podcast with an 8-year-old in 2001? That doesn\u2019t add up at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The backlash kept coming: \u201cWhy does this administration keep pushing stories that are so easy to fact-check?\u201d one user wondered. And another said, \u201cMaybe RFK Jr. actually thinks that\u2019s how it went down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, his supporters jumped in to defend him, saying it was probably just a harmless error.<\/p>\n

\u201cBet he meant 2021, not 2001,\u201d one commenter suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, slips like that happen to everyone,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n

Charlie\u2019s actual funeral is happening on September 21, and word is President Trump will be there to pay his respects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a pretty heavy day when a big crowd showed up to say goodbye to Charlie Kirk at his memorial at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Donald Trump didn\u2019t make it, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who\u2019s now the Secretary of Health and Human Services, was there on behalf of the administration. In his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}