Robby Starbuck makes the case that conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death are insulting to his memory and sabotage what could become a genuine spiritual revival in his memory. He urges us to show some grace to people drawn into the theories, and refocus on Kirk's religious and political legacy.
"Bad actors have taken a spiritual revival that his murder sparked, and they've stomped on it just before reversing to run over it again. And I've had enough," he said.
You've likely heard the theories by now," he said. "Every week there's a new villain to frame. Every week, a new bombshell that's going to break this wide open. And every week, the last bombshell quietly disappears."
"Unlike people who are paying their bills on these theories, I will not be keeping any monetization from this video. I'll either send it to a trust for Charlie's kids or donate it to a cause that was near and dear to Charlie's heart."
"It is time to take a blowtorch to the various conspiracy theories about how state actors were secretly responsible for the assassination of our friend Charlie Kirk," Starbuck said. "Once you start asking what such a conspiracy would actually look like-and how it would work from a practical perspective-the whole conspiracy collapses in on itself."
"Your theory requires the world's smartest killers to pick the world's dumbest plan: leave the shooter alive, leave his texts intact, and fool everyone except you and Candace Owens."
"When you watch Candace, you need to ask yourself: What win is she stacking up? Because right now, it looks like the only win is happening in her bank account," he said. "There's an adversarial legal process where every piece of evidence, the round, the rifle, the DNA, the digital records, is going to be examined by hostile people with subpoena power -- in public -- for years. The process is going to have enormous benefit for the public, even if it is wholly damaging and hurtful to the family."
"I'm not saying people who believed Candace Owens are stupid, hopelessly irredeemable, or gullible. I'm saying that she has taken advantage-whether deliberately or not-or by virtue of some sort of mental thing going on with her, of people who have a natural impulse to believe that someone like Tyler Robinson could not possibly have taken down a giant like Charlie," he said. "It's like a mosquito taking down Superman. It just doesn't make sense. Which is why a lot of people frantically began searching for an explanation worthy of Charlie. But the math here does not make sense."
"His death-his murder-is not entertainment. People have turned it into infotainment, and it's pretty sick. This isn't a thing to keep you entertained week to week," Starbuck said. "I think it's disgusting that influencer wars, drama, and people saying stupid things to each other have become the narrative instead of a spiritual revival to bring praise to Jesus-like Charlie would have been so proud of after he died. That's where the focus should be. Instead, it's on influencer wars. Instead, it's on, you know, 'Candace said this petty thing to this person. Oh my gosh, can you believe she said that? Oh my gosh, can you believe they said that?' I don't care."
"Don't let these people memory-hole the reaction that we saw from the left in this country, when they made it abundantly clear that they would happily slaughter anyone who stands in their way-whether it's a health insurance CEO, the president of the United States, or a conservative activist like Charlie."
"We must never forget what these people stand for. It is everything Charlie fought against," he continued. "The left wants you and me to suffer the same fate as Charlie. It doesn't matter if you're a moderate watching this or if you're someone like me-a conservative activist, like Charlie was."
"It is my duty, as somebody who loved Charlie, to stand up and say that what is happening here is wrong. It is simply wrong. I want you to tune all of us out, including me," he concluded. "Watch the full trial. Keep a notepad. Write down any inconsistencies that bother you. Work out the math. Think about how many people would need to be involved."
"Critically examine the evidence yourself. Don't rely on me, Candace, or anybody else to do it for you."
"Even before the trial, the math should make you deeply uncomfortable with believing what is being sold on a week-to-week basis-and deeply uncomfortable with continuing to reward it with clicks," he said.