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The two state lawmakers were as prominent as Charlie Kirk?
No you're right that's insane. Two elected officials are obviously way more prominent than a YouTube personality.
I didn't hear about them before they died. And Turning Point is pretty much the MAGA youth league. Dismissing the US's most influential MAGA voices as just "a YouTube personality" is not doing anything any favor.
Just because he was prominent in your life doesn't mean he was to others. I've had to explain to more than a few people who he was since they'd never heard of him at all.
and they've heard of the minnesotan lawmakers before they died? even if they have, way less people have heard of them compared to hearing of kirk.
What is your goal with these comments you are making?
nothing more than the goals of the other commenters here
I didn't mean to say you or anyone else here has an ulterior motive or something, sorry if it came off that way; I'm saying that just like whiwake is here to discuss things relevant to progressive politics I'm here to discuss things relevant to progressive politics.
It sure seems like you hold his life in greater regard than theirs.
unfortunately, our current hierarchical society does ascribe lower value to them than e.g. Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks. i'm not saying Kirk as nearly as good as Uygur, but they have had a similar impact.