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[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honoring a student at a Turning Point USA event, Erika Kirk said, "Despite the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, my incredible husband... Caleb has persisted with the same grift - gift - grit... it has been a long day."

"Trust me you're not a grifter, honey," she said to the student. "It's all good."


Baat ka batangad bna rahe hain BC.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, I would have given a pass on this, not that she deserves it. I have such a low opinion of these people that I didn't think she'd be familiar with the word.

But the fact that she turned to the kid and said that instead of just kept talking, that's something.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like she just mixed up gift and grit. Happens to everyone.

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

It's a grift

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 27 points 1 day ago

All these evangelistic types are grifters. Play on people’s fears and hopes so that the money rolls in. False idols and all that.

[–] bklyn@piefed.social 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

is that the tongue she's slipping JD vance?

[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago

It's as close as he ever gets to being a gap in the couch cushions

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn’t know she was a sofa-American.

[–] bklyn@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago

shh! don't tell her husband! he'd blow an artery!

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

She just loves being a beard.

Religion is the biggest grift of all.

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Millennial Snowflake called it the "Freudian slip of the century."

Freudian Slip of the Century seems like an accurate description 💀

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

He shot his own dad?! /s

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Reading the quote it doesn't sound like she was necessarily talking about Charlie Kirk. What was actually said was very ambiguous and there are a few different ways it could be interpreted only one of which would be in reference to Charlie being a grifter while the others wouldn't. It's certainly interesting and a decent chance it was a freudian slip, but the article title doesn't really seem justified. It acts like this is some huge bombshell when it barely qualifies as a footnote.