Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi

She Mocked Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Now She's Going Viral.

October 30, 2026

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A young woman at the University of Texas at San Antonio went viral after stepping up to a microphone at a TPUSA "Pick Up the Mic" event—a setup created in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk—and reading a poem she wrote celebrating his death. The poem, titled for the "Kirkiversary," included lines about "a shot to the neck" and ended with an invitation to a "squirt for Kirk" party. The host, Amala Ekpunobi, reacts to the clip, using it to argue that this kind of performance reveals something deeper about the current state of political discourse on campus.

The Performance of Hatred

Ekpunobi focuses less on the poem's content and more on the speaker's demeanor. She notes the woman introduced herself as "Pamper baby," paused awkwardly for a reaction, and stumbled over her words when she tried to say she "took a Plan B and I'm an immigrant this morning." The host reads this as a deliberate attempt to trigger the TPUA representative by throwing out what she assumed would be hot-button identity markers before dropping her main bomb. "When you're always oriented towards triggering somebody," Ekpunobi says, "it's really hard to be present in your own body and in your own mind." She describes the woman as having an "external locus of control," more concerned with how people respond than with what she is actually saying. The nervousness—shaking hands, stumbling speech—is

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  • 1 (00:45) **Introduction: The Viral Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Assassination** - Amala introduces the clip of a young leftist woman reading a poem about the assassination of Charlie Kirk at a TPUSA event, framing it as a new low in campus political discourse.
  • 2 (01:36) **Clip Reaction: The "Pamper Baby" Introduction** - Amala pauses the clip to analyze the woman's awkward introduction and her use of the name "Pamper Baby," which she sees as a performance designed to provoke a specific response.
  • 3 (04:52) **The Poem: "Twas the Night Before the Kirk Adversary"** - Amala plays the full poem, which celebrates the assassination of Charlie Kirk with macabre humor, including jokes about a "shot to the neck," a "Kirkiversary," and a "BYOE" (bring your own everything) event.
  • 4 (05:41) **Analysis: The Psychology of the Performance** - Amala argues that the woman's actions are driven by a need for social validation from her peers and a desire to trigger a reaction, rather than any genuine conviction.
  • 5 (08:17) **The Broader Context: A Shift from Ideas to Malice** - Amala connects the poem to a wider trend of leftist political engagement moving beyond a "battle of ideas" to pure hatred, exemplified by celebrations following the assassination attempt.
  • 6 (09:52) **The Moral Bankruptcy of the Leftist Mindset** - Amala argues that the dehumanization of political opponents allows leftists to justify any low, including celebrating assassination, because they see their target as morally bankrupt.
  • 7 (10:52) **Real-World Consequences and Double Standards** - Amala connects this mindset to the actual assassination of Charlie Kirk, arguing that this kind of rhetoric has tangible, dangerous outcomes.

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Show Notes

A leftist woman mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk at TPUSA event at her university. Now she's going viral, but not for the reasons she probably wanted. Let's talk about it.


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