Charlie Kirk was a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed in September 2025 while speaking at Utah Valley University. In the days after his death, supporters gathered at vigils and memorial events, and the phrase We are Charlie Kirk spread as a slogan of identification with him. Clips of crowds chanting it circulated widely on social media, then moved into edits, remixes and meme soundboards, where the short repeated chant is now reused far beyond its original memorial context.