Left-wing activists want their own Charlie Kirk to 'replicate what he's doing'

Left-wing activists are vying to have their own version of Charlie Kirk, the founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, who also influenced many young voters in the last election as Kirk went around to college campuses in America for the "You're Being Brainwashed" tour.

Left-wing influencers, including Destiny, Amy Zellmer, Anna Pledger, Brian Shapiro, Camp Callou, CFH Unfiltered, Corey Magyar, Ethan Alexander, Grant Thomas Klinkner, Gregory Klinkner, Hunter Kozak, Kyla Turner, Kyle Spaulding, Lucas Raab, Liam Stayton, Logix, That Black Veteran, Robby Roadstreamer, Sanjay Robin, Vic Meyers, and Zee Cohen-Sanchez, are part of what has been dubbed the "Unf*ck America Tour," which claims to be "taking the fight to Charlie Kirk and the far right."

According to the tour's website, the organization is being paid for by the National Ground Game PAC, a left-wing political action committee. The "Unf*ck America Tour" page states that the left-wing influencers will "take Charlie Kirk and his conservative agenda head-on," and that the tour's "team of influencers and creators will pave the way for this tour across the nation."

As of August 11, there are no scheduled upcoming events or stops for the tour, but the webpage says that there will be campus stops in September.

In interviews with CNN, some of the influencers spoke to reporters, talking about how they disagree or even despise Kirk, but that the Turning Point USA founder has been successful in turning out young Gen Z voters at college campuses.

Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, otherwise known as "Destiny" online, told CNN that he "hates Charlie Kirk" but that Kirk is "very strategically minded." Cohen-Sanchez said that the Democrats do not have anyone like Kirk, and that he has been "one of the best organizers of our generation."

"What he's doing has worked, and that's why I'm here to replicate what he's doing," the left-wing influencer added.

Kirk responded to the effort from the left-wing activists and influencers on X, writing, "Imitation is the highest form of flattery. What they don’t see is the 13 years of grinding. I travel 300 days a year. I give hundreds of speeches and our team hosts hundreds of events and three major conferences a year, and that’s not even counting my daily show and podcast, our ballot chasing army, TPUSA Faith, and more."

"For the first 5 years of TPUSA I didn’t take a wage. I slept on couches. I nearly didn’t make payroll more times than I can count. Enemies have tried to kill TPUSA, also more times than I can count. I’ve burned out adrenal glands, thrown out my back a few times from too many flights, barely slept for weeks on end, etc etc. No one could stop us because we out worked them all. And we’ll keep outworking them to save the country. And we’re just getting started," Kirk added.