Foreign influencers are doing their best to spin the Charlie Kirk assassination

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(Jesse Bedayn | AP)The assassination of Charlie Kirk has been divisive online, and some officials believe foreign governments are trying to make things worse. The toxic discourse around Kirk’s shooting is primarily home-grown: “I wish it were the Russians,” he said. “Those influencers are absolutely talking about the Kirk assassination,” he said. He said that’s because foreign influence campaigns often can’t move the needle much on big stories. “In Russian state media, a lot of the coverage we’ve seen is blaming Ukraine for the assassination,” she said.