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  • A rumor circulating online in August 2024 in the form of a screenshot of an X post claimed Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk accidentally revealed the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr was installed on his phone, along with the "for furries, by furries" social app named barq. In the same post, Kirk supposedly drew a comparison between the LGBTQ+ Pride flag and the colors of an iPhone's storage space chart, supposedly writing, "Went to check my phone storage and saw the woke gay agenda is alive and well. Is anyone surprised?" However, the post was completely fake and apparently intended as a pointed joke. Kirk never made any such post. The fake screenshot went viral on Aug. 27, when X user @AnnieForTruth shared it (archived) along with the comment, "Nothing surprising to see there, Charlie Kirk, except the fact your top app is Grindr!" The post received over 1.2 million views. Another user asked (archived), perhaps in jest, "I can't find this on his profile. Do you think he deleted it when he realized that it shows his top app?" We asked @AnnieForTruth if the fake post originated from that account or was found elsewhere online. We'll update this story if we receive a response. According to a Google reverse-image search, the similarly tongue-in-cheek iPhone storage space screenshot, which appeared to poke fun at the "anti-woke" outrage often expressed by conservatives, originated at least one year before, possibly in a June 16, 2023, X post (archived) from the user @FeebTurkey. Other users have since posted the same screenshot without any mention of Kirk on Imgflip.com and Reddit. The inspiration to create the fake Kirk post may have arisen after X user @propaganda91 reposted (archived) the iPhone storage space screenshot on Aug. 25. That post received over 500,000 views. For further reading, we previously reported about another fake post in which conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is quoted as allegedly saying, "The thing with homosexuality and transgenderism is that it simply boils down to exerting control over your impulses. Like, say you have a hot sister. You fantasize about it, maybe you steal her underwear a couple times, but it goes no further than that."
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