Charlie Kirk Warned America About Mark Kelly Months Before the Senator’s Latest Act of Sedition — And the Receipts Are Devastating
Some reminders hurt because they force us to face the truth we ignored.
This is one of them.
Back on March 27 — five months and 14 days before his assassination — conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk sounded an alarm that now reads like prophecy. On X, he shared a clip of an interview where X owner Elon Musk laid out precisely why he regarded Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona as a “traitor.” At the time, many shrugged it off. Today, the warning looks impossible to ignore.
The interview came early in President Donald Trump’s second term, when Musk was serving as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The tense fallout that briefly erupted between Musk and the administration was still months away — and has since been resolved.
The geopolitical landscape was different then as well. The Trump administration maintained a firm, unapologetic stance toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance openly chastised Zelenskyy for his inflated sense of entitlement regarding U.S. support in the war with Russia.
But while the White House refused to write blank checks to foreign governments, Kelly and his fellow Senate warmongers pushed relentlessly for billions more in U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine. Kelly even posted on X arguing that America must “stand with Ukraine,” provoking outrage from Musk, who believed lawmakers were prioritizing Kyiv over their own constituents.
In the clip shared by Kirk, Fox News anchor Bret Baier reminded Musk that he had publicly labeled Kelly a “traitor” and asked him point-blank why. Musk didn’t flinch.
“Well, I think somebody should care about the interests of the United States above the interests of another country,” Musk replied. “And if they don’t they’re a traitor.”
Millions of Trump supporters instantly understood.
Baier tried to provide cover for Kelly — highlighting that he is a “decorated veteran, a former astronaut, a sitting U.S. senator.”
But Musk refused to be intimidated by résumés.
“That doesn’t mean it’s OK for him to put the interests of another country above America,” Musk replied.
The exchange then turned to the war itself. Baier noted that some Republicans agreed with Kelly and asked Musk how he believed the war would ultimately end.
Musk predicted a “negotiated peace,” but then shifted into a deeper moral indictment of the war lobby.
“We should have empathy for the thousands of people that are dying every day in trenches,” Musk continued. “For no movement in the lines. The borders remain the same. For the past two years thousands of people have died every week for nothing. For what?”
The emotional intensity in Musk’s expression caught Kirk’s attention — and Kirk wanted the country to see it.
“Elon Musk becomes deeply moved, and deadly serious, when Bret Baier asks him why he called Sen. Mark Kelly a ‘Traitor’ for pushing to send more US aid and weapons to Ukraine. Watch every second of his response,” Kirk wrote on X.
Musk then delivered a blistering condemnation of politicians who posture as moral authorities while prolonging death and suffering abroad.
“I take great offense at those who put the appearance of goodness over the reality of it, those who virtue signal and say ‘We can’t give in to Russia’ but have no solution to stopping thousands of kids dying every day,” Musk added. “They just want that to continue forever.”
He concluded with words that ring heavier now than ever.
“I have contempt for such people and I want to make that clear,” he said. “Because they’re virtue signaling and their lack of a solution means that kids don’t have a father. It means that parents lost a son. For what? Nothing.”
Elon Musk becomes deeply moved, and deadly serious, when Bret Baier asks him why he called Sen. Mark Kelly a "Traitor" for pushing to send more US aid and weapons to Ukraine.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 27, 2025
Watch every second of his response.
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Fast-forward to last week — and Musk’s warning has aged like iron.
Kelly joined five other Democratic lawmakers in issuing a call for military and intelligence personnel to refuse what they labeled “illegal” orders from President Trump — despite citing no such orders whatsoever. Their goal was unambiguous: undermine the commander-in-chief by sowing doubt within the ranks.
President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have responded decisively, treating this coordinated attempt to weaken military discipline as a serious act of potential sedition.
Which brings us back to Charlie Kirk.
Long before the current scandal, long before exposed disloyalty became undeniable, Kirk pointed directly at Kelly and told America to pay attention. Musk had sized him up, and Kirk saw what the rest of the country did not — or refused to.
And now Charlie Kirk is gone.
Maybe Musk will return fully and permanently to the MAGA movement as the administration continues advancing its America-First agenda. That remains possible.
But Kirk’s absence leaves a void. Every day proves more clearly how much wisdom he left behind — and how much he foresaw while others slept.