AXIOS: How Charlie Kirk’s killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers.

What are Groypers?

According to Know Your Meme, “Groyper” refers to a variation of Pepe the Frog, a meme that the alt-right has co-opted.

• The meme gained traction online on platforms like fringe-right site 4chan in 2017, according to the Anti-Defamation League, and was adopted by alt-right followers.
• They describe themselves as Christian nationalists, oppose feminism and LGBTQ+ rights and believe the U.S. should close its borders.

Groypers became associated in 2019 with Fuentes, an underground podcaster labeled a “white supremacist” by the FBI.

• Fuentes, who once dined with President Trump and rapper Ye at Mar-a-Lago, has since turned against the president.

• He was previously banned from Twitter (both in the pre- and post-Elon Musk era) before Musk announced in May of last year that he would reinstate Fuentes’ account on X.

Iowahawk takes the implication that Kirk’s assassin was a Groyper to its absurd conclusion: