The death of Charlie Kirk has wracked the nation in various ways, some more positive than others. However, it’s also clear that the event is now being used to bring conversations to tables where they really aren’t welcome. In Maricopa, Arizona, a woman was speaking to the mayor at a town hall meeting to discuss the implementation of a Charlie Kirk statue. However, before she could even speak, she was asked where she lives, where she is from, and if she is currently living in that area. What’s even stranger is that, despite not having asked the question to anyone else before her, the mayor alleges that he needs to ask this to every single person.
The video above was posted to the TikTok account @tianatdesign, which is run by Tiana Torrilhon-Wood, a mother and activist also from Maricopa, Arizona. In it, you see an Asian woman walk up to the podium at Fountain Hills Town Hall to speak. At the podium, she immediately introduces herself, where she lives, and how long she has lived there for. However, the mayor speaking with her, decides that it isn’t enough.
He immediately interrupts her and asks her three different questions that all boil down to the same question: Do you still live in Fountain Hills? Others in the audience were also clearly annoyed by the question, especially as it appears to have been asked simply to lengthen the time she was at the podium.
After finally getting to the point of why the woman was there to begin with, it turns out that it’s because of a Charlie Kirk statue that the local government wants to put up in the town.
Maricopa Lawmakers Want Charlie Kirk Statue in Fountain Hills
The woman goes on to explain that the statue is very much a combination of political clout that realistically won’t make the place any more beautiful or attract any tourists. She continues by outlining other issues in the community, like the flatlining of revenue for local businesses and restaurants.
To look into the future, she even makes the argument that the statue will have no purpose in the next news cycle and will likely not even matter in the next one, two, or three elections that happen. Considering that Kirk was primarily motivated by the rising Republican overhaul of the government this last election, her statement has a lot of weight to it. Once this particular wave of political intrigue ends or tapers, then the statue really won’t hold any significance over the thousands of others who have also died speaking out on what they believe in.
Commentators rushed to the replies to back the woman’s speech, with even the caption of the video saying, “Funny- in all the meetings I’ve watched & attended, I’ve never seen him ask these ‘routine’ questions he claims he asks all the time.” Other replies were in similar veins, even calling out Kirk for not being a political figure, saying, “i just can’t imagine wanting to put up a statue of an influencer lmaoo.”
After finishing and leaving the podium, the room erupts in applause and friendly gestures toward her.
