Charlie Kirk Was Not a Freemason, but He Apparently Knew Some People Who Were

We live in an era rife with conspiracy theories, and one of the most persistent has long been that the Freemasons, a secretive social club that is centuries old, is secretly running governments around the world. As is the case for most conspiracy theories, this one seems to be based mostly on speculation, and on the fact that the Masons are such an old society.

Following his death, many naturally wondered if Charlie Kirk was himself a Freemason. Here's what we know about that and whether he ever said anything about the order.

The Freemasons are famously a sort of secretive society, although they're not so secretive that members typically hide that information from the public. After many people noticed a ring on Erika Kirk's finger with a G engraving, though, some immediately took to social media to speculate about whether Charlie was a Freemason, and Erika's ring was a signal to that effect.

“Why is there a Mason G on her ring? I don’t like to dive too far into conspiracies, but something is definitely off. Just going to pray on it," one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter). While Erika certainly has a ring with a G on it, what's less clear is whether that ring is a Freemason symbol, or whether it means something else entirely. In addition to a compass and a square, the G is a prominent symbol related to the Freemasons.

The G is connected to the Hebrew letter Gimmel, and is designed to represent the duality between geometry and God.

Freemasons emerged from an ancient order of builders who were responsible for building some of the most impressive architecture of the Old World. Today, though, they are primarily a social club known for elaborate rituals and secret handshakes. And, among the conspiracy-minded, some think they are secretly running the world.

Although the ring on Erika Kirk's finger is far from conclusive as to whether Charlie was a member of the Freemasons or not, he was once asked whether he had any thoughts about the order and the theories around it.

"I don't have strong opinions about it, honestly," Kirk said when asked in a clip shared by Elaine Beck. "Yeah, it could be right."

"I've known some people that have been masons that have just been regular, everyday people," he continued. "But I'm open-minded."

Charlie obviously didn't volunteer that he was a Freemason in that conversation, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he wasn't.

What also seems clear, though, is that if he wasn't, he was open to the notion that the theories about them were true, although it also didn't seem like he had given it much thought one way or the other. That could have been intentionally evasive, or it could be that Charlie spent most of his time thinking about things that had nothing to do with conspiracies about the Masons.