Claim:
A photograph authentically showed a sign reading “Charlie Kirk had it coming, change my mind” at the Denver Communists stall during the city’s”No Kings” protest in October 2025.
Rating:
Context
The Denver Communists posted the photo of the stall and sign on their Facebook and Instagram pages.
In the days following the Oct. 18, 2025, “No Kings” protests of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, a photo (archived) circulated online that claimed to show a sign at a stall for the Denver Communists reading “Charlie Kirk had it coming, change my mind.”
According to some claims (archived, archived), the Denver Communists put the sign out during the “No Kings” protest in Colorado’s capital. The sign appeared to reference Kirk’s assassination at a Utah college on Sept. 10, 2025.
One X user reposting the photo wrote, “The rot is deep within our country. There is no unifying with evil.”
The picture circulated across Facebook (archived), X, Instagram (archived) and Threads (archived). Snopes readers also wrote in, asking if the picture was real.
The photo was authentic, not created or edited using artificial intelligence or other digital tools. The Denver Communists posted the image on their Facebook (archived) and Instagram (archived) pages on Oct. 19, the day after the “No Kings” protests. The group acknowledged it put out the sign during the protest, writing (archived), “Our new signs mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump regime’s demonization of dissent, and the right-wing talking point about paid protestors got overwhelming support.” Given the above, we rate this claim true.
A spokesperson for Denver Communists said via email, “Our sign says nothing about killing anyone, including Charlie Kirk. ‘He had it coming’ is a saying that everyone should be familiar with, like ‘play stupid games, win stupid prizes’ or ‘f*** around and find out.'”
Kirk often used phrases like “Change my mind” in his debate appearances and social media posts.
Photos from Getty Images, a reputable picture agency, showed the gazebo Kirk’s team erected on the university campus where he was killed used the similar slogan “Prove me wrong.”
“Change my mind” is also a popular internet meme based on a 2018 photo of Stephen Crowder, an American-Canadian conservative political commentator, who debates passing students on various topics. The topic in his Oct. 1, 2025, video from Southern Methodist University in Texas was “The Left is violent, change my mind.”
The Denver Communists also posted (archived) a photo — featured in some claims — of two protesters wearing shirts reading “Politicians don’t die like they used to” with a depiction of the televised 1987 suicide of Pennsylvania treasurer Budd Dwyer and “Make assassinations great again” with an image of the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump. It was unclear whether those protesters were associated with the group.
Sources
“Charlie Kirk Throws Hats to the Crowd after Arriving at Utah Valley…” Getty Images, 11 Sep. 2025, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/charlie-kirk-throws-hats-to-the-crowd-after-arriving-at-news-photo/2234173687.
@charliekirk1776. “Change My Mind.” Instagram, 26 Jul. 2025, https://www.instagram.com/p/DMlW-J4hkqR/?hl=en.
Kirk, Charlie. “Alcohol Will Set You Back. Change My Mind.” Facebook, 26 Jul. 2025, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1156933149527109.
RICCARDI, NICHOLAS, and ALI SWENSON. “Charlie Kirk, Who Helped Build Support for Trump among Young People, Dies after Campus Shooting.” AP News, 10 Sep. 2025, https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-university-republicans-8357c3d102de09e3320fde761258131a.
“Steven Crowder’s ‘Change My Mind’ Campus Sign.” Know Your Meme, 20 Feb. 2018, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/steven-crowders-change-my-mind-campus-sign.
StevenCrowder. “The Left Is Violent | Change My Mind.” YouTube, 1 Oct. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqYDHuUKQPk.
