How corporate America helped fuel the hate that killed Charlie Kirk

Corporate America must answer for its part in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Years of platforming and promotion of the woke cancers of trans ideology, critical race theory, cultural Marxism, abortion, and many others through America’s largest corporations have done more damage than many realize. Cases like Bud Light and Target illustrate the harm companies have done to themselves by embracing these ideas. But also consider the damage they have done not just to their brands, but to society.

The cultural battle we are fighting is not just right versus left — it is good versus evil.

How might the world be different if instead of promoting LGBT propaganda in their storefronts and advertising, big businesses promoted traditional marriage and family values?

What if companies ditched mandatory trainings on “gender-affirming HR policy” and instead celebrated men of integrity and women of honor uniting in holy marriages and giving birth to lots and lots of children?

What if companies redirected the millions of dollars they donate to the abortion mafia every year toward Christian adoption agencies and pro-life clinics?

What if companies rewarded hard work and merit instead of skin color and sexual preferences?

That world is such a far cry from where we are today that it seems almost unimaginable. It underscores just how insidious is the cultural impact our corporations have had on American society.

A single crack of an assassin’s rifle shattered any remaining illusions about the moment we are in right now in our nation. Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom was the first to be witnessed by tens of millions of people around planet earth. The ensuing revival has been stunning and inspiring. The ghoulish celebration by those with darkened spirits has been disgusting.

Such contrast surrounding the atrocity of Charlie’s murder has put into sharp focus for me that the cultural battle we are fighting is not just right versus left — it is good versus evil. Medusa has taken off her hat and we can see the naked evil for what it is: hatred, pure and simple.

I only spoke with Charlie once. I was a big fan of his work. As I have reflected on the truly miraculous work he accomplished to activate the youth of our country toward conservative, Christian political engagement — a feat many told him was hopeless — I am put to shame that we have not done more in our sphere of influence among Christian investors to combat the evil emanating from the stocks in our portfolios.

According to Kingdom Advisor’s 2025 Report on the Christian financial industry, Christian church members in the United States own $22.4 trillion of investment assets, or roughly 49.7% of all investments in this country. That means 49.7% of all the votes for board members who appoint CEOs, set major corporate policy, and direct the corporation’s engagement on cultural issues.

If Christians have that sort of influence, why do the boardrooms of corporate America so often resound with anti-Christian sentiment?

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It pains me to say that it is because these assets have been, in large measure, handed over to leftist corporations, mutual fund companies, and financial advisory firms to do with them what they will.

We as Christians, and conservatives more broadly, have given our power, influence, wealth, and shareholder votes to the enemies of our way of life. This must change.

The leftist ideology spewed by many corporate institutions and that animates the murderous hatred of Charlie Kirk is not simply a political viewpoint; it is an evil. Like all lies, it cannot stand before the truth. And like all darkness, it cannot stand against the light. But it howls and gnashes its teeth all the same.

Will we stand idly by as the demons run wild with our money? Or will we take back our wealth, influence, and shareholder votes from the big Wall Street firms and make sure our dollars are advocating for biblical values?

Together we can speak $22.4 trillion of biblical truth to corporate power — and there is no telling what God will do with that.