Harrison Smith Post Dated 8/13/25
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A dark-mode screenshot of a post on X. The author is Harrison H. Smith, shown with a cross symbol and a blue verification badge, handle truncated to @Harris, dated 8/13/25. The text reads: I am not gonna name names, but I was told by someone close to Charlie Kirk that Charlie thinks Israel will kill him if he turns against them. The names Charlie Kirk and Charlie are set in a heavier weight than the surrounding text.
The date carries the weight here. August 13, 2025 is approximately four weeks before September 10, 2025, which places this statement before the event rather than in the retrospective commentary that followed it. Researchers treat contemporaneous posts differently for that reason.
What it records is a doubly removed statement: the poster says an unnamed person close to Kirk told him what Kirk believed. It is not a statement by Kirk, it names no individual, and it makes no accusation against any person or entity. Harrison Smith is separately cited among those who say Kirk spoke to them about threats beforehand — a claim contested by Erika Kirk. Both positions are set out on Reported Quotes and Warnings. See also Israel Donors and Motive, Israel, and Motive.