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Saying he lied about election fraud assumes he knew it was fake and said it anyways.

Charlie Kirk may have been incorrect but he generally seemed to believe his positions.

That is weak sauce. He was a skilled political operator. To suggest he believed what is provably false suggests he was a fool.

The point is it doesn't matter. Nobody should be murdered for spreading a lie.

Two things can be true at the same time. Spreading lies does matter - it matters a lot. And it's not an excuse for murder.

You said it was a silly. I was responding to that. I didn't say people should be murdered for spreading a lie.

If you don't have sufficient evidence for something but make the claim anyway, that's akin to lying.

He also didn't suggest it was a possibility he stated it was stolen