Charlie Kirk attempts to use Buffalo Bills star Damar Hamlin’s tragic injury to push anti-vax conspiracy theory

Far-right influencer and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk is facing backlash for his attempt to use the devastating injury of NFL star Damar Hamlin to push his own anti-vaccination conspiracy theory.

Hamlin's injury took place on Monday, January 2 during the Monday Night Football feature. According to Mediaite, Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, "made a tackle on Bengals’ wide receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin’s chest bore the brunt of the contact and he initially appeared to be ok. Hamlin rose to his feet before falling backward while making no effort to brace himself for the fall."

First responders on the scene rushed to the field to administer CPR as players, coaches, and staff members for both teams knelt their heads in prayer. After several minutes Hamlin was taken off the field by ambulance to a local hospital.The game has been postponed.

Shortly after Hamlin's injury began dominating headlines, Kirk took to Twitter to weigh in with his take on what transpired on the field during the Buffalo Bills and Cinncinati Bengals matchup.

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As social media users expressed concern and offered well wishes to the 24-year-old football player, Kirk did the same but went a step further to tie in anti-vax conspiracy theories. According to Kirk, there may be a possibility that the COVID vaccine could have caused Hamlin's injury or made it worse.

“This is a tragic and all too familiar sight right now: Athletes dropping suddenly,” he tweeted.

Shortly after Kirk's tweet, Twitter users began firing back with critical reactions. "What a piece of human excrement you are, Charlie boy," one Twitter user wrote while another tweeted, "So you are so desperate for relevance, you wanna politicize a tragic incident? This is where MAGA stands & that’s why voters have been rejecting you over & over."

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Kirk's latest remarks follow a string of baseless claims he's made in an effort to discredit the COVID-19 vaccine.

Last year, Kirk began circulating claims suggesting that the vaccine may have taken the lives of more than one million Americans. However, there was no information to support his claims.

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