Charlie Kirk Is Selling Pain Relief Supplements To Boomers Watching Fox News

Charlie Kirk might currently be busy trying to get Americans to believe Juneteenth is some sort of anti-Independence Day leftist plot, but before that, he was cashing in by trying to sell weird supplements to boomers watching Fox News.

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The right-wing radio personality is shilling for something called Relief Factor, “the 100% drug-free supplement that’s helping tens of thousands of people, young and old, to get out and stay out of pain.”

The commercial was shared to Twitter on Thursday after Daily Beast editor Justin Baragona caught wind of it and felt like the world really needed to check out this capitalist nightmare.

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Everything about it reads as though someone played a bunch of commercials aimed at the 50+ conservative demographic for an AI and had it spit one right back out.

Not only does it open on Kirk inexplicably tossing a football around with some dude in sunglasses, but it also features a testimonial from a woman named Tracy who casually mentions she’s a police officer. The only thing that’s really missing is a random American flag.

Obviously, it’s not unusual for brands to use recognizable personalities to sell their products. What’s hilarious with this one is that Relief Pain, aimed at people experiencing age-related pain aka boomers, is so specifically targeting its demographic that they’re 1) advertising on Fox News, 2) using the only folks recognizable to people who spend their days rotting their brain away on the network—even if those people are 27 years old and unlikely to actually be using the supplements themselves.

Matt Lech, Brendan Finn, and the late, great Michael Brooks did a segment on Gorka’s commercial for this and it’s one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever heard.https://t.co/FpGa6D0Ote

— The Batman Who Licks (@Notintheface1) June 18, 2021

And while Kirk isn’t the only right-winger to have made some cash advertising the product, people on Twitter were more than ready to dunk on him for it.

Poorly regulated, low liability, personally branded source of easy cash for gullible demographics, what’s not to love?

— Turing Pest (@Krikalitika) June 17, 2021

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“You have no idea what’s in the vaccine!”

<swallows unrelgualted supplements containing enough lead to stop an x-ray>

— Word Search Moderation Sucks (@DeaconDallacort) June 18, 2021

The fart-right just isn’t the fart-right without a good solid grift.

— Sam Adams grooms his way to $100k+ a year of yr $. (@saltfatacidyeet) June 17, 2021

I was scrolling to make sure I didn’t repeat that same comment.

— Bryan Staal (@goblue4812) June 17, 2021

But arguably the best part of the whole thing was the commercial lead-in from Fox News as they wrapped up a story about unemployment benefits, with an unexpectedly relevant “it’s not about red and blue, but all about people making green.”

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*First Published: June 18, 2021, 8:04 am