Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

Monday, September 15, 2025

Charlie Kirk in his own words:




ON RACE:



 “If I see a black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.”– The Charlie Kirk Show, January 23rd, 2024 

 “If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?” – The Charlie Kirk Show, December 8th, 2022

 “Happening all the time in urban America, prowling blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, May 19th, 2023

 “If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because affirmative action?” – The Charlie Kirk Show, January 3rd, 2024

 “If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us ... You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, July 13th, 2023



 ON DEBATE:

 “We record all of it so that we put [it] on the internet so people can see these ideas collide. When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence. That’s when civil war happens, because you start to think the other side is so evil, and they lose their humanity.” – Kirk discussing his work in an undated clip that circulated on X after his killing. 



 
ON GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS:


 “Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.” – Discussing news of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement on The Charlie Kirk Show, August 26th, 2025

 “The answer is yes, the baby would be delivered.”– Responding to a question about whether he would support his 10-year-old daughter aborting a pregnancy conceived because of rape on the debate show Surrounded, published on September 8th, 2024

 “We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, April 1st, 2024



ON GUN VIOLENCE:

 “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” – Event organised by TPUSA Faith, the religious arm of Kirk’s conservative group Turning Point USA, on April 5th, 2023



ON IMMIGRATION:

 “America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, August 22nd, 2025

 “The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, March 20th, 2024

 “The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, March 1st, 2024

 “Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.” – Charlie Kirk social media post, September 8th, 2025



ON RELIGION:

 “There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, July 6th, 202








"He was killed on camera. No one's family deserves to have to witness that. 


It's unthinkably cruel that people would then go on the internet and use their platform to say about an innocent man that: 


'He's not a hero. He's a scumbag.'


I'm talking about George Floyd. You thought I was talking about Charlie Kirk? 


No, those are actual quotes BY Charlie Kirk about George Floyd.


In a 2021 speech in Mankato, Minnesota, Kirk referred to Floyd as a 'scumbag' adding that his death was not worthy of the national attention it received. Without any evidence, the 31-year-old claimed it was caused by an ‘overdose’.

Outrageous that anyone would say that of the dead, right?" --FOUND ON BLUESKY

28 comments:

Les Carpenter said...

Kirk: Bigot. White Supremacist. Racist. Misogynist. Trained Divider. Extraordinaire. A perfect match with the authoritarian fascist FOTUS.

Dave Miller said...

Shaw... we should add another quote to the atmosphere surrounding Kirk. It's that of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. Here's what he had to say after Kirk's shooting...

“There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved.”

This ideology he claims has “one unifying thread... the insatiable thirst for destruction.”

“It is an ideology that leads, always, inevitably and willfully, to violence... The fate of millions depends on the defeat of this wicked ideology.”

I know a lot of lefties, progressives and Dems. I also know a lot of MAGA folks, conservatives and what would now be called former Republicans.

Lots of those folks may be right, or wrong. But to a person, they all want what's best for America, even if they are misguided.

However the folks, like Miller and yes, Kirk are working overtime to demonize and eliminate an entire group of ppl, people like Grey, you, me and others here.

Now I get it, the -FJ's of the world will respond with "Y tu David?", but it's a false equivalency. Because people like us are critical of ideas and the logical implications of policies from people like Miller. We're not saying "white people", like us, don't have a place in America, as Kirk does towards minorties and people of color. We're not advocating the wholesale destruction of rural America as Miller and Kirk claim.

What political party pushed for investment in rural hospitals? What political party pushed to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure in red America? What party is mostly responsible for access to medicaid for senior citizens? What party is responsible for access to health care and survivor benefits for coal miner's families in rural states?

It sure as heck is not the GOP of Trump, or for that matter, GW Bush.

The charges, slanders and BS this crowd of Neo Republicans, the ones who will not denounce political violence, white supremacy or even the Neo Nazis among us are demonstrably false.

Do they love America? Of course they do. But their ideas and prescriptions for the future are wrong and will do untold damage to our country. Both the red and blue states.

Dave Dubya said...

Let's share another ideological commonality between -FJ, Skud, Kirk, and Trump.

MAGA Justice: First Edition.

“I expect the legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation… From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour.” - Hitler in 1942.

Joe Conservative said...

The Neoliberal preference Cascade is only just beginning... :)

Charlie Kirk will sound saner and saner with every passing day from now on. And Trump? Winning and winning...

Shaw Kenawe said...

You’ve been wrong on most of your conspiracy theories and other predictions, so I feel safe in saying we won’t bet on what you predicted here.

Keep this in mind: Trump and his policies are wildly unpopular with the American people. His approval rating on his leadership & policies are all under water.

Our neighbors & allies don’t like or trust him, and for good reason

Putin made a fool of Trump and made him look weak in front of the world. Trump hasn’t ended the war in Ukraine, and the Israeli hostages haven’t been freed. He threatened Hamas again, giving them another 2 weeks, or else.

Everything I’ve listed reeks of a weak and ineffective leader, puffed up on his own insignificant threats and actions.

Dave Dubya said...


"Death to Democrats!" Right, Herr Joe Goebbels? And let's include the homeless and mentally ill, just to go full Nazi.

“Joe Biden is a bumbling, dementia filled, alzheimer's, corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.” -Charlie Kirk

EEVERY DAY, MAGAts sound more like the OG Nazis. Stephen Miller is practically calling for a "final solution" for Democrats and all dissent.

Stephen Miller:
There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved. It is an ideology at war with family and nature. It is envious, malicious, and soulless. It is an ideology that looks upon the perfect family with bitter rage while embracing the serial criminal with tender warmth. Its adherents organize constantly to tear down and destroy every mark of grace and beauty while lifting up everything monstrous and foul. It is an ideology that leads, always, inevitably and willfully, to violence — violence against those uphold order, who uphold faith, who uphold family, who uphold all that is noble and virtuous in this world. It is an ideology whose one unifying thread is the insatiable thirst for destruction.

We see the workings of this ideology in every posting online cheering the evil assassination that cruelly robbed this nation of one of its greatest men. Postings from those in positions of institutional authority — educators, healthcare workers, therapists, government employees — reveling in the vile and the sinister with the most chilling glee.

The fate of millions depends upon the defeat of this wicked ideology. The fate of our children, our society, our civilization hinges on it.

Now we devote ourselves, with love and unyielding determination, to finishing the indispensable work to which Charlie bravely devoted his life and gave his last measure of devotion.
10:02 AM · Sep 11, 2025

Stephen Miller: “We are gonna channel all the anger we have over the organized campaign to led to this assassination to uproot & dismantle these terrorist networks … we are going to use every resource we have at the DOJ, Homeland Security & throughout this govt to dismantle & destroy these networks.”
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That's how Hitler demonized Jews.

And Hitler's protege?
Trump: “Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed in false narratives! Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward! Happy New Year!”

Or else...amirite?

These neo-Nazis are so whipped up on hate and racism they want to exterminate the rest of us.

Joe Conservative said...

It's a Pareto 80:20 world Shaw. Be prepared to meet the 80...

Dave Dubya said...

JC/-FJ and Skud are confirming my adage. Racism isn't racism to racists.

I cannot excuse them anymore. We have a neo-Nazi Jew and a fascist "libertarian".

They would cheer our detention in a concentration camp. They would welcome our deaths.

Count on it. They have no conscience.

Shaw Kenawe said...

The 80/20 ratio is a rough guideline, not a strict mathematical law, and the actual ratio can vary.

Mike said...

Pareto matches AI companies with expert-vetted data labelers to fine-tune cutting-edge AI/LLM models. 😆

Anonymous said...

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

Dave Miller said...

Here are a couple of more Kirk quotes... on free speech. But I'm not sure how our US Atty General, or by extension, her boss, President Trump, feel about them.

“My position is that even hate speech should be completely and totally allowed in our country.The most disgusting speech should absolutely be protected."

“There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society,”

“We will absolutely target you, go after you if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.”

While I may not like Kirk's offensive statements on a number of fronts, his logic and understanding of the Constitution on this issue are sound. More confusing though is how we have US AG, a studied lawyer, a person charged with being the Chief lawyer of the United States of America, does not understand this.

Or has she chosen instead to ignore the Constitution to illegally serve her boss.
Here are her quotes, directly contradicting Kirk and most Constitutional Law lawyers, on both sides of the aisle.

"Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free."

You all tell me... is she wrong, or choosing to serve her boss and not the Constitution?

Shaw Kenawe said...

These are the same people who went after PC speech. They don't care about what is constitutional or unconstitutional -- only what fits their ideology.

The US AG, Pam Bondi, is now going after a private printing business that declined to print a poster that was pro-Kirk. She is threatening the owners of that private business with legal action.

Didn't the SCOTUS a few years ago say that it was perfectly legal for a private bakery to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding?

Does Bondi think that the Constitution protects only right-wing interests?

She's the absolute WORST attorney general this country has had the misfortune to have at this point in our history.

She works for Trump, not the American people. Her name will live in infamy, along with Trump's and the lackeys who support him.

Dave Miller said...

Shaw posted... "The US AG, Pam Bondi, is now going after a private printing business that declined to print a poster that was pro-Kirk. She is threatening the owners of that private business with legal action."

I wonder how she would feel about a Christian cake baker, also a private business, refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding?

Dave Miller said...

Bondi... Possibly the "absolute WORST attorney general this country has had the misfortune to have at this point in our history."

Maybe so Shaw... maybe so.

BTW, SCOTUS made the cake ruling on pretty narrow grounds so as to avoid setting precedent.

Joe Conservative said...

Racism isn't racism to race non-essentialists either. It's only an "appearance" of racism to actual racists

Les Carpenter said...

Kirk will, as time passes, be seen by ALL sane people for what he really was. White Supremacist. Racist. Misogynist. Divider Extraordinaire.

At his core his values were NOT an example that his "savior" would approve of.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Joe Conservative:
"Racism isn't racism to race non-essentialists either. It's only an "appearance" of racism to actual racists."

The definition of racism: "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Kirk's comments that cast aspersions on ALL BLACK WOMEN who achieve success in ANYTHING are, by definition, racist.

I don't care where you looked up YOUR definition, but I do care about anyone who questions anyone else's ability, success, and motives based only on the color of their skin: black, brown, yellow, red, white, or blue!

Kirk called into question Ketanji Brown Jackson's elevation to the SCOTUS and claimed it was the result of affirmative action. (Funny, innit? Kirk had nothing to say about how Clarence Thomas made it into SCOTUS. Could it be that's because Thomas is a far-right ideologue that agreed with Kirk's narrow idea of who achieves the pinnacles of success in this country?

"If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified."
– The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024

Here he is again, worrying about the ability of a BLACK AIRLINE PILOT'S ability to fly a plane. I'll bet there are stats that back up the fact that the majority of plane crashes in this country have had WHITE AIRLINE PILOTS flying those planes, but Kirk decided to impugn any Black airline pilot because of his RACISM.

PS. We know Kirk was a Community College drop-out, so perhaps he never learned about the knowledge, skill, and bravery of the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII.

"The Tuskegee Airmen were African American fighter pilots and airmen who served with distinction during World War II, flying over 15,000 missions and earning numerous accolades, including three Distinguished Unit Citations, for their skill and bravery."

"Many Tuskegee Airmen were denied medals and decorations during and after World War II due to racial discrimination. In fact, no African American veteran from either World War received the Medal of Honor until decades later. The denial of top military honors was a result of the systematic racism and segregation they faced both within the military and throughout American society at the time."

Kirk's ignorant racist comments about worrying if a Black airline pilot is capable of flying a plane can probably be chalked up to his poor education and his resulting ignorance.

That is usually the root cause of racism.

Your comment makes no sense.

Dave Dubya said...

At least we can thank JC/-FJ and Skud for their demonstrations confirming the adage.

Racism isn't racism to racists, even when they support and defend a racist white nationalist.

It smacks of being lectured, "We must condemn political violence", from the same people who voted for the guy who incited a violent mob and refused to call them off. After all, they were "hostages" and the "real victims" on J6.

So yes, the corollary is now, "Political violence isn't political violence when Republicans do it."



Shaw Kenawe said...

I just saw a video from The Charlie Kirk Show where he stated that "Joe Biden should be put in prison or given the death penalty for crimes against America."

Of course, in the video, he never says what those crimes are. He just throws out red meat to his MAGA audience.

He called for the execution of the President of the United States at the time Joe Biden was president. Normally, the Secret Service would give anyone who said those things a visit.

But let's not forget that at this moment, MAGA is trying to beatify a man who called for the execution of a sitting president.

-FJ, Joe Con, skud, and all the sailors on the Mother Ship trying to present Kirk like he was some sort of peaceful savior, need to stop with that propaganda, because he was no better than the average rabble-rousing agent provocateur. People in prominent positions with a wide-ranging audience and who talk like that are not heroes.

I could not link to the video here, so I double-checked in other places to make sure this was not false. I found this on "X:"

Jonathan Alter
@jonathanalter
Yep, Kirk did say that....not out of context.
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
·
Sep 13
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.

Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.


The right-wing MAGAs are, IMO, a danger to this country.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Sixty years of progressively neoracist affirmative action and DEI policies make me question the competency not only of black pilots and air traffic controllers, but of black doctors, lawyers and ESPECIALLY Biden judges. Give me an Asian version of any of the above and I'll heave a sigh of relief. We've only just recently heralded a return to meritocracy from skintone-cracy.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Want to end Racism? You don't do it by inverting anti-black racism into anti-white neoracism. You do it by completely IGNORING race. As Slavoj Zizek said, 'Postcolonialism is the invention of rich Indian guys who wanted to make a good career in the west by playing on the guilt of white liberals'

Dave Dubya said...

This is the new rule: "Political violence isn't political violence when Republicans advocate it and do it."
Call for the execution of Biden. Meh.
Accuse black a woman House Representative of attempting "to eliminate the white population in this country", and you're honored at sporting events and with flags at half-staff.
Mock a dead racist white nationalist and you get canceled.
Send a photo of seashells that show the digits 8647, and you'll be interrogated by the Secret Service, especially if Trump hates you.

MAGAts truly are the heirs of Hitler's evil. Now they blame us for Kirk's death. Just what Hitler did to demonize Jews.

Dave Dubya said...

Racists love to say, "I don't see color. I judge people by the content of their character". And, "I have black friends".
Right.
-FJ thinks closing his eyes and covering his ears will end racism.
How'd that work out?
So why is he still so racist? It is the fear, hate, bigotry, and darkness within.

So what does -FJ and Slavoj Zizek know about "driving while black"? "Woke" originally meant awareness of such racism. Now the racists define woke as "communism". Good little Hitlers, every one of them.

"Meritocracy"? RFK Jr? Hegseth? Kash Patel?

Bullshit. MAGA is loyalty over competence and fealty over experience and qualifications.

Shaw Kenawe said...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew
Sixty years of progressively neoracist affirmative action and DEI policies make me question the competency not only of black pilots and air traffic controllers, but of black doctors, lawyers and ESPECIALLY Biden judges. Give me an Asian version of any of the above and I'll heave a sigh of relief. We've only just recently heralded a return to meritocracy from skintone-cracy.


Spoken just EXACTLY like someone who is blind to his own racism. Those words you wrote are the definition of what racism is: It appears you think that "an Asian version" of a doctor, lawyer, or judge would be better than any Black doctor, lawyer, or judge. That's what your wrote.

Your prejudice is a preconceived opinion/feeling -- positive and negative -- about Asians (positive) and Blacks (negative) based on their membership in a particular group. Your statement is a clear example of negative racial prejudice for Black people, as it assigns undesirable traits to an entire racial group without any basis in fact. You gave none to back up your slur. And your preconceived opinion/feeling about Asians is a clear example of positive racial prejudice, not based on evidence. Have you taken samples of the intelligence and aptitude of the billions of Asians on this planet? And also Black people?

You seem not to understand that there are millions of Asians that are unqualified and even atrocious in their jobs and careers, that's just common sense, because not all human beings are talented, intelligent, and capable in their work. But your prejudice tells you that any Asian is better than any Black person.

You can't see your own racism. I'd tell you to seek help, but you appear to be a supercilious individual incapable of looking inward and questioning your preconceived prejudices.

PS. Here's something I found today to counter people like you who think ONLY Black students get into universities/colleges on affirmative action, thereby making you suspect of any Black person who becomes a high-ranking professional.

Legacy and athlete preferences are often seen as a form of "affirmative action" for white students, particularly white legacy males, who are disproportionately admitted to elite universities compared to Black students. Research indicates that these preferences significantly widen racial and socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment, with legacy applicants benefiting much more than minority students, who have historically been excluded from such opportunities.

Affirmative Action for Whites: The system of legacy preferences gives an admissions boost to applicants whose parents attended the institution. Since the majority of historical college attendees were white, these policies primarily benefit white students."


That's how mediocre students like George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and Jared Kushner (whose father gave millions of dollars to Harvard, and then his mediocre son was accepted) got into elite colleges and universities: Wealthy parents and legacies is Affirmative Action for white people that you can feel comfortable with, eh?

Les Carpenter said...

The ABJECT IGNORANCE being embraced by conservative tRumpers, Christian Nationalist, and Evangelical Fundamentis with their cannonization of Kirk is almost unbelievable. I say almost unbelievable because with all that we've seen I expect their extremely dangerous stupidity to continue for the foreseeable future.

Grey One talks sass said...

As I've been laid flat (again - ugh with this body!) I've some time to think on the issue of how to repair our country, our poor broken country that is so divided that WeThePeople can't even agree to what has been scientifically proven time and time again (actually that's the definition of a fact, the ability to repeat the equation or experiment which produces the same results each time).

Anywho - I suggest we start at the beginning in every conversation - these are the facts as we know them and then build from there. Of course this only works if those entering into the conversation are doing so in good faith. Like our current government and resident trolls good faith here is exhibited by only one side. At least that's my findings. I know our trolls truly believe they are sincere but I'm thinking sincerity is a lot like being aware that you are a racist. Some get it, others remain clueless their whole life.

So, good faith. Per the videos I've watched let's just say if Trump wants to "make a deal" in the future with our farmers or state governments there will have to be assurances they won't just cancel the contract and actionable consequences if they do. I've lost track of the number of videos posted by our fellow citizens who relied on their contract with the government, did the work, purchased supplies only for the project to be willy nilly canceled. The devastation, feelings of abandonment, and betrayal was all out in the open and it broke my heart as I know that pain all to well.

After the death of Kirk there is talk about the factions of MAGA to unite but based on what I've witnessed and reported here there are seeds of change deep within. I'd love it if the light of day would encourage those seeds to grow, to sprout and flourish. Man, talk about unintended consequences!

Shaw Kenawe said...

I'm sorry to read your having difficulties. What we've been witnessing coming from the Trump Regime cannot be good for you while you're in pain. I hope you have access to books, music, and good films to counter the poison coming at you and us every day from the Regime! Take care of yourself. Take time away from the ugliness of what this country is experiencing. Peace.