Before you praise Charlie Kirk, listen to his own words

Posted Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:30 pm

Charlie Kirk in his own words

On the Civil Right Act

At a "Prove Me Wrong" event, when asked by a student if he would get rid of the Civil Rights Act if he had the opportunity, Kirk responded by saying:

"No, I think you should have a one-page bill that says that racial discrimination based on race is illegal and will not be tolerated in the United States of America.

"The Civil Right Act was used to help Black America, originally. Totally get that. But now the way it was written is that any claim of identification, so someone says 'I'm a woman. Therefore I can compete on your volleyball team.' They come in with a civil rights claim. And so what we're saying is, no, no, no it should be specified to racial, not gender, all that other stuff."

On a comment about a black pilot

Mere seconds after making a comment expressing a concern about seeing a black pilot on an airplane, Kirk immediately followed up with "That's not who I am. That's not what I believe."

In a follow-up conversation he had at a "Prove Me Wrong" event, Kirk explained, "This was in response, first and foremost, to United Airlines saying that half of all their new pilots that they are going to hire are going to be women or people of color. Currently, they are 15%. So, they want to go from 15% to 50%. A conversation then ensued that how every time affirmative action is employed, standards have to be lowered. There is not a single instance where that does not occur."

Kirk went on to say, "A more important question to ask me is Charlie, do you believe that black pilots can be qualified. Of course. Any individual can be qualified. I want a hiring quota and program that only cares about qualification, not skin color."

"Why does United Airlines care so much about the color of the pilots that are flying them. Shouldn't they just want the best pilots?"

To an LGBTQ conservative student

"First of all, welcome to the conservative movement. I don't think you should introduce yourself just based on your sexual attractions...you are a complete human being. And I'm sure you treat people well. And you're studying something....We have gone a long way in the negative direction in this country where we act as if the most important part of your identity is what you do in the bedroom."

On the Second Amendment

"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price. And that is part of liberty. Driving comes with a price. Fifty thousand people die on the road every year. That's a price. You can get rid of driving. You'd have 50,000 less auto fatalities. But we have decided that the benefit of driving, speed, accessability...is worth the cost of 50,000 people dying on the road. So, we need to be very clear, that you're not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen. You can significantly reduce them by having more fathers, by having more armed guards in front of schools. We should have an honest and clear reductionist view of gun violence."

On Jewish support for cultural Marxism

"You cannot subsidize, support and play footsie with cultural Marxism and have a future for the state of Israel...Stop supporting causes that hate you." He explained that if you train a generation of students applying an oppressor/oppressed binary, they will apply that lens to the Israel-Hamas conflict, and Israel will be endangered by that toxic ideology.

Dear Editor,

I disagree with your opinion article ("Liberals, I get why you're upset," Sept. 25, Page 14).

To say you covered the peaceful protest in response to the death of George Floyd is, of course, appropriate, but since people seem to want to canonize Charlie Kirk, you should know he is on record stating Floyd died of a drug overdose, then retracting the statement when proven false by a medical examiner, but repeating the lie at a "Prove Me Wrong" event.

As many rush to open Turning Point groups in our community, are they doing so to have open debates on issues or is it a rush to regurgitate hate. I would recommend those who were cheered at the Kirk memorial to examine his words and say in their own voice some of the reprehensible quotes about women, people of color, Jews and people who are LGBTQ. If you say the words, maybe you will think twice on how to conduct your Turning Point group; all will/should welcome honest debate but not hateful lies. Of course you are entitled to believe hateful lies, but do so at your own intellectual peril.

As far as Jimmy Kimmel's temporary suspension, Kimmel merely stated that many in the MAGA movement rushed to blame liberal, transgender people for the murder with no proof and that Tyler Robinson was more likely a conservative from his family upbringing; certainly not insensitive and possibly true. Compare that to Roseanne Barr who described senior Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett as the child of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.” That is a racial slur. There is no comparison; there is no double standard; one is a pushback to initial Administration/MAGA lies (by the way, JD Vance still states liberal rhetoric is the cause of political violence, which is untrue) and the other shows racism.

Richard R. Levine, Katonah