October 14 has been declared by Donald Trump as Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day.
That being so, let us remember
Mr. Kirk accurately. Charlie Kirk was the Pied Piper of MAGA. Dedicated to
Trump and the MAGA agenda, he recruited youth into MAGA through the open doors
of Turning Point. Dedicated to Trump, he sent 350 of his youths to participate at
Trump’s January 6th showdown with democracy.
A man's own words reveal the man.
Here, then, is Charlie Kirk:
When asked if it is acceptable
that people are killed in shootings, Kirk responded: “I think it’s worth it. I
think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every
single year so we can have the 2nd Amendment…” – 4/5/23
We can assume he doesn’t feel any
need to have empathy for the shooting victims. “I can’t stand the word empathy…
I think it does a lot of damage.” – 9/10/25
Referring to Michelle Obama,
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
and Joy Reid, but with the topic of Black women in general, Kirk said “You do
not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a
white person’s slot.” – 7/13/23
“We made a huge mistake when we
passed the Civil Rights Act in the mid-1960s… The Civil Rights Act created a
beast, and that beast, has turned into an anti-white weapon.” – 4/24
“If I see a Black pilot, I’m
going to be like, ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified.” – 1/18/24
Of the man Trump and Republicans continue
to compare Kirk to, he once said “Martin Luther King was awful. OK? He’s not a
good person.” – 12/23
He preached anti-Semitism. “Jewish
donors have been the No. 1 funding mechanism of radical open-border,
neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies…This is a beast created by secular Jews and
now they’re coming for Jews.” – 10/26/23
Does that anti-Semitic blame for a
country’s potential problems sound familiar to students of history?
According to Kirk, gays are
committing sin, and we owe it to them to wake them up to this fact and not
allow events like Gay Pride. “You love (gays) by telling them the truth, not
confirming or affirming their sin.”
What is the truth according to
Kirk? “In Leviticus 18, is that thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned
to death. So, Ms. Rachel (Rachel Accurso, who was championing Gay Pride), you
quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself. (But) the chapter before
affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” – 6/8/24
“Gay couples are not just happy
with marriage; they now want to corrupt your children.” – 4/22
“One issue I think that is so
against our senses, so against the natural law and dare I say a throbbing
middle finger to God, is the transgender thing happening in America right now.”
He followed that up by comparing surgeons who perform transgender surgery to
Nazis. – 9/11/23
He’s tough on politicians who
disagree with him. “Joe Biden is a corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in
prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.” – 7/4/23
Not so tough on those who attack those
who disagree with him. When Paul Pelosi was beaten with a hammer by a Right-Wing
fanatic in what the culprit confessed was a failed attempt to kidnap Nancy
Pelosi, Kirk weighed in on the plight of the attacker. “Why has he not been
bailed out? By the way, if some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or
the Bay Area wants to really be a hero, someone should go and bail this guy
out.” – 10/31/22
And regarding capital punishment,
Kirk thinks all executions should be televised. “You could have it brought to
you by Coca-Cola, and no, I am not kidding.” – 2/15/24
Not to mention young people
should be encouraged to watch. “I think at a certain age it’s an initiation” was
his response to two others discussing the possibility of televised executions
being age appropriate for children as young as 12. – 2/15/24
It is tragic that Kirk was
murdered for his beliefs, for exercising his Freedom of Speech. But those beliefs
he championed are racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and cruel. He supported
violence as a political solution. These are not American values. And, if we are
to honor and celebrate people for their deeds in this country, it should be
those who do represent and speak out for American values.
