Charlie Kirk condemns Zohran Mamdani for how he “disgustingly” eats rice: “We in the West value cleanliness. We have utensils.”
Kirk: “People that have grown up in the Third World, they say he's not even doing it right”
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From the July 1, 2025, edition of The Charlie Kirk Show, streamed on Rumble
CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): So right now, there is a viral clip of Zohran Mamdani giving an interview while he's doing something that quite honestly is very disgusting yet calculated. He's doing it for a reason. But also just kinds of show what he is pointing towards.
I have many thoughts on this. And whether it's orchestrated or not, first, we just need to make a comment that we in the West value cleanliness. We have utensils. We teach our kids to use utensils. They say, well, what about burgers and pizza? Yeah. That food is designed that way. Rice, since we have utensils, you don't eat it because we're not in the Third World with your hands. This is Zohran Mamdani eating disgustingly, talking about the struggle of Palestine. It's so contrived.
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So he's not even eating with his hands correctly. People that have grown up in the Third World, they say he's not even doing it right. He's just faking it. He's doing this to signal his Third World cred. So think about it. To get credibility in the New York mayor's race, you have to pretend to be in the Third World.