Charlie Kirk | Media Matters for America

Charlie Kirk was a right-wing provocateur and founder of Turning Point USA who was fatally shot on September 10, 2025. He had a history of pushing right-wing hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

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STORY RETRACTED: Charlie Kirk falsely claims that Black people commit more crimes than non-Black people

01/30/23 3:53 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “If you have AT&T right now, you are funding the major telecoms that are cancelling” Newsmax

01/26/23 12:45 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “I can't in good faith, if Ronna's elected to a fourth term, tell our audience to give money, energy, time, or resources to the RNC”

01/25/23 4:05 PM EST
Charlie Kirk on slavery: “There's a lot more to that story than people would ever want to acknowledge and admit”

01/20/23 3:36 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “I don't believe Black History Month is worth the kind of full month that it is, at all”

01/20/23 2:13 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “Monogamous heterosexual marriage should be a prerequisite to adoption”

01/19/23 2:27 PM EST
Charlie Kirk praises extremists on House Oversight Committee as a “team of rock stars”

01/19/23 1:30 PM EST
Charlie Kirk says the National Hockey League has been “taken over by the LGBTQ mafia”

01/18/23 3:47 PM EST
After attacks in Brazil, far-right American pundits are repeating the insurrection playbook

01/10/23 4:06 PM EST
Right-wing media celebrate Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to become House speaker

01/09/23 4:27 PM EST
American far-right media embrace conspiracy theories about January 8 attacks on Brazil’s federal buildings

01/09/23 2:25 PM EST
Charlie Kirk calls on next president to “get some pardons done” for January 6 insurrectionists

01/06/23 1:53 PM EST