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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Media Matters weekly newsletter, July 7

07/07/23 10:56 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk: Affirmative action does not address the “real problem” of “Black crime” and Black fathers abandoning their children

07/06/23 8:49 AM EDT
Right-wing media figures prepare for “spiritual war” in 2024 by claiming their opponents are demonic entities

07/05/23 2:32 PM EDT
Following right-wing Supreme Court victories, Charlie Kirk boasts “we have to flood the zone” with more conservative cases

06/30/23 2:11 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk calls for bans on collecting racial data at schools to “really crack the whip on affirmative action”

06/30/23 8:50 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk calls Ketanji Brown Jackson a “recipient of affirmative action” who is “unqualified” for the Supreme Court

06/29/23 1:34 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk suggests that the CEO of OceanGate “killed himself and his customers with wokeness”

06/22/23 2:36 PM EDT
Tucker Carlson's racist former head writer resurfaces as Charlie Kirk’s radio producer

06/22/23 10:09 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk calls Juneteenth a “neo-segregationist federal holiday” and “pagan garbage”

06/16/23 4:17 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “The war on white people continues”

06/15/23 2:55 PM EDT
Turning Point USA’s Pastors Summit featured Christian nationalist ideology and right-wing hatred

06/14/23 9:44 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk: Trump's defense for acknowledging materials were classified should be, “that was just me doing showmanship”

06/13/23 3:13 PM EDT