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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As Tucker Carlson wants out of his Fox contract, his right-wing media allies attack the network

05/09/23 12:31 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk passionately defends Tucker Carlson's racist text message

05/03/23 1:51 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is increasingly leaning into right-wing Christian fundamentalism

04/27/23 11:13 AM EDT
Right-wing media provides a safe space for House Republicans to call for cuts to Social Security and Medicare

04/25/23 12:52 PM EDT
Media Matters weekly newsletter, April 21

04/21/23 10:02 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk says government borrowing is “creating the precondition for a massive confiscation of private property”

04/20/23 2:31 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk calls for cuts to Social Security and Medicare: “There need to be some adjustments for future retirees”

04/17/23 3:22 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “Joe Biden running in 2024 is going to be really hard to beat”

04/17/23 1:27 PM EDT
In bout of nostalgia for the 90s, TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk says anti-trans slur on YouTube

04/10/23 3:00 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “I would vote for Robert F Kennedy Jr for president over Mitt Romney any day”

04/06/23 1:06 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”

04/06/23 9:57 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk says the Wisconsin Supreme Court election result “decreases our chance to be able to win the White House in 2024”

04/05/23 1:01 PM EDT