Me not speaking ill of the dead.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Me not speaking ill of the dead. A thread. "Charlie Kirk Calls for an ‘Amazing Patriot’ to Bail Out Alleged Pelosi Attacker" https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-wants-an-amazing-patriot-to-bail-out-paul-pelosis-alleged-assailant/

[swelljoe@mas.to]

“The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They're trying to replace us demographically. They're trying to make the country less white.” https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-southern-border-course-great-replacement-theyre-trying-replace-us

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Charlie Kirk uses slur to refer to transgender TikTok influencer https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-uses-slur-refer-transgender-tiktok-influencer

[swelljoe@mas.to]

“We must ban trans-affirming care — the entire country. Donald Trump needs to run on this issue.” https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-we-must-ban-trans-affirming-care-entire-country-donald-trump-needs-run

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Regularly accused trans people of being "groomers" while hanging out with and employing child sex offenders. https://tyt.com/reports/reports/2022/09/29/ba5ace468c83b22ee

[swelljoe@mas.to]

“Haiti is legitimately infested with demonic voodoo” that allows practitioners to do “quasi-levitation stuff” https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-haiti-legitimately-infested-demonic-voodoo-allows-practitioners-do-quasi

[swelljoe@mas.to]

"of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country. Why is that controversial?" https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-calls-shooting-and-whipping-migrants-southern-border-if-you-enter-we-have

[swelljoe@mas.to]

"You need to intervene. You need to show up to the sporting event and be like this is not happening actually." Encouraging men to physically confront and prevent trans student athletes from competing.

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/youtube-charlie-kirk-calls-men-confront-and-physically-prevent-trans-student-athletes

[swelljoe@mas.to]

“MLK was awful....We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.” https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/01/conservatives-are-finally-admitting-they-hate-mlk

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Was a longtime vocal supporter of ACT For America (anti-muslim hate group), and frequently had its founders on his show and retweeted them. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/act-america-sets-its-sights-college-campuses-upcoming-speaking-tour/

[swelljoe@mas.to]

"if I see a black pilot, I'm gonna be like 'boy, I hope he is qualified'" https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-black-pilots-racism-accusations-1863546

[swelljoe@mas.to]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/turning-point-usa-americafest-infested-antisemitism-1234930583/

[donray@mastodon.online]

@swelljoe

Not only a racist, Kirk was pro-violence. He was a champion of Kyle (the Killer) Rittenhouse’s defense.

“Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, praised Rittenhouse, telling him: “You’re a hero to millions, it’s an honor to be able to have you.””
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/21/kyle-rittenhouse-turning-point-usa-standing-ovation

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Celebrated the pardon of Daniel Perry, who was convicted by a Texas jury of the murder of Black Lives Matter activist Garrett Foster in 2020.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

@donray and, Daniel Perry (convicted of the murder of a Black Lives Matter protestor, later pardoned by Greg Abbott), and Daniel Penny (choked Jordan Neely to death on a subway), and a wide variety of other politically motivated violence.