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Since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media users have shared posts showing, quoting or paraphrasing remarks the posts attribute to the conservative activist. Many readers have asked us to provide the facts on whether Kirk, the founder of the youth political group Turning Point USA, made several of these comments. We’ll review some of the statements that our readers asked about and correct a viral social media post that got what Kirk said wrong. While he did say many of the statements, some have been misrepresented or not presented with full context. A popular post on X incorrectly claimed that Kirk used a slur for Asian people.

“That time Charlie Kirk called an Asian woman in the audience ‘c—-’ multiple times,” the post reads, spelling out the slur in full, and accompanied by a montage video from TikTok. “He made millions off of his racism and sexism.” Kirk was speaking on his show, "The Charlie Kirk Show," on July 13, 2023. He was talking specifically about television presenter Joy Reid; former first lady Michelle Obama; then-U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas; and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

After the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and ally to U.S. President Donald Trump, a rumor spread that he had once said Black women like television presenter Joy Reid; former first lady Michelle Obama; former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas; and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did "not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously." For example, a Sept. 11, 2025, post on X included a video clip of Kirk saying, "You have to go steal a white person's slot" (archived): This post had 8.2 million views and 55,000 likes as of this writing.

The same clip appeared in several Instagram posts. Further, Snopes readers searched the site and emailed seeking to confirm the rumor. The claim was true and the video clip of Kirk saying this was authentic. Snopes identified an episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" (archived) from July 13, 2023, in which Kirk named these four Black women and said these words, adding that the admission that they had benefited... Did the late Charlie Kirk say "Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously" as social media posts claim? No, that's not a precise quote: Attacking affirmative action, Kirk slammed by name four prominent liberal Black women .

On his podcast, he specifically criticized Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, TV host Joy Reid, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and attorney and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The claim that he said this of all Black women circulated on social media, including a September 10, 2025 Bluesky post (archived here) where it was published by the karenattiah account with no comment... Here's what that post looked like at the time this fact check was written: (Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at karenattiah.bsky.) What Kirk said, starting about 53 minutes into his July 13, 2023 show (archived here), was this, two weeks after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college and university admissions:

Since his assassination on September 10, misinformation about Charlie Kirk has spread like wildfire. His words have been misquoted in posts spread online, progressives have weaponized selected snippets of his debates and his ideas have been reduced to sweeping and inaccurate generalizations. Here are the most common misperceptions: Author Stephen King claimed Kirk had advocated “stoning gays” in a social media post. He later took his post down and apologized after admitting he had gotten it completely wrong. In fact, Kirk was simply quoting the Bible in reaction to YouTube personality Ms.

Rachel cherry-picking biblical phrases to celebrate Pride Month. “By the way, Ms. Rachel, you might want to crack open that Bible of yours. In a lesser reference, part of the same part of scripture, in Leviticus 18, is that ‘thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned to death.’ Just saying.” You may have seen this list of awful statements from Charlie Kirk, summarising his awful beliefs and statements floating around. You may have used it to argue with friends online that think he wasn’t the awful Nazi propagandist he was.

You may have been met with: “sOuRcE???” or “can you account for these” or “are you just pasting information you find and believe to be true” or “cOnTeXt mAtTeRs!!”? If so this is the article for you. These are the receipts. Verdict: True (in context). Kirk publicly endorsed a biblical call to execute gay people. On his June 2024 podcast, while criticising a children’s YouTuber’s pro-LGBTQ message, Kirk quoted Leviticus: “lay with another man and be stoned to death,” calling it “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual...

In context, he cited the Old Testament punishment for homosexuality approvingly. (Bollinger, 2024). Kirk did add that he was “not calling for it literally now,” but he emphasised that this biblical mandate was “God’s perfect law”, effectively legitimising the sentiment. Verdict: True (paraphrase). Kirk expressed this racist sentiment on The Charlie Kirk Show (Jan. 23, 2024).

“If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified,” he said, implying that a Black pilot likely got the job through affirmative action and thus is less... This comment, which Kirk made while discussing race and “diversity hires,” suggests fear or distrust of Black professionals. The Guardian confirms Kirk’s quote and notes it was delivered on his show in early 2024 (Stein & Anguiano, 2025). Verdict: True. In August 2025, reacting to pop star Taylor Swift’s engagement, Kirk explicitly urged her to embrace a submissive wife’s role. On his Aug.

26, 2025 podcast, he addressed Swift: “Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.” He argued that marrying NFL player Travis Kelce and having children would “deradicalise” Swift’s liberal views. Kirk literally said, “Submit to your husband, Taylor… you’re not in charge,” encouraging her to abandon feminist independence. (Media Matters Staff, 2025). This provides full context: Kirk believes women (even a superstar) should be dutiful wives under their husbands’ authority.

Verdict: Mostly True (close paraphrase). Kirk didn’t use those exact words, but he strongly argued against retirement. On Sept. 19, 2023, he told his radio audience: “I’m not a fan of retirement. I don’t think retirement is biblical.” He challenged “the idea of retirement altogether,” saying older people should keep working, volunteering, or helping family instead of “just watch TV and golf”. He advocated raising the retirement age and implied society wastes seniors’ talents by letting them stop working.

Essentially, Kirk’s view was that people should not simply retire in the traditional sense, which aligns with the statement. (Media Matters Staff, 2023). While he didn’t literally call for a law forbidding retirement, he clearly preached that retirement is undesirable and un-Christian. (Catch all the US News, UK News, Canada News, International Breaking News Events, and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Download The Economic Times News App to get Daily International News Updates. (Catch all the US News, UK News, Canada News, International Breaking News Events, and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)

Download The Economic Times News App to get Daily International News Updates. Winnipeg man’s holiday season ends in tragedy as he slips on ice and ‘breathes through pain’ for 11 hours before ambulance arrives The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events How Charlie Kirk turned campuses into cultural battlefields – and ushered in Trump’s assault on universities Charlie Kirk’s death raises fears of ‘beginning of a darker chapter’ for US violence Charlie Kirk, the far-right commentator and ally of Donald Trump, was killed on Wednesday doing what he was known for throughout his career – making incendiary and often racist and sexist comments to large...

If it was current and controversial in US politics, chances are that Kirk was talking about it. On his podcasts, and on the podcasts of friends and adversaries, and especially on college campuses, where he would go to debate students, Kirk spent much of his adult life defending and articulating a... Accountable to no one but his audience, he did not shy away in his rhetoric from bigotry, intolerance, exclusion and stereotyping. On Sept. 10, 2025, Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a Utah college speaking event. In response to his death, many online shared his alleged quotes, purportedly made over the course of his career.

Snopes has worked on fact-checking claims that spread online after Kirk's death. We fact-checked his last words, as well as famous quotes, like a comment he made about Jewish money ruining the U.S. We have looked at fake "posthumous" footage claiming he recorded a message in the event of his death, as well as authentic quotes from Kirk calling Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen acquitted of killing two... Many of Kirk's remarks were deeply controversial. Kirk once responded to a hypothetical question, saying that if he had a 10-year-old daughter who became pregnant after being raped, he would want her to deliver the baby. Kirk also said he hoped Black pilots were "qualified" to do their jobs and that some prominent Black women did not have "the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously."

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