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29 quotes from Charlie Kirk
“The left has decided that Black women are America's master race. Black women are the high priestess class of wokeism.”
— Charlie Kirk
September 29, 2023   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show discussing Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to appoint a Black woman to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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“It created a beast, and that beast has now turned into an anti-white weapon.”
— Charlie Kirk
April 1, 2024   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show, describing his view of the Civil Rights Act and subsequent civil-rights enforcement.
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“That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
— Charlie Kirk
October 8, 2026   •   Continuation of Kirk’s comments about gun deaths and gun rights.
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“Gay people should be welcome in the conservative movement.”
— Charlie Kirk
November 22, 2019   •   Social-media post.
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“If you're a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?”
— Charlie Kirk
December 8, 2022   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show during a discussion involving Brittney Griner and the prisoner exchange that returned her to the United States.
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“If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified.”
— Charlie Kirk
January 23, 2024   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show, arguing that DEI and affirmative-action policies can cause people to question whether minority professionals were selected on merit.
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“America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever.”
— Charlie Kirk
August 22, 2025   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show advocating a major reduction or halt in immigration.
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“Michelle Obama just hates America.”
— Charlie Kirk
August 18, 2020   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show reacting to Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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“The great replacement strategy, which is well underway every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.”
— Charlie Kirk
March 1, 2024   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show while discussing immigration and what he described as a 'great replacement strategy.'
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“We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
— Charlie Kirk
December 1, 2023   •   At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest, arguing the 1964 Civil Rights Act produced a permanent DEI bureaucracy that restricts freedom.
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“We agree. We believe that all forms of racism are evil and awful. But the one type of racism you're not allowed to talk about, of course, is the war against people who look like you and I.”
— Charlie Kirk
April 28, 2022   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show agreeing with guest Douglas Murray during a discussion framed as a 'war on white people.'
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“Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge.”
— Charlie Kirk
August 26, 2025   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show discussing Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce and arguing marriage and children could make her more conservative.
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“I think it's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”
— Charlie Kirk
April 5, 2023   •   At a TPUSA Faith event, arguing that preserving the Second Amendment justifies accepting some annual gun deaths.
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“Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that's a fact.”
— Charlie Kirk
May 19, 2023   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show while discussing crime and race in American cities.
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“I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year.”
— Charlie Kirk
October 8, 2026   •   Kirk discussing the Second Amendment.
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“There is no separation of church and state. It's a fabrication. It's a fiction. It's not in the Constitution.”
— Charlie Kirk
July 6, 2022   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show arguing for a closer relationship between Christianity and government.
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“These doctors need to be put in prison quickly.”
— Charlie Kirk
April 1, 2024   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show referring to doctors who provide gender-affirming care.
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“Ketanji Brown Jackson is a recipient of affirmative action.”
— Charlie Kirk
June 29, 2023   •   On The Charlie Kirk Show criticizing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Court's affirmative-action decision.
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