Debunking The Top 5 Lies About Charlie Kirk
The article addresses and refutes several false claims made about charlie Kirk following his assassination. It explains that many accusations circulated by the left and media misrepresent or distort Kirk’s statements:
1. **Claim that Kirk said Black people were better off during slavery**: This is false. Kirk referenced economic and social data comparing the 1940s-50s to today, pointing out worsening conditions for black americans post-civil rights Act, but never suggested slavery was better.
2.**Claim that Kirk said Black women have inferior intelligence**: Kirk criticized four specific public figures, suggesting they were affirmative-action picks, not making a broad statement about all Black women, though some interpreted it otherwise.
3. **Claim that Kirk said gun deaths are “worth it” for the Second Amendment**: Kirk acknowledged some gun deaths occur but argued that protecting Second Amendment rights is worth this tragic cost. He did not celebrate or encourage gun violence.
4. **Claim that Kirk called for killing gays**: This is baseless. kirk cited Bible verses to argue that some people cherry-pick scripture, but he never advocated violence against LGBTQ+ individuals. Even Stephen king retracted such accusations.
5.**Claim that Kirk used an Asian slur**: Kirk was accused of repeatedly calling an Asian woman a racial slur. However, he was actually saying “Cenk,” referring to Cenk Uygur, a political commentator, during a debate.
the article emphasizes that many attacks on Kirk’s character are exaggerations or fabrications lacking evidence.It seeks to clarify the context and facts behind controversial statements attributed to him.
After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the left and their media allies have taken to assassinating his character, twisting his words, distorting his record, and in many cases, just making things up out of thin air.
Here are some of the most egregious lies about Kirk.
Claim: Charlie Kirk Said Black People Were Better Off In Slavery
This claim has been circulated amongst several social media users and even outlets like BET, where writer T. Ballard alleged Kirk “suggested Black Americans were ‘better off during slavery.’”
No search produces any verifiable proof that Kirk said such a thing — and Ballard of course doesn’t link to a single source. The closest clip anyone has pointed to comes from a roundtable debate (1:26:00) about the constitutionality of affirmative action in which Kirk condemned Jim Crow as “evil” before pointing out data that shows black Americans are poorer today than they were in the 1950’s prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act (which effectively ended the Jim Crow laws).
The woman he was debating asked whether Kirk was trying to suggest that blacks “thrived under subjugation.” (At this point, Kirk had pointed out that since the 1965 Civil Rights Act, blacks became poorer, black fathers left the homes in mass droves, and crime rates amongst blacks shot up whereas during the 1940’s and 1950’s those things were opposite).
“The data shows [blacks] were actually better in the 1940s. It was bad, it was evil, but what happened? Something changed?” Kirk asked, seemingly referencing Jim Crow subjugation — not slavery.
Claim: Kirk Said Black Women Have Inferior Intelligence
According to social media users, Kirk said black women did not have “the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.”
It’s a claim Snopes rated “True” even though Snopes admitted in the fine print that Kirk was referring to four specific women, not “black women” as a whole.
During a July 13, 2023 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Kirk was talking about Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“If we would have said three weeks ago […] that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative-action picks, we would have been called racist. But now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us! They’re coming out and they’re saying, ‘I’m only here because of affirmative action,’” Kirk said. “Yeah, we know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.”
Kirk was criticizing four women he believed to be unqualified. But the left took a targeted criticism and inflated it into a blanket statement against an entire demographic.
Claim: Kirk Said Gun Deaths Are ‘Worth It’ For The Second Amendment
Another claim widely circulated is that, as put by X user Mayra, “Charlie Kirk said that gun deaths ‘unfortunately’ worth it to keep 2nd Amendment.’”
But that’s a gross distortion of Kirk’s comments, which are in full below:
“You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry, and you won’t have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It’s drivel. But I am — I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth 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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
Kirk wasn’t celebrating or encouraging tragedy. He was recognizing the reality: the Second Amendment safeguards liberty, even though misuse of firearms will tragically occur. His point was clear: banning guns because some people abuse them is like banning cars because some people drink and drive.
Claim: Kirk Called For Killing Gays
Author Stephen King was one of many on social media who spread the false claim that Kirk “advocated for stoning gays to death.” King later deleted his comment and apologized after realizing that was a made up statement attributed to Kirk. NPR’s Brittany Luse deceptively framed Kirk’s comments, writing that Kirk “made many people angry by saying…the Bible passage that calls for stoning gay people is, quote, ‘God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.’”
But Kirk didn’t say anything close to either claims.
During a June 8, 2024, episode of his podcast ( 1:00:00), Kirk reacted to YouTube personality Ms. Rachel, who posted a video in which she cited the Bible to explain why she wished a “Happy Pride” to the LGBTQ+ community.
“My faith is really important to me, and it’s also one reason why I love every neighbor,” Ms. Rachel said. “In Matthew 22, a religious teacher asked Jesus, what’s the most important commandment? And Jesus says, to love God and to ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“It doesn’t say love every neighbor except,” she continued.
Kirk responded that Ms. Rachel left out the full context.
“She’s not totally wrong,” Kirk said. “The first part is Deuteronomy 6:3–5. The second part is Leviticus 19. So you love God, so you must love his law. How do you love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth, not by confirming or affirming their sin.”
“And it says, by the way, Ms. Rachel, might want to crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser referenced part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18, is that thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned to death. Just saying. So, Ms. Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself. The chapter before affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.”
Kirk was clearly making the point that some — like Ms. Rachel — cherrypick the Bible to fit their preferred narrative.
Claim: Charlie Used Asian Slur
This is perhaps the easiest claim to debunk. According to X user Elizabeth, “Kirk called an Asian woman in the audience ‘chink’ multiple times.” Her post racked up 16 million views, 107,000 likes and 43,000 saves.
But Kirk was not yelling “chink” at an Asian person — he was yelling “Cenk,” as in Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, during a heated debate about capitalism. The incident was reported on in 2018 by The Washington Examiner.
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
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