{"id":2488371,"date":"2025-09-18T20:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-kirk-mightve-changed-mind-about-hate-speech-were-he-still-alive\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:08:38","slug":"trump-says-kirk-mightve-changed-mind-about-hate-speech-were-he-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-kirk-mightve-changed-mind-about-hate-speech-were-he-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Kirk might&#8217;ve changed mind about &#8216;hate speech&#8217; were he still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-kirk-mightve-changed-mind-about-hate-speech-were-he-still-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2488371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk,who was recently killed in a shooting. trump suggested that if Kirk were still alive, he might have reconsidered his stance on hate speech. Kirk had previously stated that hate speech &#8220;does not exist legally in America,&#8221; emphasizing that while speech can be ugly or offensive, it is protected under the First Amendment. Kirk had also criticized the use of the term &#8220;hate speech&#8221; as a political weapon by liberals against conservatives. Following Kirk&#8217;s death, Trump blamed the &#8220;radical Left&#8221; for promoting violence and causing societal problems. The article also notes that some in the Trump administration have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >considered legal responses related<\/a> to hate speech, but such proposals faced backlash. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Kirk might&rsquo;ve changed mind about &lsquo;hate speech&rsquo; were he still alive<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2234414\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> might not have believed hate speech was real if he were still alive, President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Donald Trump <\/a>said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk has said hate speech &ldquo;does not exist legally in America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3814155\/gun-groups-ask-court-to-overturn-perilous-precedent-in-suppressor-registration-case\/\">Gun groups ask court to overturn &#8216;perilous precedent&#8217; in suppressor registration case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3814797\/biden-chief-of-staff-gave-most-damning-testimony-autopen-probe\/\">Biden&rsquo;s chief of staff gave most damning testimony yet in autopen probe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3813577\/trump-appointed-judge-blocks-removal-guatemalan-kids-from-us\/\">Trump-appointed judge blocks removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from US<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He might not be saying that now,&rdquo; Trump told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> after the interviewer said Kirk believed there &ldquo;was no such thing&rdquo; as hate speech. Kirk did not say hate speech did not exist, but that it did not have legal status in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There&rsquo;s ugly speech. There&rsquo;s gross speech. There&rsquo;s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free,&rdquo; he wrote in a May 2024 social media post. <\/p>\n<p>He made the post as pro-Palestinian protesters were being arrested during the encampments in the spring of that year.<\/p>\n<p>A gunman shot and killed the conservative commentator while he was speaking to students on a Utah campus last week.<\/p>\n<p>In other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fcc-nominee-sits-on-board-of-group-that-opposes-anti-sex-trafficking-efforts\/\" title=\"Biden FCC Nominee Sits on Board of Group That Opposes Anti-Sex Trafficking Efforts\">past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ...n Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media posts<\/a><\/a>, Kirk maligned hate speech as a weapon that liberals used to punish conservatives for their free speech. &ldquo;Hate speech has become speech that the left doesn&rsquo;t like listening to,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/857082518444658689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said in a 2017 post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He insisted in a 2023 post that he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;want to ban anyone&rsquo;s speech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe in the First Amendment and free speech as a principle regardless of what the law says. I don&rsquo;t want to ban anyone&rsquo;s speech,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1697695969243172996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said in a post about<\/a> the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has punished those who have spoken out about Kirk and his past words or actions. The Pentagon is sifting through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirbys-veteran-rebuff-confirms-white-houses-disdain-for-military\/\" title=\"Kirby\u2019s Veteran Rebuff Confirms White House\u2019s Disdain For Military\">service members&#038;rsquo<\/a>; social media posts, and several military members have been temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi briefly floated prosecuting hate speech before a swift blowback caused her to backtrack.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP TO TARGET &lsquo;RADICAL-LEFT&rsquo; GROUPS FUNDING VIOLENCE THAT LED TO CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo;S DEATH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has blamed the &ldquo;radical Left&rdquo; for Kirk&rsquo;s death at the hands of alleged shooter Tyler Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The radical Left causes tremendous violence,&rdquo; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office this week, adding, &ldquo;The radical Left really has caused a lot of problems for this country. I really think they hate our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says Kirk might&#8217;ve changed view on &#8216;hate speech&#8217; if alive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2488372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/djt.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32558,10384,4902,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2488371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hate-speech","tag-kirk","tag-opinion","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/djt.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488375,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488371\/revisions\/2488375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}