What is the full transcript and video source of Charlie Kirk's remarks about African American women?
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Executive summary
Multiple news outlets and fact‑checkers report that Charlie Kirk made repeated public comments questioning the qualifications of prominent Black women — including Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sheila Jackson Lee — saying they advanced because of affirmative action and at one point claiming they “do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously” [1] [2] [3]. Reporting and commentary after his September 2025 death collected and condemned those remarks as racist and sexist while noting the quotes appeared across podcasts, social posts and campus speeches [4] [5] [6].
1. What the record of remarks shows
Contemporaneous coverage and compilations after Kirk’s September 2025 shooting catalogued a pattern: Kirk attacked affirmative‑action beneficiaries and singled out Black women public figures, asserting they only advanced through race‑based preferences and, according to several outlets, saying they lacked sufficient “brain processing power” to be taken seriously without affirmative action [1] [2] [3]. Major outlets such as The Guardian and the Irish Times summarized numerous incendiary comments across years of podcasts, campus appearances and social posts [4] [5].
2. Sources and formats where the remarks appeared
Available reporting repeatedly references audio and video from Kirk’s own platforms — his podcast, episodes on Rumble, and social posts on X — plus campus speech clips and compiled videos that circulated after his death [3] [7] [4]. Snopes and other fact‑checkers cite specific Rumble uploads and archived social clips when tracing the provenance of particular lines [3]. News outlets used those primary clips when quoting Kirk directly [4] [5].
3. Exact phrase attributed to Kirk and how it’s reported
Multiple sources attribute a blunt line to Kirk attacking Black women’s competence, quoted as saying they “do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously” in the context of criticizing affirmative‑action “picks” such as Reid, Obama, Brown Jackson and Jackson Lee [2] [1] [3]. Those outlets present the phrase as part of a broader argument Kirk made about merit, DEI and alleged “white person’s slots” — lines that were circulated in short video clips after his death [3] [1].
4. Video/transcript availability in the sources provided
The provided sources summarize, quote and point to specific platform uploads (for example, a Rumble episode dated July 13, 2023, and archived X clips) but do not reproduce a comprehensive, verbatim, time‑stamped transcript or a single master video file in these search results [3] [7]. Snopes and other outlets reference and excerpt clips and posts; The Guardian and other news outlets compile quotes; but a full, consolidated transcript and direct single‑file video source are not included in the documents given here [4] [3].
5. Disagreements, framing and context from different sources
Newsrooms framed the comments as part of a larger pattern of incendiary rhetoric that included other racist and sexist lines [4] [5]. Opinion outlets (Common Dreams) call the remarks “sickening” and central to critiques of Kirk’s legacy [2]. University and student‑press coverage explicitly criticized his rhetoric as part of a legacy of harm [8]. At the same time, the materials provided do not include a response from Kirk’s organization or a full defense in his own long‑form content within these cited pages; available sources do not mention any detailed rebuttal from Kirk directly in this collection (not found in current reporting).
6. How to verify the full transcript and original video yourself
The fact‑checking pieces and news summaries point to original platform uploads (Rumble episodes, X posts, podcast episodes) and archived clips used as evidence [3] [7]. To obtain a complete verbatim transcript and the primary video, consult the specific Rumble/podcast episode dates and archived social posts cited by Snopes and other outlets, then request/download the recording and run or request a time‑coded transcription from that file [3] [7]. Note: the search results here summarize and excerpt but do not embed a downloadable master transcript or single video URL.
Limitations and final note
This account relies only on the documents you provided. Those sources consistently attribute the quoted insult to Kirk and point to primary clips but do not supply a single consolidated, full transcript or embedded video file in these search results [3] [4] [1]. If you want the exact, time‑stamped transcript and the originating media file, the next step is to collect the primary Rumble/podcast/X posts identified by Snopes and the news outlets and transcribe them directly [3] [7].