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Scholarly research shows “Jingle Bells” (originally “One Horse Open Sleigh”) was first published and performed in the 1850s and appears in minstrel-show programs in 1857, which means its early public ...
Multiple outlets and public records document specific racist statements attributed to Charlie Kirk between 2022 and 2024, including comments about Black women, Black pilots, and “prowling Blacks,” as ...
Researchers and commentators dispute whether “Jingle Bells” itself contains explicitly racist lyrics or whether its early performance context—an 1857 minstrel show—links the song to racist entertainme...
Available reporting documents multiple high-profile, racially charged statements by Charlie Kirk — including calling George Floyd a “scumbag,” saying “prowling Blacks” target white people, and suggest...
Charlie Kirk said in 2023 that Michelle Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joy Reid and the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee “do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really serious...
Multiple recordings and compilations documenting Charlie Kirk’s remarks that critics call racist are available in news reporting and social-media reels; outlets and watchdogs cite specific quotes from...
Charlie Kirk has repeatedly made statements that multiple organizations, commentators, and political figures have labeled racist, including explicit quotes questioning the competence of Black professi...
Charlie Kirk said in a July 13, 2023 episode of his show that specific Black public figures — Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson — were “affirmative-action picks” a...
Media reporting since Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 10, 2025 shooting has catalogued multiple explicit racial remarks he made on his show and in public appearances — including statements that Black people “pro...
Charlie Kirk is reported to have made multiple derogatory remarks about Black people and prominent Black women in September 2025; fact-checking articles and compiled excerpts record him saying that an...
Charlie Kirk has been widely cited for multiple public remarks and social posts that critics call racist; reporting and compilations point to recurring themes — disparaging Black people, questioning B...
Charlie Kirk did make publicly reported comments that questioned the intellectual qualifications of four prominent Black women — Michelle Obama, Joy Reid, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, and Justice Ketanji ...
Charlie Kirk’s widely cited “original comment” was not about a Black pilot; it targeted affirmative-action policies and specific Black women, asserting they lacked the “brain processing power” to be t...
Charlie Kirk publicly made several derogatory claims about prominent Black women, asserting they lacked “brain processing power” and suggesting affirmative action explained their success; multiple fac...
A handful of Charlie Kirk’s most inflammatory remarks about women and gender have been independently verified by fact‑checking and reporting: notably his July 13, 2023 on‑air line singling out specifi...
Scholars and recent viral reporting connect the 1857 tune originally titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh” (later “Jingle Bells”) to mid‑19th‑century minstrel performance, and critics point to specific p...
Charlie Kirk did not use the exact phrase "moronic black woman" to single out one individual; instead, his recorded comments targeted both a hypothetical customer-service representative and several na...
Charlie Kirk’s alleged “moronic Black woman” remark prompted significant criticism and debate, but available reporting is mixed on how his immediate audience reacted and whether a single, unified audi...
Charlie Kirk repeatedly made public remarks that demeaned Black women, asserting that prominent Black female figures had insufficient “brain processing power” and suggesting their positions were produ...
Charlie Kirk has repeatedly made overtly racist and racially disparaging remarks on public platforms, including calling prominent Black women “affirmative action picks” who “do not have the brain proc...