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Charlie Kirk publicly said “MLK was awful. He’s not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn’t believe,” while speaking at a Turning Point USA event in December 2023, a quote first repor...
Multiple reputable outlets report that Charlie Kirk said "We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s" and framed the law as having created a lasting DEI-style bureaucracy ...
Charlie Kirk publicly reversed prior praise of Martin Luther King Jr. in December 2023, telling an AmericaFest audience that “MLK was awful. He’s not a good person. He said one good thing he actually ...
Charlie Kirk told an audience at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in December 2023 that “MLK was awful. He’s not a good person,” and that King is admired only because he “said one thing he didn’t actua...
Charlie Kirk publicly denounced Martin Luther King Jr. in multiple venues, saying and arguing King was “not worthy of a national holiday” or “godlike status.” These remarks appear in reporting tied to...
Audio and reporting published in January 2024 show Charlie Kirk said “MLK was awful. He’s not a good person” during a December 2023 America Fest speech; Wired reported the remarks and supplied audio t...
Reporting shows some outlets published verbatim quotes, summarized passages, and verified audio for Charlie Kirk’s remarks about Martin Luther King Jr., but full mainstream-published transcripts or wi...
Coverage of Charlie Kirk’s efforts to reframe Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy provoked a mix of investigative reporting, fact-checking, satire and political rebuke: investigative outlets documented hi...
Multiple reputable outlets reporting from archived audio and contemporaneous coverage quote Charlie Kirk calling Martin Luther King Jr. “awful” and saying “he’s not a good person,” remarks first repor...
Charlie Kirk publicly attacked Martin Luther King Jr. on multiple occasions, calling him “awful,” saying he was “not a good person,” and asserting King was “not worthy of a national holiday” or “godli...
Charlie Kirk’s direct, contemporaneous response to the backlash over his comments about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is not documented in the available reporting; outlets confirm he described MLK as “aw...
Charlie Kirk has been documented calling Martin Luther King Jr. “awful” (translated as “horrível” in some reports), a remark verified by fact-checkers and audio evidence and which prompted public rebu...
Charlie Kirk has repeatedly made , including calling Martin Luther King Jr. "awful" and saying the Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake," claims that have been corroborated by audio and video evidence...