Charlie Kirk Says Michelle Obama Among Black Women Who 'Steal A White Person's Slot'
By: HuffPost
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Charlie Kirk marked the end of affirmative action by ranting against various Black women in power.
"Three weeks ago, if we would've said that Joy Reid, and Michelle Obama, and Sheila Jackson Lee, and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would've been called the racist," Kirk said Thursday on his talk show.
"But now they're coming out and they're saying it for us," the far-right commentator continued. "They're coming out and they're saying, 'I'm only here because of affirmative action.' Yeah, we know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously."
He added: "You had to go steal a white person's slot to go be taken somewhat seriously."
Late last month, the Supreme Court declared affirmative action programs at public and private colleges and universities unconstitutional. The decision, which is expected to have a tangible impact on Black and Latino students, has already spurred activism and outcry.
Reid, Obama, Jackson Lee, and Jackson ― an MSNBC host, former first lady, U.S. representative, and Supreme Court justice, respectively — have all expressed strong disagreement with the ruling.
Kirk's racist tirade was followed by footage of Jackson Lee stating that although the Texas Democrat was "a clear recipient of affirmative action, and particularly in higher education," she graduated on her own merits. The point appeared lost on Kirk.
"It's very obvious to us that you were not smart enough to be able to get in on your own," he said.
Charlie Kirk has previously urged Texans to deport Haitian immigrants.Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee/Getty Images
The diatribe was met with warranted disgust on Twitter by the likes of award-winning journalist John Harwood and former White House aide Keith Boykin. A clip of Kirk's remarks went viral after being shared by the Twitter account PatriotTakes, which describes its purpose as "exposing right-wing extremism."
Those familiar with Kirk presumably weren't surprised by his latest rant. The right-wing media personality has previously called white privilege "racist" and "a lie," and he has urged Texans to deport Haitian immigrants.
Naturally, he has also espoused conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's failed presidential reelection bid in 2020. Kirk once revealed his ignorance of basic U.S. politics when falsely claiming that the number of counties a candidate wins is more important than the number of votes.
Meanwhile, Kirk's nationwide organization of student Republicans, Turning Point USA, has revealed itself as a bastion for racists and extremists. A former national field director named Crystal Clanton, for instance, once texted a colleague: "I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all."
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Charlie Kirk is essentially human garbage. Leaving aside the blatant racism, he shows a dismal lack of understanding of affirmative action. The purpose of affirmative action was not to subtract white people, but rather to "add" people of color to institutions where they had been previously unwelcome. When Michelle Obama went to Princeton in 1981, she was one of the few black students there. Were no blacks "qualified" to attend Princeton? That of course is nonsense.
On her worst day Michelle Obama is on another level morally and intellectually than Charlie Kirk, a college dropout.
The same goes for the other three black women he mentions. Kirk gets away with this crap because his audience is largely as racially prejudiced as he is.
The purpose of affirmative action was not to subtract white people,
Affirmative action Is a zero sum game. You can’t add someone without subtracting another. That’s the reality.
Okay. Then take 'affirmative action' completely out of the equation-----so you're saying that without affirmative action when someone is 'added' another is 'not subtracted'? Uh okay, then tell me how that works? I'm baffled.
So... Charlie Kirk thinks that President Obama should have married a white woman?
Race is so overrated.
Not incidentally, numerous GOP presidential candidates are attending a conference being run by Charlie Kirk this weekend.
Everything Kirk and other American 'Putin polishers' of his ilk say about others is the typical 'look over there and don't look at us', deflection/protection mode. Makes one wonder why 'some' billionaires despise a Constitutional democracy so much that they fund 'scatter shot mouths' like Kirk, Bannon and other right wing mouth maws.
He's a waste of space and he's stealing other people's air.
He is perfect for the right-wingers if he would throw in a couple of conspiracy theories he gets his own show from Murdock.