Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk is a pro-Trump troll and founder of the conservative student-oriented Turning Point USA. He has a history of pushing right-wing hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

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Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

12/02/16 11:32 AM EST
Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

12/04/18 3:58 PM EST
The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

10/12/18 8:45 AM EDT

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Charlie Kirk promises mass deportations and warns: “If a Democrat gets in our way, well, then Matt Gaetz very well might go arrest you”

11/20/24 2:31 PM EST
Charlie Kirk guest says “there will be Armageddon for any senator who does not step in line” with Trump's appointees

11/19/24 4:06 PM EST
Media Matters weekly newsletter, November 15

11/15/24 10:47 AM EST
Charlie Kirk threatens to remove Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as majority leader

11/13/24 1:07 PM EST
Charlie Kirk tells Tom Homan: “I would love to meet with you privately about a communications strategy”

11/12/24 2:40 PM EST
Charlie Kirk says Democrats can only win with the “largest mass conspiracy of spousal lying in political history”

11/04/24 9:53 AM EST
Charlie Kirk suggests wives lying about who they vote for could be “stealing money”

11/01/24 5:06 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk on new reporting on Trump: “There was an Atlantic article yesterday, which I just kinda rolled my eyes at”

10/23/24 2:29 PM EDT
Anti-abortion hecklers interrupted a Kamala Harris rally. Fox News and MAGA media turned them into culture war heroes — and Trump ran with it.

10/23/24 11:02 AM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “If you're a Christian that votes to the Democrat Party, you are voting for things that God hates”

10/21/24 2:30 PM EDT
Right-wing media falsely suggest Donald Trump chartered a plane for Nelson Mandela out of the goodness of his heart

10/18/24 2:58 PM EDT
Media Matters weekly newsletter, October 18

10/18/24 10:46 AM EDT

Featured

Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

The Latest

Charlie Kirk promises mass deportations and warns: “If a Democrat gets in our way, well, then Matt Gaetz very well might go arrest you”

Charlie Kirk guest says “there will be Armageddon for any senator who does not step in line” with Trump's appointees

Media Matters weekly newsletter, November 15

Charlie Kirk threatens to remove Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as majority leader

Charlie Kirk tells Tom Homan: “I would love to meet with you privately about a communications strategy”

Charlie Kirk says Democrats can only win with the “largest mass conspiracy of spousal lying in political history”

Charlie Kirk suggests wives lying about who they vote for could be “stealing money”

Charlie Kirk on new reporting on Trump: “There was an Atlantic article yesterday, which I just kinda rolled my eyes at”

Anti-abortion hecklers interrupted a Kamala Harris rally. Fox News and MAGA media turned them into culture war heroes — and Trump ran with it.

Charlie Kirk: “If you're a Christian that votes to the Democrat Party, you are voting for things that God hates”

Right-wing media falsely suggest Donald Trump chartered a plane for Nelson Mandela out of the goodness of his heart

Media Matters weekly newsletter, October 18