The Seneca Project compiled numerous video clips of the late right wing Charlie Kirk and his racist comments over the years, who conservatives have tried to whitewash as a “mainstream conservative Republican.”
In contrast, POLITICO reports the Congressional Black Caucus condemned a bipartisan resolution to memorialize conservative organizer Kirk because the resolution validated Kirk’s beliefs, and legitimized “racist, harmful, and fundamentally un-American” ideals.“
“The resolution introduced in the House to honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy is not about healing, lowering the temperature of our political discourse, or even ensuring the safety of members of Congress, staff, and Capitol personnel,” they wrote. “It is, unfortunately, an attempt to legitimize Kirk’s worldview — a worldview that includes ideas many Americans find racist, harmful, and fundamentally un-American.”
The caucus outlined some of Kirk’s past comments that they said they “strongly” disagreed with, listing “his belief that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended racial segregation, was a mistake; his denial that systemic racism exists; his promotion of the Great Replacement theory; and his offensive claims about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Obama, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee lacking adequate cognitive ability.”
(Source: The Seneca Project, POLITCO)