Charlie Kirk: Conservative provocateur in his own words
After he was shot dead in Utah on Wednesday, here is a selection of his quotes from recent years.
US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk speaks on stage at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead on September 10, 2025 in a murder that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United States. Trump confirmed on social media that Kirk, 31, had died from his injuries. (Photos by AFP)
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Charlie Kirk was an eloquent and provocative right-wing commentator who often tackled the most divisive social issues in the United States.
After he was shot dead in Utah on Wednesday, here is a selection of his quotes from recent years.
The price of gun rights
"I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal, it is rational."
Transgender
"The one issue I think that is so against our senses, so against the natural law, and dare I say, a throbbing middle finger to God, is the transgender thing happening in America right now."
Kamala Harris
"She ran San Francisco, poorly, and she was chosen as a VP because she was a Black woman."
Islam
"Are you comfortable with both London and New York having Muslim mayors? I'm sorry. I think we should have a little bit of caution with that. That doesn't feel right."
Black fathers
"You don't have to be rich to stay with the person you impregnate... It is acceptable for a man to stay an infant and impregnate a woman and abandon that woman -- that's a cultural problem in the Black community."
Abortion
"That's awfully graphic... but the answer is yes, the baby would be delivered" -- when asked how he would respond if his own child was raped and became pregnant.