I decided to collect a list of Kirk's more infamous reported statements. Note that I am reporting what Google AI says but do not have first hand knowledge of these quotes.
"If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified.'" - I might say the same thing if the pilot was also a woman. I have no problem with black male pilots.
He critiqued prominent black women, including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, stating they lacked the "brain processing power" and only succeeded by "steal[ing] a white person's slot" through affirmative action. - This is a perfect example of the type of thing that Kirk would say and then, when challenged, go "prove me wrong." That's not how epistemology works. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim.
In 2023, Kirk claimed that "prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people" in "urban America." See comment about "prove me wrong" and burden of proof.
He promoted the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, which posits that non-white immigrants are being brought in to replace white Americans. He also suggested that Jewish people were behind this effort. - I can't find any collaboration of the claim that he blamed Jews for this.
"The American Democrat party hates this country. ... They love it when America becomes less white"
Kirk repeatedly used dehumanizing rhetoric toward transgender people. In one tirade, he referred to them as an "abomination" and a "throbbing middle finger to God".
He once suggested that transgender people should be dealt with "the way we used to take care of things in the 1950s and 60s," a period when institutionalization, shock therapy, and lobotomies were used against queer individuals.
In August 2025, he drew criticism for suggesting on X that it "should be legal to burn a rainbow or [Black Lives Matter] flag in public." - It's legal to burn an American flag in public so I don't see why it wouldn't be legal to burn other flags.
In April 2024, Kirk called for "Nuremberg-style trial[s] for every gender-affirming clinic doctor." - OK, this is really getting creepy.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kirk made unsubstantiated claims about a WHO cover-up and promoted hydroxychloroquine as a treatment. He also characterized social distancing in churches as a "Democratic plot against Christianity." - Again, claims with no evidence and a little unbridled paranoia thrown in.
In April 2025, Kirk claimed that "large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America." - Considering what's happening in Britain, I have to agree with this.
In June 2025, he said on his podcast that Islam was "at odds" with Western values and incompatible with Western civilization. - Again, given what I know about Islam, I think he's right about this as well.
During a 2023 event, Kirk stated, "It's worth it 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." - I have seen the video of him saying this so I can now verify it. Perhaps even more disturbing is his belief that rights are "God-given" rather than the result of human political action.
When asked in September 2024 if he would support preventing a 10-year-old aborting a pregnancy from rape, Kirk said, "The answer is yes, the baby would be delivered." - I did verify this independently. He apparently really did say it.
He publicly dismissed empathy as a "made-up, New Age term," a sentiment critics pointed to as evidence of his disregard for others' experiences. -
That's all I have thanks to Google. Again, unless otherwise noted, I'm fully relying on Google for the accuracy of this information. Obviously we agreed on the dangers of Islam. I also agreed with him on some criticism that he had about crime in the black community and we were both opposed to reparations for slavery. But his views on trans people, abortion, gun control and his general disdain for people not like himself I found medieval and downright disgusting.
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