Direct Calls for Death and Public Executions:

• Called for President Biden to receive "the death penalty for his crimes against America" (July 2023)^1
• "Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?" - suggested children should watch (2024)^2
• Called for "Nuremberg-style trials for every gender-affirming clinic doctor" invoking Nazi war crimes imagery (April 2024)^3
  Calling for Lethal Force Against Migrants and Minorities:
• Advocated lethal force against migrants: "If you enter, we have lethal force, and we're willing to use it" and "You can start with firing next to them" (March 2024)^4
• Advocated using whips against migrants, asking "Why is that controversial?"^5
• Warned of "enemy occupation of the foreigner hordes" requiring armed response^6
• Directed supporters: "Buy weapons. Buy ammo. If you go into a public place, bring a gun with you"^7
  Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Statements:
• Said he "would've loved" if fathers "formed a line" to physically confront transgender athletes: "you're going to have to come through us"^8
• Called transgender people "an abomination" and "a throbbing middle finger to God"^9
• Advocated handling LGBTQ+ people "the way we used to take care of things in the 1950s and 60s" (era of criminalization and forced institutionalization)^10
  Extreme Anti-Black and Antisemitic Rhetoric:
• Called George Floyd a "scumbag"^11
• Said Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a "huge mistake"^12
• "If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified'"^13
• Called Martin Luther King Jr. "awful" and "not a good person"^14
• Claimed Jewish people control "not just the colleges; it's the nonprofits, it's the movies, it's Hollywood, it's all of it"^15
• "The philosophical foundation of anti-whiteness has been largely financed by Jewish donors in the country"^16
  Great Replacement Theory and White Supremacist Messaging:
• Promoted "Great Replacement" theory: "not a theory, it's a reality" - Democrats seek to "diminish and decrease white demographics in America"^17
• SPLC documents Kirk warning that "native born Americans are being replaced by foreigners" and promising Trump will "liberate" the country from "the enemy occupation of the foreigner hordes"^18
  Celebrating and Normalizing Violence:
• Said gun deaths are "worth it" to preserve Second Amendment rights^19
• Promoted Christian nationalist "Seven Mountain Mandate" ideology calling for theocratic takeover through "spiritual warfare"^20
  Targeting and Harassment Campaigns:
• Created "Professor Watchlists" that resulted in death threats, rape threats, and antisemitic harassment^21
• Arizona State University President documented that Kirk's watchlist generated "antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and misogynistic attacks on ASU faculty"^22
• One professor resigned after "nearly a year of harassment by right-wing, white supremacist media outlets"^23
• Maintained "School Board Watchlists" targeting local education officials^24
  January 6 Capitol Attack Organization:
• Organized "80+ buses full of patriots to D.C. to fight for this president"^25
• Admitted receiving "500 emails a minute calling for a civil war" before January 6^26
• Pleaded the Fifth over 70 times when questioned by House January 6 Committee^27
  Civil Rights Organizations' Classification as Extremist:
• Southern Poverty Law Center added Turning Point USA to official "Hate Map" as "antigovernment extremist group" (2024)^28
• Anti-Defamation League documents Kirk's systematic antisemitic rhetoric^29
• Academic research from Cambridge Core and Brookings Institution documents Kirk's rhetoric following established patterns of stochastic terrorism^30
  Documented Legal Consequences and Criminal Investigations:
• Federal Election Commission fined Kirk's organization $18,000 for campaign finance violations^31
• Multiple universities paid settlements totaling tens of thousands of dollars after Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" resulted in documented death threats^32
• Criminal charges filed in multiple states against TPUSA personnel for violent confrontations, including felony assault charges in Arizona^33
• Yolo County District Attorney investigating coordinated attacks at UC Davis that could result in felony charges carrying up to three years in prison^34
  International Recognition as Extremist:
• Socialist Worker UK described his content as a "cesspit of far right lies, vile racism, transphobia"^35
• CBC Canada documented his "combative style" as making him a "potent political force" in promoting extremist ideologies^36
• Al Jazeera noted Kirk's "provocative style" as deliberately inflammatory political messaging^37
  General Violence Normalization:
• Regularly promoted false claims about 2020 election integrity leading to January 6^38
• Systematic rhetoric describing Democratic governance as illegitimate^39
• Network Contagion Research Institute documents Kirk's systematic provision of mainstream legitimacy to white nationalist figures^40
  Sources:
  ^1 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-joe-biden-should-be-put-prison-andor-given-death-penalty-crimes-against
  ^2 https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-death-penalty-public-executions-1873073
  ^3 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-we-need-have-nuremberg-style-trial-every-gender-affirming-clinic-doctor
  ^4 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-calls-shooting-and-whipping-migrants-southern-border-if-you-enter-we-have
  ^5 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-calls-shooting-and-whipping-migrants-southern-border-if-you-enter-we-have
  ^6 https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
  ^7 https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
  ^8 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-has-history-violent-and-bigoted-rhetoric-he-was-first-guest-california
  ^9 https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-not-posthumously-sanitize
  ^10 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-has-history-violent-and-bigoted-rhetoric-he-was-first-guest-california
  ^11 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charlie-kirk-controversies-1.7630859
  ^12 https://www.breezyscroll.com/world/the-us/charlie-kirk-controversial-takes/
  ^13 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charlie-kirk-controversies-1.7630859
  ^14 https://populartimelines.com/timeline/Charlie-Kirk/controversies-scandals
  ^15 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/turning-point-usa
  ^16 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/turning-point-usa
  ^17 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/01/facebook-posts/undocumented-immigrants-are-not-proof-of-a-scheme/
  ^18 https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
  ^19 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-gun-deaths-quote/
  ^20 https://politicalresearch.org/strategy/pra-news/charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-increasingly-leaning-right-wing-christian
  ^21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Watchlist
  ^22 https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/11/turning-point-response-overview
  ^23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Watchlist
  ^24 https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-not-posthumously-sanitize
  ^25 https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-insurrection-buses-washington-tweet-1560727
  ^26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk
  ^27 https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-pleads-fifth-asked-his-age-jan-6-committee-1768952
  ^28 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/26/charlie-kirk-dismisses-splc-laughingstock-listing-turning-point-hate/
  ^29 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/turning-point-usa
  ^30 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-science-research-and-methods/article/violent-political-rhetoric-on-twitter/8BCBD1F909A861589D93F7124AFE1A7E
  ^31 https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/turning-point-action-fined-following-crew-complaint/
  ^32 https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/11/turning-point-response-overview
  ^33 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/turning-point-usa
  ^34 https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/11/turning-point-response-overview
  ^35 https://socialistworker.co.uk/comment/charlie-kkkirks-chickens-come-home-to-roost/
  ^36 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charlie-kirk-death-reaction-1.7630652
  ^37 https://time.com/7316280/charlie-kirk-dead-political-violence/
  ^38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk
  ^39 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-hateful-rhetoric-connects-to-real-world-violence/
  ^40 https://libcom.org/article/network-contagion-research-institute-helping-state-fight-political-infection-left-and-right
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