Charlie Kirk once said prominent Black women didn't have 'brain processing power' to be taken seriously

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Turning Point USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk once said some prominent Black women did not have "the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously."

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Kirk was speaking on his show, "The Charlie Kirk Show," on July 13, 2023. He was talking specifically about television presenter Joy Reid; former first lady Michelle Obama; then-U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas; and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

After the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and ally to U.S. President Donald Trump, a rumor spread that he had once said Black women like television presenter Joy Reid; former first lady Michelle Obama; former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas; and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did "not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously."

For example, a Sept. 11, 2025, post on X included a video clip of Kirk saying, "You have to go steal a white person's slot" (archived):

Link to tweet

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-black-women/

[Justice Brandeis]

1. In his view anytime a black woman gets a prestigious white collar job with any authority it must be because of DEI

I'm sure if Kirk had his way black women would only be housekeepers and cleaning ladies.

[RockRaven]

2. This is the guy your politicians and media have been lionizing and saying they respected.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Some say that God is a black woman.

Kirk should not have pissed off God.

[Solly Mack]

4. And Taint Chuck thought all positions of authority belonged to white men.

[CrispyQ]

5. Even as we stand on an ecological brink brought on by the policies of rich (mostly) white men.

[Solly Mack]

7. I'm sure they'll blame the rest of us for it all.

[malaise]

6. Yep and this woman hating racist

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Didn’t complete one degree anywhere.
Eff off.

[skypilot]

8. Says the guy...

...who dropped out of a community college.

[B.See]

9. Kirk said a LOT of hateful sht.

MAGA hero.

[IzzaNuDay]

10. I remember reading in another DU post- Charlie's ego

He had been warned several times to protect himself in these settings, and the recommendation being surrounded with bulletproof glass.

Guess Charlie didn’t have the brain processing power to consider this recommendation had any merit. His ego got in the way!