Charlie Kirk on South Africa: ‘That’s not a country I’d want to live in’
After Charlie Kirk’s murder this week, his controversial comments about South Africa resurfaced. Here’s what he said…
Charlie Kirk’s gruesome death this week has resurfaced his controversial comments on a wide range of topics, including South Africa, racial discrimination, and farm murders.
An assailant fatally shot the right-wing political activist in the neck at a rally in Utah on Wednesday, 10 September.
He was 31 years old.
CHARLIE KIRK: WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA?
After Charlie Kirk’s death, several clips of his controversial remarks resurfaced on social media.
One clip features a May interview with Tucker Carlson, where he compared the US’s “immigrant emergency” to life in South Africa.
He said: “I don’t want to live in that country, I don’t want to live in South Africa. I don’t want to live in resentment or bitterness. A country where I have to walk and drive around in armoured cars all the time, and I can’t leave my house after 10 pm”
Charlie Kirk had often shared his views on South Africa, echoing former US President Trump’s belief that white people were being targeted.
In one clip, he confronted a black South African about his stance on land ownership and what Kirk described as “land grabs.”
In May, he also retweeted footage of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, praising Trump for holding Ramaphosa “accountable” while voicing concern over white farm murders in the country.
He posted: “God bless President Trump. He’s a president who is actually the LEADER of the Free World”.
In 2018, he posted on X: “Trump should cancel the $500 million of annual foreign aid we give to South Africa until their racist and dangerous policy of murdering white farmers is forever discontinued and the criminals who stole the land are jailed and never see the light of day again”.
PRO-GUN VIEWS
Meanwhile, social media users are also revisiting comments from Charlie Kirk where he expressed his pro-gun views.
The right-wing commentator openly supported “protective gun laws”.
Moments before his death, he shared: “The idea is to protect the innocent. As long as you’re not doing things that would cause someone to believe that they’re being threatened by the presence of your firearm.”
Ironically, Charlie was shot and killed in a state – Utah – known for its permissive gun policies, including carrying firearms without a licence.