The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill blasted conservative media star Charlie Kirk as a white supremacist whose “influence was dangerous” and said the outpouring of support for Kirk, just days after he was murdered, was insulting.
Hill made those scathing remarks, among others, on a special live episode of her Spolitics podcast on Friday. Several parts of Hill’s rant — in which she said she was fighting the “counter narrative” forming about Kirk by pointing out his “entire purpose” was making non-whites feel inferior — were clipped and shared to X over the weekend.
“I’m tired of white supremacist beliefs being considered a difference of opinion,” Hill declared at one point. “Im really sick of that!”
At another point, Hill said she was “paying attention to how people are talking about and memorializing Charlie Kirk. I’m insulted by the fact that they think his beliefs are just about a difference of opinion.” Kirk, she claimed, felt “because you’re Black then you don’t deserve the same treatment,” which she said was a “different conversation,” not just a different view.
Hill’s claims are contradicted by several statements made by Kirk, including one video from the Turning Points USA YouTube account where Kirk said he “repudiates” white supremacy.
At other points in her rant, the ex-ESPN star said examples of Kirk’s racism include him having the audacity to question the “brain processing of brilliant minds” like Joy Reid and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Ultimately, Kirk “made a living off questioning the humanity and dignity” of non-whites, Reid said, and that is why he does not deserve the outpouring of support he has received. The 31-year-old influencer, who helped play a critical role in helping President Donald Trump win millions of young voters, was shot and killed during a questions-and-answers session at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
Kirk’s suspected assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, had reportedly told family members recently that he hated Kirk’s conservative views.
You can watch Hill’s full video podcast via YouTube above. The comments mentioned above come around he 22:00 minute mark.
