Charlie Kirk Review

For decades and decades FBI, DOJ, and other institutional records prove that the great majority of all political gun violence and threats come from rightwingers.

Nearly ALL, well over 98% of all threats directed towards federal officials are directed towards Democrats.

Nearly all violent threats directed towards federal judges are Democrat judges.

Nearly all bomb threats are called into black, LGBTQ or liberal institutions, schools.

Over 95% of all political gun violence was directed towards Democrats.

It's disgusting how lackadaisical the Democratic Party is in failing to communicate these most relevant facts to voters and the media.

My other video is about Charlie Kirk. People need to see Charlie saying violent things against blacks, gays, transgenders, Muslims, Arabs, immigrants.......

I'm talking about footage of Charlie actually calling for, CALLING FOR VIOLENCE against blacks, gays, transgenders, Muslims, Arabs, immigrants.

Had Charlie been touring colleges exercising his 1st Amend. right to free speech WITHOUT calling for violence in public places, I would have reminded all that however unwise and distasteful, Kirk had a 1st Amend. right to spew hate speech in public.

But that's not what happened. Charlie did in fact call for violence against non-whites, non-heteros; and now Trump, the entire Republican Party, members of the Democratic Party and the entire legacy media are highly praising a hardcore violent racist AS IF he were head of state.

What made him a violent racist? When he repeated and publicly called for violence against non-whites, non-heteros.

Democratic Party leaders Schumer and Jeffries are virtually fake opposition to the Republican Party and are NOT defending Democrats by ATTACKING REPUBLICANS FOR LYING ABOUT DEMOCRATS.

In other words, Schumer and Jeffries should hold a press conference and make a definitive announcement that Tyler Robinson was not a member of the Democratic Party and that the evidence shows that Kirk was neither Democrat nor MAGA, but was aligned with a far right white supremacist group known as Groypers, who exist within a Gen Z ideology that neither the FBI, MAGA or the media understands.

In you're interested in understanding Groypers and Tyler Robinson's relationship with Groypers, here an excellent explanation of Groypers:

I do not subscribe to the FBI's account and narrative in any aspect of the Kirk assassination for a long laundry list of damn good reasons.

My opinion is that the currently available evidence strongly indicates that someone other than the accused shot the deceased.

The FBI claims Kirk was shot from the front, in the neck, with a 30-06 rifle from about 150 yards away on top of a building and the neck wound is an entry wound.

Most firearms experts, ex-snipers, hunters claim the neck wound is definitely an exit wound and there is no physical world in which Kirk's neck wound was an entrance wound, for a list of very well known reasons.

In order to believe the FBI's story, one would have to believe that Kirk's neck wound was an entry wound - not an exit wound.

Rightwingers are already percolating about the whereabouts of the bullet and the autopsy report. What about Kirk's operating surgeon? He or she absolutely knows where Kirk's entry and exit wounds are located.

I predict outside interference and intimidation as in other political assassinations.

The additional available evidence of a different shooter is truly staggering and virtually proves the FBI's story is simply false, poorly constructed and concocted.

A criminal psychiatrist who works with these Gen Zers believes Tyler is a member of the far-right group, "Groypers" and explains Tyler and Groypers very, very well:

https://youtu.be/CJ7RWsbebp0

Personally, I do not believe Tyler shot anyone due to the staggering amount of credible evidence I have seen that Tyler did not shoot anyone but someone else did.

Not to mention that Tyler's grandmother told reporters that Tyler never owned a gun, shot a gun, or committed violence of any kind and that she could not understand why everyone is blaming Tyler. She also said that every person in their family was a Republican who voted for Trump and she doesn't even know a Democrat.

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Why was Tyler Robinson so calm during his arraignment hearing?

Tyler was calm for the same reason Oswald was so calm when he calmly asked for an attorney to come forward: they both knew they didn't do it, both knew they were being framed, and both were acting out their role in the conspiracy.

Both were confident that the wouldn't be convicted at trial because each knew they didn't do it.

Utah Gov. Dickhead publicly bellowed about giving Tyler the death penalty, which virtually guarantees that Tyler will NOT be getting the death penalty, precisely because case law features murder cases where the prosecutor publicly stated that the prosecution would be seeking the death penalty prior to prosecution and the courts ruled such acts as fatally prejudicial and excluded the death penalty from the menu of punishments.

DiversityNews believes the FBI account and narrative is 100% false precisely because it is absolutely indisputable that Charlie's neck wound is an EXIT WOUND - NOT AN ENTRY WOUND.

It is essential that anyone seeking the veracity of the FBI's story realizes (about Charlie being shot from the front) that if his neck wound is an exit wound, then the FBI's story is categorically false.

Here's proof that Charlie's neck wound was an EXIT WOUND: (not an entry wound)

Once a Seeker of Justice realizes that Charlie's neck wound was an EXIT WOUND, then what?

Then the Seeker of Justice suddenly realizes that Tyler Robinson's life is in very grave danger - Epstein-style danger.

Legacy media reports that state prosecutors are seeking a speedy trial for Robinson and that they are seeking the death penalty........yeah but......the fact is, because the prosecution made this a death penalty case, then death penalty case law and procedures apply; which further means that this case could be on hold for a very long time while Tyler's interlocutory appeals are decided.

I am concerned the the loyal son Tyler may not get the happy ending he thought he would.

Tyler appeared unusually calm for someone being charged with Capitol Murder and a host of additional crimes; which indicates that he fervently believes that it is virtually impossible for prosecutors to convict him because Tyler KNOWS that he did not do it - just like Lee Harvey Oswald, who was calm as a cucumber and asked any attorney to come forward.

If Tyler is a willing member of the conspiracy then Tyler may have been sending his message of calm loyalty and stability to his handlers.

Oswald was calm until he wasn't.

If I were a betting man.........I hope he doesn't get depressed and "hang himself" in jail while awaiting trial.

Again, if you believe that Charlie's neck wound is indeed an EXIT WOUND, then one may conclude that the FBI story is false, and that Tyler is not the shooter.

If Tyler is not the shooter, then Tyler is the patsy.

If Tyler is the patsy, then Tyler must believe that he would be released at some point in the not-to-distant future; but what would that look like?

This murder case is so high profile that I cannot fathom Tyler being released, period.

In fact, I believe Tyler's story will reach a final dead end that does not include Tyler exiting the jail in the upright position.

Remember, Netanyahu's U.S. proxy is L.A. Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman, who invited Charlie to dinner in the Hamptons, but executed a rapidfire intervention.

Max Bloomberg reports this story very well:

One of the reasons I believe Tyler is a willing or not-so-willing patsy is because what Tyler said, as reported by the New York Times: (Sept. 13, 2025)

After Kirk’s Killing, Suspect Joked That His ‘Doppelganger’ Did It

Before he was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assassination, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson sent friends messages showing that he was closely following news about the killing.

The day after Charlie Kirk was killed, an acquaintance of Tyler Robinson’s posed a question to him in a group chat.

The F.B.I. had just released two grainy surveillance images of a skinny young man in a cap and sunglasses walking in a stairwell on the Utah Valley University campus, and had asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.

Tagging Mr. Robinson’s username on Discord, a messaging platform, the acquaintance attached the images and wrote “wya” — where you at? — with a skull emoji, suggesting that Mr. Robinson, 22, looked like the man being sought.

Mr. Robinson replied within a minute. His “doppelganger,” he wrote, was trying to “get me in trouble.”

“Tyler killed Charlie!!!!” another user wrote, apparently in jest.

That was on Thursday afternoon, around 1 p.m. local time. It was not until later that night, nearly 34 hours after the shooting, that Mr. Robinson was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assassination of Mr. Kirk, 31, a conservative pundit whose killing has inflamed the political world.

The Discord messages were the clearest glimpse yet of the suspect’s demeanor in the hours after the killing. They were shared with The New York Times by someone who knew Mr. Robinson in high school and has kept up with him in the group chat — which includes about 20 people — but said he had not seen Mr. Robinson in person for several years. He spoke on the condition that his name not be used, fearing harassment for being an acquaintance of the suspect.

The Times independently verified that the person who shared the screenshots attended high school with Mr. Robinson, and found other indications that they knew one another. The screenshots were shared at the request of The Times. Discord declined to confirm Mr. Robinson’s username, but it matches several other accounts that he used elsewhere online.

The suspect is expected to be formally charged by local prosecutors on Tuesday. It was not clear on Saturday if he had a lawyer.

The messages do not shed light on a possible motivation for the shooting, which has been fiercely debated by people trying to ascribe blame to a political side. A police officer wrote in an affidavit that Mr. Robinson had recently discussed Mr. Kirk’s upcoming event in Utah with a family member, and that the two had “talked about why they didn’t like him.”

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People who knew Mr. Robinson over the years said that he was extremely intelligent, followed current events, and spent much of his time online or playing video games. He was registered to vote but was not affiliated with a political party and appeared to have never voted in an election; his parents are both registered Republicans.

On Sunday, Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah said in a television interview that Mr. Robinson had a “leftist ideology," but he also cautioned that it could take time for an exact motivation to emerge.

After Mr. Robinson joked that the gunman was his look-alike, another user suggested that the group could turn Mr. Robinson in and get the $100,000 reward that the F.B.I. was offering.

“Only if I get a cut,” Mr. Robinson responded.

Someone posted, “Whatever you do, don’t go to a mcdonalds anytime soon,” a reference to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who was found at a McDonald’s restaurant and charged with the killing of a health insurance chief executive in Manhattan.

Mr. Robinson agreed and offered a supposed joke of his own, writing “better also get rid of this manifesto and exact copy rifle I have lying around.”

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When another user suggested that the killing of Mr. Kirk would lead President Trump to send the National Guard to Utah, the suspect replied, “in a red state??? nah CLEARLY the shooter was from california.”

Around that time, several news outlets reported that ammunition found near a rifle at the scene included engravings referencing “transgender ideology.” The truth, ultimately, was that the engravings included the phrase “hey fascist! CATCH!” as well as lyrics from an antifascist Italian folk song and a reference to a sexual meme about a “bulge.”

But at the time, before the exact phrasing of the engravings was publicly known, the suspect sent messages that suggested he was closely following the news.

“I heard the ammo had somethin about trans stuff on it, but they aren’t releasing photos or exact quotes,” he wrote. He added: “and also the claim wasn’t backed by the official fbi, just some dude in the briefing room.”

Utah’s governor said in the television interview on Sunday that a person previously described as a roommate of the suspect was in fact a boyfriend who was transitioning to become a woman, and he said that person was fully cooperating with authorities and was “shocked” by what had happened.

Mr. Robinson’s messages on Discord appeared next to his avatar, which was from a Garfield comic and depicted the confused face of Garfield’s owner, Jon Arbuckle.

At one point, he joked in a message: “I’m actually Charlie Kirk, wanted to get outta politics so I faked my death, now I can live out my dream life in kansas.”

The police have said that the suspect walked onto campus ahead of the event, in which Mr. Kirk debated students with opposing beliefs, and climbed up to the roof of a building about 400 feet away from where Mr. Kirk was speaking. The gunman fired one shot, they said, fatally striking Mr. Kirk, and then dropped down from the roof and rushed off campus.

The police said that Mr. Robinson had implied or confessed that he committed the crime, and that he was then encouraged by a family member and family friend to turn himself in, which he did. He surrendered to the police in Southwestern Utah, where he lived, more than a three hours’ drive from the campus where the shooting took place.

Following the suspect’s arrest on Thursday night, members of the group chat on Discord struggled to believe that he was actually being accused of the crime. “Our governor wants to give him the death penalty dude,” one wrote.

Another said: “I truly cannot distinguish if this is for real.”

The 22-year-old suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing appears to have confessed to friends in an online chat shortly before turning himself in to law enforcement, according to two people familiar with the chat and screenshots obtained by The Washington Post.

“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all,” said a message from an account belonging to the suspect, Tyler Robinson, on the online platform Discord. “It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this.”

The message was sent Thursday night, about two hours before officials said Robinson was taken into custody.

A member of the group chat shared an image of the conversation with The Post and confirmed that it came from Robinson’s account. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of harassment.

Discord provided a copy of the message with the confession to authorities, according to a person familiar with the company’s interaction with law enforcement. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation.

The message was sent from Robinson’s account to a small private group of online friends, the person said. Discord is working closely with the FBI and local authorities, providing information about Robinson’s online activities on the platform, the person added.

Discord has said that an internal investigation found “no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord.”

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office referred The Post to the Utah Department of Public Safety, which did not respond to a request for comment. Spokespeople for the Utah DPS as well as for the FBI and the Justice Department declined to comment.

Robinson was arrested last week after a 33-hour manhunt, accused of fatally shooting one of the country’s most prominent conservative activists at a Utah Valley University event.

Authorities have said one of Robinson’s family members reached out to a friend who then contacted law enforcement, saying Robinson had confessed or implied that he committed the crime.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said over the weekend that Robinson’s motive is still under investigation but that the suspect appears to have held a “leftist ideology.”

Officials say their interviews indicate that Robinson became “more political” in recent years and had criticized Kirk.

The Discord conversation shared with The Post shows members of the group chat reacting to Kirk’s shooting Wednesday — before the news broke that Robinson was allegedly involved.

The group included about 30 people, according to the person who provided screenshots.

“Charlie Kirk got shot,” one friend wrote Wednesday afternoon, according to an image of the messages.

“I just saw the video holy s---,” another user wrote about an hour and a half later, adding of Kirk: “Bro didn’t deserve to go out like that sad.”

The only response from Robinson’s account came the next day with the message announcing “bad news.”

“im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments,” the message, posted at 7:57 p.m. local time in Utah, continued. “thanks for all the good times and laughs, you’ve all been so amazing, thank you all for everything.”

Robinson was taken into custody at 10 p.m. that night, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

No one responded to Robinson that night, according to the screenshots obtained by The Post.

But the next day, one friend wrote that the apparent confession seemed to be true.

The friend asked group members to “pray for Tyler and his repentance” and then turned to Kirk.

“While Charlie Kirk’s politics were not acceptable to some I ask that we all say a prayer for him and his family during these confusing times,” the friend added.

The New York Times reported on a conversation in a different Discord chat group earlier the same day.

In that conversation, Robinson joked that a “doppelganger” was trying to get him in trouble after law enforcement released images of a shooting suspect who resembled Robinson.

Cox confirmed the existence of that conversation on Sunday and said Robinson’s friends “did not believe it was actually him” at that point.

The person who provided other Discord messages to The Post said they are from a different group.

The Grayzone has spoken to five people with intimate knowledge of Kirk’s meeting with Ackman, which was held in early August. According to one source, Kirk was left upset after the gathering turned into an “intervention” where he was “hammered” for his increasingly skeptical views on the US special relationship with Israel, and for platforming prominent conservative critics of Israel at his TPUSA events.

Since publishing this report, The Grayzone has learned from one attendee of the Hamptons event that Ackman convened the influencers under the auspices of a discussion about Zohran Mamdani and the supposed threat he posed to the West if elected mayor of New York. But the meeting went off the rails when Ackman personally confronted Kirk about his views on Israel. The public face of UK Lawyers for Israel, Natasha Hausdorff, joined in the argument, and began “screaming” at Kirk, according to the attendee.

When his hosts presented him with a detailed list of every offense he supposedly committed against Israel, Kirk was “horrified,” said one person. Ackman also allegedly demanded Kirk rescind his invitation for Tucker Carlson to speak at his upcoming America Fest 2025 in December.

“The whole thing was a disaster,” said an attendee.

The Grayzone reported on September 12, citing a longtime associate of Kirk, that Netanyahu had offered to organize a massive infusion of pro-Israel money into TPUSA, and that Kirk refused. Another longtime friend of Kirk has told The Grayzone that the conservative activist also rejected an offer Netanyahu delivered two weeks before his death to meet with him in Jerusalem.

Kirk, according to one person with inside knowledge of the meeting with Ackman, said he left feeling as though he’d been subjected to “blackmail.”

In a series of text messages with The Grayzone, Ackman described these account of his meeting with Kirk as “totally false.” He pledged to release a public statement providing his own account of the event, but refused The Grayzone’s request for clarification or further details. He would not accept phone calls from this reporter.

“I think I can easily put this to bed,” Ackman promised, “I have receipts as they say.” He did not abide when asked to provide the so-called “receipts.”

In an apparent bid to reinforce the pro-Israel tone at the Hamptons meeting, Ackman hosted a coterie of pro-Israel operatives and conservative influencers at the off-the-record engagement. One was Instagram influencer Xaviaer DuRousseau of Prager U.

Reached by phone by The Grayzone, DuRousseau sounded flustered when asked about his presence at the meeting. He repeatedly demanded to know how this reporter obtained his number, and eventually hung up, refusing to answer questions about the event.

Several Instagram posts by DuRousseau show him and his friend, conservative influencer Emily Wilson, in the Hamptons on August 8 outside Topping Rose House, a posh hotel and restaurant in Bridgehampton, New York.

"If you disassemble a Mauser, it has what's called an internal magazine; so it's like a spring, that if you put in rounds of ammunition, that spring will push up so you can chamber a round into the barrel.

When you disassemble a Mauser, that internal magazine - it drops out and all the ammunition falls out.......yet they claim they found the rifle intact. There's no way. Somebody's lying here. That's what's clear."

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Charlie Kirk: Man of Steel

Andrew Colvet, TPUSA Spokesperson posted this GIANT LOAD on Twitter:

"I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie.

I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know.

I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital…

He said the bullet “absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high powered, high velocity round. I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc.”

But it didn’t go through. Charlie’s body stopped it. I mentioned to his doctor that there were dozens of staff, students, and special guests standing directly behind Charlie on the other side of the tent, and he replied: “It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed.”

“His bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.”

In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin.

Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him.

Remarkable. Miraculous."

TWITTER DC: Let’s Dissect Andrew Kolvet’s “Miracle” Statement Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Point USA media handler, released a statement that reads like it was written by a crisis PR firm scrambling to patch up a failing narrative.

Let’s break it down, line by line:

1. “I’m usually not interested in delving into online chatter…”

Translation: “I don’t usually respond to conspiracy drivel… but let me make an exception this time.” This is the classic defensive opener: discredit public speculation while subtly signaling moral authority — as if his involvement should automatically be trusted.

2. “I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital…”

Problem: Charlie died instantly from a gunshot wound that caused decerebrate posturing, massive arterial bleeding, and catastrophic CNS trauma. Let’s be clear: he wasn’t “worked on”. He was dead on arrival — if not at the scene, then certainly before any meaningful medical intervention. Unless Kolvet thinks surgeons perform autopsies, this claim is either fabricated or a willful misuse of medical terminology to sell emotional closure.

3. “The bullet should’ve gone through… it would’ve killed a moose… but it didn’t…”

This is the “trust me bro” forensic analysis from someone with no background in terminal ballistics, gunshot trauma, or even basic anatomy. If the bullet lodged beneath the skin, that suggests low velocity, deflection, or inconsistency in caliber used — none of which support the idea of a clean high-powered rifle kill. Also: where’s the actual ballistics report?

4. “His bones were so strong, like the man of steel.” Now we’re just fully in the realm of myth-making. Turning a human corpse into Superman doesn’t just defy science — it tells you exactly what this is: A psychological operation meant to close the book on forensic doubt and redirect the public into emotional worship of the martyr.

5. “Even in death, Charlie managed to save others. Remarkable. Miraculous.” This is narrative closure layered on top of miracle-language. In legal or psychological terms, this is called “preemptive emotional closure” — used to block further questioning by dressing tragedy in divine finality.

When a known TPUSA employee uses miracle-language, contradictory medical claims, and a triple “trust me” format — all without forensic transparency — it’s not just cringe.

It’s coordinated damage control. The truth doesn’t require miracles. It leaves evidence.

.30-06 will go through level 3 body armor, most tree trunks you encounter in your average forest hikes, grizzly bears, and even 0.5" of steel on lightly armored vehicles.

Yet... somehow.. you want us to believe it was stopped by Charlie's neck.

Either you are a useful fool that is being told lies and are repeating them -- or you are in on the cover-up. Which is it?

The real story is that he was shot from behind and to his right.. and the wound we see is an exit wound.

And you must know this because you have the security camera footage that was illegally taken from the scene of a crime and for which that security guard or operative that took it should be under prosecution for evidence tampering... yet he is not.

So this plot must go pretty deep.." - Calin Culianu

Student: Do you think there should be free lunch for all children?

Charlie Kirk: No! Of course not!

Student: Why?

Charlie Kirk: Because parents should feed their kids, not the government!

Student: But what if they can't afford to?

Charlie Kirk: Go get a job!

Student: A child? (get a job?)

Charlie Kirk: The parents should go get the job. This is important.

Student: They have jobs and they can't support their children because the minimum wage is so low.

Charlie Kirk: no, you are a dumb dude. Don't give me this stuff.

Student: Do you want children to eat?

Charlie Kirk: Of course I do. Show me a single child in America going hungry. It doesn't exist. Number two: We have churchs, we have food shelters, we have billions. It does not exist. We have a child obesity problem, not a child starvation problem in this country.

Did Charlie Kirk do any good in his life?

Sure he did. Charlie sought open debate and often spoke very open-minded about listening to other ideas.

We can thank Charlie for getting young people to think about politics and their existence as a human being.

Unfortunately Charlie was an advocate for white Christian Nationalism even though he denied being supportive of white Christian nationalism.

Bless his heart, Charlie meant well when he said children should not get free lunch at school.

Charlie didn't mean no harm. Charlie just meant that if parents cannot afford to feed their children then their children are not entitled to eat at school on Charlie's tax dollars.

I'm being facetious of course. And it's not just Charlie but conservatism itself. I consider "conservatism" a form of mental illness - a sociopathy.

Conservatism is inherently incongruent with Jesus teachings and can be summed up as, "Hey, don't ask me to help, I don't have your kind of problems" and, "I got mine and I don't give a shit why you don't have yours."

Conservatives love Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, Food Stamps, General Welfare; the only problem conservatives have with federal social programs is they can't hang a WHITES ONLY sign on it anymore.

Democrats fail to recognize and realize that Republicans want to cut Social Security and eliminate federal programs because Republicans perceive and treat Social Security and federal programs AS IF these programs were FOR BLACKS ONLY precisely because some people in these current federal programs are black people. Remember, there's no room or place for American blacks to receive federal funds partially funded by Republican taxpayers.

White Christian Nationalist racism infects the school cafeteria as well as the hearts and minds of hungry young children. Why racism? Because Charlie didn't show up at the all-white private school protesting free lunches, because those white kids lunches are paid for by their parents.

In other words, Charlie and many Republicans believe if you can't get a job and pay for your kids school lunches then you are not entitled to federal tax dollars.

Charlie, like most Republicans believe the federal government should be of very limited benefit of We The People, and should only perform menial tasks.

Would Jesus register as a Republican and jump on the GOP soapbox and preach the Gospel of Austerity, limited government and admonish the use of the federal government being of great benefit to We The People?

Would Jesus exhibit deliberate indifference towards others? of course not.

Deliberate indifference is a character trait and staple of conservatism.

Ignoring the plight of others is a required talent necessary to propagate and practice conservatism: "...to hell with you buddy."

The truth is Charlie Kirk ad Republicans do not want their tax dollars being spent on non-whites period. If the IRS federal income tax form had a "MY TAXES SPENT WHITE-ONLY" box on it, Charlie and Republicans would check it - JUST LIKE REPUBLICAN JESUS WOULD.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth struck down the well-worn phrase invented by Democrats that “diversity is our strength” as it applies to the U.S. military.

In an interview with former Fox News colleague Jesse Watters, Hegseth, who was narrowly confirmed to his post earlier this week, said that instead of focusing on “diversity,” the military under President Donald Trump will focus more on what unifies members and contributes to the overall effectiveness and lethality of the entire force.

“What’s happening with DEI? How’s that going at the Defense Department?” Watters asked to kick off a Wednesday night segment.

“Well, DEI is not going well at the Defense Department because it’s dead,” Hegseth began.

“As the president said in his inaugural, we will be merit-based and colorblind, and that is the case at the Defense Department. DEI is going to be ripped out root and branch because we want everyone treated equally, with high standards, and held accountable with warfighting, lethality, and readiness, front, and center. We don’t have time for emphasizing differences,” he added.

“One of the dumbest phrases in military history is, ‘Our diversity is our strength.’ Our diversity is not our strength. Our unity and our shared purpose is our strength, and the Pentagon is excited to get back to that core mission,” Hegseth continued.

“It’s happening rapidly, the services are responding, and those that don’t want to respond can work somewhere else. So, diversity, equity, inclusion will not be a part of the Defense Department, not a minute long,” he said.