Saturday, October 18, 2025

Special Kirk Honorary Recognition Withdrawn by AF Academy

Efforts by some encouraging the U.S. Air Force Academy to posthumously honor former conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk were rejected on Friday, according to the nonprofit membership organization Academy's Association of Graduates (AOG).

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... The motions were reportedly introduced by Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop, a retire Air Force veteran, according to another Air Force veteran, Marty France.

"[Kirk] has no long record of service to USAFA," France wrote on his Substack on Oct. 16. "What he does have is long record of racist and sexist statements, though. These are well-documented on thousands of sites and not worth rehashing. Probably the most galling to USAFA graduates, though, are his comments about seeing a black pilot in the cockpit of an airliner. 'If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like, Boy, I hope he's qualified.'

"That's a funny statement coming from someone who had no qualifications to be a member of the USAFA Board of Visitors -- overseeing an institution that has probably produced more qualified pilots, of all races, than any other school in the nation. His comments about women, and other minorities, Muslims, and the LGBTQ+ communities are just as bad"and well-documented." ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-18 06:26 PM

Well, so much for funding for the AF Academy. The Drunken Wife Beater will be calling on them soon, telling them that they aren't Real Men... like the former Fox Host.

(love for them what AF means these days)

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-18 07:00 PM

@#2 ... Well, so much for funding for the AF Academy. ...

I'm thinking more along the lines that Pres Trump might soon be replacing the governing body of Academy's Association of Graduates from his usual pool of incompetent admirers.

Similar to what he seems to have done with his Cabinet.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-18 08:29 PM

I thought Chuckie Kirk was the love child of Gandhi and Jesus and deserves every award available, without question.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-18 09:03 PM

@#4 ... I thought Chuckie Kirk was the love child of Gandhi and Jesus and deserves every award available, without question. ...

The stunning rebuke that his nomination received here was telling.

But at this point, I'm waiting for the MAGA response to the rebuke.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-18 09:41 PM

I'm waiting for the MAGA response to the rebuke.

Put Tucker Carlson in charge and send their funding to Argentina?

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-18 10:08 PM

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