According to a 2024 Wired story, Kirk made the remarks in December 2023 during America Fest, Turning Point's annual conference.
"I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I've thought about it," the story quoted Kirk as saying. "We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s."
In Kirk's view, the story explained, the Civil Rights Act has led to a "permanent DEI-type bureaucracy," referring to diversity, equity and inclusion, that has limited free speech.
The story also quoted Kirk as saying that Martin Luther King Jr. was "awful. He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe."
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Swell Martyr y'all picked.
MSNBC let someone go recently for a lot less than this.
Fox will probably not fire Kilmeade. Pathetic.