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Jan. 26, 2024 - Candace Owens
04:08
Is Charlie Kirk RACIST?
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Charlie Kirk faced backlash after jokingly questioning DEI-driven pilot hiring, citing a Thought Crime comment about "square jaw" qualifications and United Airlines CEO’s diversity-over-merit stance. He later tweeted concerns over minority female pilots, warning DEI could compromise aviation safety by undermining competence. Candace Owens echoed this, linking DEI to perceived quota-based hiring that prioritizes representation over skill—raising broader doubts about whether meritocracy is being replaced by ideological mandates in critical fields. [Automatically generated summary]

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candace owens
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andrew kolvet
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Charlie Kirk's Controversy 00:03:31
candace owens ▲ ● ▼
My friend Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA has come under a lot of fire.
He's been trending for about four days over a remark that he made, which people are calling racist.
Charlie Kirk has a show that is called Thought Crime, and they were talking about DEI policies, you know, the idea that we should just be hiring people on the basis of them being black, on the basis of them being a female.
And particularly, he was discussing this as it pertains to pilots in the air.
Take a listen to what Charlie Kirk said and why he's catching some heat.
andrew kolvet ▲ ● ▼
And that's why I think this United story and the DEI story hits so hard because we've all been in the back of a plane when the turbulence hits or when you're flying through a storm and you're like, I'm so glad I saw the guy with the right stuff and the square jaw get into the cockpit before we took off.
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And I feel better now thinking about that.
charlie kirk ▲ ● ▼
You want to go thought crime? I'm sorry.
If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified.
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You wouldn't have done that before.
charlie kirk ▲ ● ▼
That's not who I am.
That's not what I believe.
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It is the reality the left has created.
candace owens ▲ ● ▼
So you can see why the left loved that clip and why they're now calling Charlie Kirk,
who I worked for and with for years, an avowed racist.
He says that that's gonna be his first thought if he sees a black pilot.
And you know what?
I said the exact same thing on this show just a couple of weeks ago.
I remarked that now when I even am watching a commercial, if I see a commercial, and I
see a black person, and a Hispanic person, and an Asian person, my thought process is,
did they just get this because D.E.I.?
I no longer think the person is qualified.
Way back when, just a few short years ago, when I used to watch movies and And I used to see a black character.
I always just thought it's because he's a great actor.
Denzel Washington, one of the greatest actors of our time.
He's amazing, obviously.
But now my experience has changed because I recognize that we no longer live in a meritocracy.
And I'm thinking, they hired that person because they had to fulfill the quota.
Oh, we must have at least X amount of black people.
And I don't think that they deserve to be in those spaces anymore.
And it makes me upset that that's my thought process when I see a commercial and when I see a movie.
Is this person actually even a good actor or are they just checking a box?
But unfortunately, that is the reality of what happens when it comes to DEI. And what he is remarking on is true.
I would be terrified if I got onto a plane and I saw a woman flying the plane.
And I know that we have the United CEO saying that he just wants to fulfill a quota.
He just wants there to be more women and wants there to be more black people.
And he's not concerned at first with qualifications.
That is something that should alarm all of us, guys, honestly.
This is what Charlie Kirk had to say in his defense on Twitter.
He said, We're good to go.
Looks Woke Enough 00:00:33
candace owens ▲ ● ▼
Why aren't there more minority female pilots?
He goes on in the tweet, but essentially what he is doing is he is doubling down and he should.
These are important questions to ask.
I agree with my colleague Matt Walsh that in the future there is going to be a horrific accident on a plane and it is going to be because this is what is happening on the corporate level.
They no longer are concerned with safety.
They just want to make sure that it looks black enough, that it looks like there are enough females, that it looks woke enough, and that should terrify all of us.
Hey guys, if you liked this video, you will definitely like the full episode even better.
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