Charlie Kirk is a far right wing activist and Donald Trump Jr. BFF. So it’s no surprise that late last month, one day after Trump-loving rapper Kanye West showed up on “Saturday Night Live” to proclaim his support for America’s racist and misogynistic president, Kirk took to Fox News to applaud him for it.
Calling it an “amazingly profound cultural moment” and congratulating West for his “courage,” Kirk said, “What I love about Kanye West is that he has been blazing this trail, saying it’s OK to think freely, it’s OK to oppose the status quo and in fact what makes America the greatest country in the world is free-thinking.”
(That’s not exactly what West was saying, but, oh well!)
Fast forward just one week.
Taylor Swift breaks her long-time political silence to slam far right wing extremist Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Swift’s home state of Tennessee.
“I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love,” Swift said on Instagram, as The Daily Beast notes. “I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent,” she added.
Enter Charlie Kirk again. Kirk founded the conservative college student organization Turning Point USA with big-time cash from GOP donor Foster Friess. Friess and Ginni Thomas (a far right wing actvist who happens to be the spouse of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas) sit on TPUSA’s board.
“This is what I used to love about Taylor Swift,” Kirk said on Fox News. “She stayed away from politics—she was all about music all about, you know, female empowerment.”
“I don’t want to accuse her of this, but I don’t think she’s the only one who wrote that post on Instagram. She probably got some very bad information,” he insisted. “Look Taylor Swift, I love your music, personally, Kanye West, I’m a bigger fan of his. I wish you would have not done this. Stay away from politics.”
Watch this amazing mashup The Daily Beast put together of Kirk’s Kanye-Swift hypocrisy.
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