WATCH: Obama Says Charlie Kirk Was ‘Wrong,’ Crowd Claps
Published 34 minutes ago
on September 17, 2025
By Chris Powell
Former President Barack Obama delivered a sharp critique of Charlie Kirk in remarks that drew applause from the audience at an event in Erie, Pennsylvania. Speaking at the Jefferson Educational Society just days after Kirk’s assassination in Utah, Obama began by criticizing what he claimed as premature attempts to weaponize the tragedy for political ends.
“Coming from the White House and some of the other positions of authority that suggest, even before we had determined who the perpetrator of this evil act was, that somehow we’re going to identify an enemy, we’re gonna suggest that somehow that enemy was at fault, and we are then going to use that as a rationale for trying to silence discussion around who we are as a country and what direction we should go. And that’s a mistake as well,” Obama said.
While expressing sympathy for Kirk’s wife and two young children, Obama made clear that he took issue with much of Kirk’s worldview.
“Look, obviously I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong. But that doesn’t negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family,” Obama added.
From there, the former president went point by point through several of Kirk’s public statements, taking aim at his conservative stances. Obama went on, “I can disagree with some of the broader suggestions that liberals and Democrats are promoting conspiracy to displace whites and replace them by ushering in illegal immigrants.”
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