I think we all know that DEI practices prioritize race, gender, ethnicity over ability and expertise. Yet leftists are using clips of Charlie’s statements to “prove” that he is a racist.

Yes. Charlie Kirk said, “I’m sorry. If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, “Boy, I hope he’s qualified.” Based on what we have heard and seen, many of us feel the same way, whether or not those feeling are justified.

Here’s the full quote where he is discussing DEI/affirmative action:

Kirk: “I’m sorry. If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, “Boy, I hope he’s qualified.”

KOLVET: “But you wouldn’t have done that before!”

KIRK: “That’s not an immediate … that’s not who I am. That’s not what I believe…It also creates unhealthy thinking patterns. I don’t wanna think that way. And no one should, right?”

He later explained what he meant on @megynkelly’s show:

“I was trying to be, you know, very vulnerable with the audience is that DEI invites unwholesome thinking. … I was saying in the clip, “That’s not who I am, that’s not what I believe.” But what it does is it makes us worse versions of ourselves, Megyn. That’s the whole point of what I was saying is that I now look at everything through a hyper-racialized diversity-quota lens because of their massive insistence to try to hit these ridiculous racial hiring quotas. Of course I believe anybody of any skin color can become a qualified pilot.”