DEBATE: Should The Left Laud Charlie Kirk's Political Contributions? (w/ Zaid Jilani)
September 15, 2025
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as posted by the channelTPUSA co-founder and right wing media personality Charlie Kirk's assassination last week was a shock, but so was the choice of many left and liberal media outlets to publish pieces that lauded the openly supremacist activist for his contribution to American political life. Ezra Klein wrote in The New York Times that Kirk was "practicing politics the right way." Rachel Cohen wrote in Vox that she was "sitting shiva" for a man she described as saying "blatantly antisemitic things," and Ben Burgis offered that at least Kirk "didn't descend into personal attacks." Briahna, who also debated Kirk, felt differently. She discusses the hagiography of Charlie Kirk with journalist Zaid Jilani, & whether the left is troublingly indifferent to anti-black racism if delivered "politely." Note that this episode was supposed to include a lengthy conversation about Matt Taibbi's refusal to cover censorship by right-leaning institutions, but, well, the conversation didn't get that far. She recorded a separate follow up interview on that topic to follow with different guests.
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