Judd Legum
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17-07-2008 05:37:26
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1. Bernie Moreno, the GOP Senate nominee in Ohio, is being bankrolled by Charlie Kirk, a far-right activist who argues that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake and MLK Jr 'was awful'
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2. Moreno benefited from an early endorsement from Kirk's org, Turning Point Action.
Moreno wrote that he was 'honored to be endorsed by Charlie Kirk and Turning Point Action' and endorsed the work of the org.
'Few have done more to fight back against the radical left than they have. and…
Turning Point Action 3. Charlie Kirk hired Blake Neff, the producer who was forced to resign from Tucker Carlson's show for posting racist screeds on message boards.
In recent months Kirk has collaborated with Neff to trash the work of MLK Jr and anti-segregation laws
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Turning Point Action Charlie Kirk 4. At a December 2023 convention hosted by Turning Point USA, Kirk said that MLK 'was awful' and the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a 'huge mistake.'
'I could say declaratively this guy [MLK] is not worthy of a national holiday,' Kirk said on MLK Day this year.