--- title: "What Charlie Kirk's Critics Like Jennifer Welch Don't Understand transcript | Megyn Kelly | Reclip.Me" description: "Full transcript of \"What Charlie Kirk's Critics Like…\" from Megyn Kelly, November 10, 2026. 14 min, 2,315 words, timestamped. 8 notable quotes and 21 mentions…" canonical: https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript --- Transcript # What Charlie Kirk's Critics Like Jennifer Welch Don't Understand From [Megyn Kelly](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly) · [Episode page](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand) · [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEdNNz6asac) November 10, 2026 · 14 min · 2,315 words · 26 timestamped sections This is the full, timestamped transcript of "What Charlie Kirk's Critics Like Jennifer Welch Don't Understand", an episode of Megyn Kelly published November 10, 2026 (14 min, about 2,315 words). It mentions 21 people, works and ideas, including Megan Kelly, Jennifer Welsh, Matt Taibbi, Chappelle (Dave Chappelle), Turning Point USA. ## What this episode is about The piece critiques Charlie Kirk’s critics, focusing on Jennifer Welch’s inflammatory and controversial remarks about Kirk, including jokes about his death, and argues that her vitriolic rhetoric reflects a broader pattern of extreme hostility toward conservative figures. It highlights the backlash and advertiser loss she faced over these comments. ## Key takeaways - Charlemagne’s stance shows the tension: tolerance vs. safety, revealing how humor tests ethical boundaries in real time. - Jennifer Welsh’s persona illustrates the volatile edge: virulence can alienate both advertisers and audiences alike. - Claims of 'white evangelical cancer' spotlight how flame wars weaponize religion, footage of a larger cultural battlefield. - The montage exposes a paradox: fierce outspokenness often ends up amplifying consequences—loss of sponsors, platform isolation. - Cancel culture risk: even unapologetic dissenters may retreat to ‘direct-to-consumer’ models, bypassing traditional gatekeepers. ## Who speaks in this episode? - [Charlemagne the God](https://reclip.me/speaker/charlemagne-the-god) (Guest) · 1 min speaking - [Jennifer Welsh](https://reclip.me/speaker/jennifer-welsh) (Guest) · 2 min speaking - [Angie Sullivan](https://reclip.me/speaker/angie-sullivan) (Guest) · 1 min speaking - [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/speaker/charlie-kirk) (Guest) · 1 min speaking - [Dave Chappelle](https://reclip.me/speaker/dave-chappelle) (Guest) · 1 min speaking - [Meghan Kelly](https://reclip.me/speaker/meghan-kelly) (Host) · 6 min speaking ## What is discussed, and when 1. [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=0) – 3:00: [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/person/charlie-kirk), [Jennifer Welsh](https://reclip.me/person/jennifer-welsh), [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly), [Chappelle (Dave Chappelle)](https://reclip.me/person/chappelle-dave-chappelle) 2. [3:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=180) – 6:00: [Crooked Media](https://reclip.me/company/crooked-media), [Donald Trump](https://reclip.me/person/donald-trump-8), [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/person/charlie-kirk), [Cracker Barrel](https://reclip.me/company/cracker-barrel-3) 3. [6:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=360) – 9:00: [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly), [Matt Taibbi](https://reclip.me/person/matt-taibbi), [Turning Point USA](https://reclip.me/company/turning-point-usa), [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold) 4. [9:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=540) – 12:00: [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/person/charlie-kirk), [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold), [Nikole Hannah-Jones](https://reclip.me/person/nikole-hannah-jones), [The New York Times Magazine](https://reclip.me/entity/111038) 5. [12:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=720) – 14:13: [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly), [Chappelle (Dave Chappelle)](https://reclip.me/person/chappelle-dave-chappelle), [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/person/charlie-kirk), [Jennifer Welsh](https://reclip.me/person/jennifer-welsh) ## Notable quotes from "What Charlie Kirk's Critics Like Jennifer Welch Don't Understand" - > But you could say that about virtually any topic on virtually every day. She's always got the most vile, crass, disgusting take one can have. she's in trouble at the moment and losing advertisers by the second for what she. *about [Jennifer Welsh](https://reclip.me/person/jennifer-welsh) · at [0:38](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=38)* - > Christianity is a cancer. These are the worst of our country. These are the worst people in our country because they use their religion in two ways, as a weapon and as a… *about [Joel Osteen](https://reclip.me/person/joel-osteen) · at [2:28](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=148)* - > Pulled totaling well over an $8 million loss. And here she is addressing it at Crooked Media's Crooked Con on November 9th, yesterday. Sought 37. *about [Crooked Media](https://reclip.me/company/crooked-media) · at [5:16](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=316)* - > I, I still think TPSUA, TPUSA, Charlie Kirk and their movement, I stand against everything. I want an inclusive world, a nonviolent world. I want common sense gun reform. But it's better because I have ascended and I. *about [Turning Point USA](https://reclip.me/company/turning-point-usa) · at [6:06](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=366)* - > This is a classic example of a person who I mean all they're about is just winding people up. It's just, her whole show, her whole act is ridiculous. It was it was always shocking to me that it had even a. *about [Matt Taibbi](https://reclip.me/person/matt-taibbi) · at [7:39](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=459)* - > Realized inflation is still a challenge and it's time to diversify into gold and silver. Text MK to the number 989898 today and speak with a Birch Gold precious metals… *about [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold) · at [9:18](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=558)* - > Time. That's why this whole thing about re rejoicing in Charlie Kirk's death is just mysterious. Like I have a hard time believing that Dave Chappelle actually watched Kirk's… *about [Chappelle (Dave Chappelle)](https://reclip.me/person/chappelle-dave-chappelle) · at [12:35](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=755)* - > Thanks for watching this clip. If you're new here, subscribe. We got a whole lot more goodness where that came from. *about [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly) · at [13:42](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=822)* ## Who and what is mentioned in this episode? ### People - [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly) — Person · Host · 4 mentions · first at [0:28](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=28) Episode host framing the conversation, introducing clips and guiding commentary about Charlie Kirk and Jennifer Welch. - [Jennifer Welsh](https://reclip.me/person/jennifer-welsh) — Person · Referenced critic/controversial podcaster · 3 mentions · first at [0:33](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=33) Subject of sustained criticism in the episode for mocking Charlie Kirk's death and other inflammatory comments; discussed in context of losing advertisers and public backlash. - [Matt Taibbi](https://reclip.me/person/matt-taibbi) — Person · Guest · 1 mention · first at [7:42](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=462) Joined Megyn Kelly on the episode to discuss the controversy around Charlie Kirk and Jennifer Welch and to provide analysis. - [Chappelle (Dave Chappelle)](https://reclip.me/person/chappelle-dave-chappelle) — Person · Referenced comedian criticized · 3 mentions · first at [0:03](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=3) Referenced as having made jokes about Charlie Kirk's death; criticized by hosts/guests for lack of knowledge about Kirk and for joking about violence. - [Charlemagne tha God](https://reclip.me/person/charlemagne-tha-god) — Person · Referenced commentator · 1 mention · first at [0:04](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=4) Mentioned as someone who criticized Dave Chappelle's comments and who previously appeared on the program; used to contrast reactions to violent jokes. One person who did not find any humor in Dave Chappelle's comments was Charlemagne the God who's been on this program. Here's what he said in s 34. - [Joel Osteen](https://reclip.me/person/joel-osteen) — Person · Referenced religious leader · 1 mention · first at [2:11](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=131) Named in Jennifer Welch's montage criticizing prosperity-style evangelical leaders as part of a denunciation of white evangelical Christianity. - [Donald Trump](https://reclip.me/person/donald-trump-8) — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at [4:23](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=263) Referenced in passing as part of criticism of political actors and as a figure associated with some people being criticized (e.g., supporters). People that triple Trump should be banned, boycotted from enjoying the best thing that America has to offer, which is multiculturalism. Get your fat asses out of the Mexican restaurant. Get your. - [Nikole Hannah-Jones](https://reclip.me/person/nikole-hannah-jones) — Person · Referenced journalist/author · 1 mention · first at [9:51](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=591) Mentioned as a source whose work some listeners are said to believe; referenced in critique of reporting about Charlie Kirk. Get free silver. Text MK to the number 989898. That's MK to989898 today. They believe the lies of the New York Times and Nicole Hannah Jones. I guarantee you they read it and… - [Charlie Kirk](https://reclip.me/person/charlie-kirk) — Person · Referenced individual · 10 mentions · first at [0:56](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=56) Mentioned in a montage of Jennifer Welch's criticisms as part of a broader critique of white evangelical Christianity and its leaders. So when you think about the Erica Kirks, the Life Church, the Joel Olstein of it all and their desire to accumulate wealth while hoodwinking their flock into thinking they're super moral, this. - [Renee Mlin Good](https://reclip.me/person/renee-mlin-good) — Person · Referenced individual · 1 mention · first at [3:26](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=206) Mentioned in the transcript in relation to an incident Jennifer Welch referenced inaccurately as part of a critique of white evangelicals. Reference to what happened in Minnesota, but there was not a celebration that Renee Good died. There was some defense of the officer who pulled the trigger, but this is the kind of mind virus that this person operates under. - [Steven Little Miller](https://reclip.me/person/steven-little-miller) — Person · Referenced political operative · 1 mention · first at [4:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=240) Mentioned in a montage of Jenifer Welch's insults as an example of who she criticizes on the right. Steven Miller is a Nazi and he is a sociopath. He is a little insecure white supremacist. This guy was bullied in high school and he's unattractive and he's 4 foot 10 and nobody likes. - [J.D. Vance](https://reclip.me/person/j-d-vance) — Person · Referenced politician · 1 mention · first at [4:15](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=255) Mentioned mockingly in Jennifer Welch's montage as an example of conservative figures she attacks. Him. You get to J Vance who is a failed drag queen because little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson worships two things. ### Companies & orgs - [Turning Point USA](https://reclip.me/company/turning-point-usa) — Company · Organization referenced · 1 mention · first at [6:06](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=366) Organization associated with Charlie Kirk; referenced as part of Jennifer Welch's criticism and the episode's discussion of conservative organizations. - [Crooked Media](https://reclip.me/company/crooked-media) — Company · Referenced media company/event host · 1 mention · first at [5:24](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=324) Referenced as the host of Crooked Con where Jennifer Welch addressed advertisers and backlash. - [The New York Times Magazine](https://reclip.me/entity/111038) — Company · Referenced news organization · 1 mention · first at [9:51](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=591) Referenced as a source of reporting that some listeners trust regarding Charlie Kirk; discussed in the context of alleged misleading coverage. \989898. That's MK to989898 today. They believe the lies of the New York Times and Nicole Hannah Jones. I guarantee you they read it and they believe that he was a racist who… - [Fox](https://reclip.me/company/fox-6) — Company · Referenced media outlet · 1 mention · first at [1:27](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=87) Referenced briefly in a clip transcription ('zooming in for the fox') in the Jennifer Welch segment. Thing she has said. She thought it was hilarious that Charlie died. She joked about it. I guess we'll start with that one. Here it is. from her podcast November 5th with her… - [Life Church](https://reclip.me/company/life-church) — Company · Referenced religious organization · 1 mention · first at [2:07](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=127) Referenced as an example in Jennifer Welch's criticisms of evangelical institutions and leaders. So when you think about the Erica Kirks, the Life Church, the Joel Olstein of it all and their desire to accumulate wealth while hoodwinking their flock into thinking they're super moral, this. - [Cracker Barrel](https://reclip.me/company/cracker-barrel-3) — Company · Referenced cultural shorthand · 1 mention · first at [4:48](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=288) Used in Jennifer Welch's mocking description of conservatives as part of a broader tirade; referenced to illustrate her insulting rhetoric. Banned, boycotted from enjoying the best thing that America has to offer, which is multiculturalism. Get your fat asses out of the Mexican restaurant. Get your fat asses over… ### Places & events - [Madison Square Garden](https://reclip.me/location/madison-square-garden) — Place · Referenced venue · 1 mention · first at [13:34](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=814) Referenced as the venue where Dave Chappelle made remarks (Madison Square Garden) — used to challenge Chappelle to defend his comments publicly. He'd rather say it to his people at Madison Square Garden who don't have the ability to fight back or the information. - [Minnesota](https://reclip.me/entity/111699) — Place · Referenced location · 1 mention · first at [3:23](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=203) Mentioned in relation to an incident (Renee Good) Jennifer Welch referenced inaccurately; used to dispute Welch's claim about celebration of a death. Cancer. And white Christians celebrate when lesbians die. That's not what happened. I don't know if that's a reference to what happened in Minnesota, but there was not a… ### Sponsors - [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold) — Sponsor · Episode sponsor · 3 mentions · first at [8:57](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=537) Sponsor of the episode; ad read promotes purchasing precious metals with a specific CTA included in the transcript. ## Full transcript with timestamps [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=0) One person who did not find any humor in Dave Chappelle's comments was Charlemagne the God who's been on this program. Here's what he said in s 34. [0:10](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=10) Yeah, I don't find the humor in people getting clapped. Okay, any of us can be shot [0:14](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=14) and I don't want anybody getting shot because somebody disagrees with their opinion. So, yeah, you have the freedom to, you know, joke and talk about whatever you want to joke and talk about, but personally, I don't want to deal with the energy of that. Like, I don't wish stuff like that on my worst enemy. [0:28](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=28) Good for him. I appreciate him saying that. There was no one more deplorable though than the angry podcast lady Jennifer Welsh. But you could say that about virtually any topic on virtually every day. She's always got the most vile, crass, disgusting take one can have. Um she's in trouble at the moment and losing advertisers by the second for what she said about Charlie Kirk. That's not like that's not even the most controversial thing she has said. She thought it was hilarious that Charlie died. She joked about it. I guess we'll start with that one. Here it is. Uh from her podcast November 5th with her idiot co-host Angie Sullivan 35. Uh Dad Mororrow says we're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again. [1:27](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=87) I'm zooming in for the fox. I No comment. No comment. No comment on that other than he was shot by somebody that was super MAGA family. [1:46](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=106) He was shot by a MAGA person. So do that with what you will. White person. white MAGA family. [1:57](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=117) Well, as I point out, that's not even close to the most controversial thing that she has said. They have said here's just a little in SAT 38. So when you think about the Erica Kirks, the Life Church, uh the Joel Olstein of it all and their desire to accumulate wealth while hoodwinking their flock into thinking they're super moral, this is a cancer. White evangelical Christianity is a cancer. These are the worst of our country. These are the worst people in our country because they use their religion in two ways, as a weapon and as a shield. They weaponize it whenever they want to and say, "We're on the moral high ground. You're a lesbian. You deserve to die. You're a lesbian. The cops shouldn't have uh revived you. Oh, your parents are Mexicans and they brought you over here. [2:54](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=174) Yeah, you should go to jail and eat worm food." And then when you call them out on it, oh my god, they're after the Christians. How dare they? How dare they? Uh, we're so oppressed. White Christians are so oppressed in this country. And they want it both ways. [3:13](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=193) So, white evangelical Christianity is a cancer. And white Christians celebrate when lesbians die. That's not what happened. I don't know if that's a reference to what happened in Minnesota, but there was not a celebration that Renee Good died. There was some defense of the officer who pulled the trigger, but this is this is the kind of mind virus that this person operates under. Here's one more, just a montage of some of her comments. Shockingly, the conservatives that I thought were just crusty old white people have morphed into this young group of misogynists. [3:53](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=233) And I can tell you when I'm around white people, they test the racist water. They test it on people like you all. [4:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=240) Steven Miller is a Nazi and he is a sociopath. He is a little insecure white supremacist. This guy was bullied in high school and he's unattractive and he's 4 foot 10 and nobody likes him. You get to J Vance who is a failed drag queen because little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson worships two things. Donald Trump and his closeted life for this dementia ridden diaperwearing sack of He started off his 60 Minutes interview by saying, "I am not a Nazi." Okay, he clearly clearly is a Nazi. [4:39](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=279) People that triple Trump should be banned, boycotted from enjoying the best thing that America has to offer, which is multiculturalism. Get your fat asses out of the Mexican restaurant. Get your fat asses over to Cracker Barrel because nobody wants to see your smug ass teeny weeny pink arm big gut around. Nobody wants to see that No one. The real surprise that she hasn't been cancelled before this. She's lost all of her ad advertisers. I think all but last I checked, Quint and one other had pulled uh totaling well over an $8 million loss. And here she is addressing it at uh Crooked Media's Crooked Con on November 9th, yesterday. Sought 37. [5:30](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=330) At first, I was just kind of like, you know, f them. It was a joke. Move on down the road. Of course, I condemn gun violence. I just oppose gun violence in all of its forms. So this morning I decided because I'm getting about 400 death threats a minute on my Instagram and the death threats from these people that are offended by my laughing at the joke are I can't believe you laughed at Charlie Kirk. We can't wait for you to die c. So the selective outrage is is on them but I'm responsible for me and me apologizing. Don't think I'm going soft. [6:06](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=366) I, you know, I I still think TPSUA, TPUSA, Charlie Kirk and their movement, I stand against everything. I want an inclusive world, a nonviolent world. I want common sense gun reform. But it's better because I have ascended and I have so many listeners. I want to keep my side of the street clean. Okay? I I follow the podcast charts. I know exactly where the top podcasts stand. She's never been there. She's she's nowhere in the running. Um I don't think she is ascendant any place other than in her own mind. And now she's lost virtually every single advertiser she had, which is appropriate. She should be on her own. She should be on a direct to consumer basis. If people want to pay $10 $15 a month to consume that garbage, they can. That'll be their relationship with the devil. That's on them. But what kind of a sane advertiser would get behind filth like that? Yeah. I don't I I don't know. When she said uh she [7:14](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=434) mentioned the best that America has to offer, I thought she was going to say plastic surgery because she seems to have had so much of it. I mean, I'm sorry. I shouldn't go there, but it it just um [7:29](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=449) I don't know. I mean, she's it looks like someone all she does is talk about people's looks. [7:33](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=453) A winch handle in the back. It's it's unbelievable. But the uh Yeah. Yeah. This this is a classic example of of a person who uh I mean all they're about is just winding people up. It's just, you know, her whole show, her whole act is ridiculous. It it was it was always shocking to me that it um it had even a temporary response, but um but who knows now. Maybe they'll make a free speech martyr out of her now and she'll she'll find her way back. I doubt it. But, you know, the other thing is it feels like none of these people have ever watched Charlie Kirk's actual show, I mean, like of all the people to be upset about um on the right, Kirk would have been the last person I would complain about if I were uh you know, a hardcore uh leftist or or a liberal. He is exactly the the wrong kind of person to caricaturize um as you know a hater. He he was a discusser. [8:41](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=521) Uh you might not have agreed with him but he was civil which is a big step up in this world. And it's it's remarkable that nobody seemed to bother to take the time to find that out. Uh that's another enduring mystery of this whole thing. [8:57](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=537) Good news. Birch Gold has extended the Veterans Day silver offer through November 11th. So act now to get a free 1oz silver coin for every $10,000 purchased. This silver coin features the American flag and the Gadson flag and is a reminder that you saw the writing on the wall and did something about it. You realized we cannot afford the interest payments on our national debt. 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I guarantee you they read it and they believe that he was a racist who hated blacks, black women, and took all those context or all those quotes that Nicole Hannah Jones put up there out of context without bothering to understand. for example, his remark about how he's going to feel when he sees a black pilot now thanks to these mandates by some of the airlines that they have at least 50% black pilots when we don't have even 50% black pilots in the potential pool of black pilots. We have 13% black people. [10:33](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=633) We have 6% black men in America and a very very small percentage of those are going to pilot school. So, how are we going to make 50% of the pilots be black unless we lower standards? That was Charlie's whole point, saying DEI is corrosive. And because they're doing this kind of thing, just playing with quotas, it's now going to make me and others get on planes and if they see a black pilot, instead of under the old system when you knew it was merit-based, and you'd say he must have been a badass who went to the Navy or the whatever, he earned his way here just like anybody else has. You're going to guess, did they lower the standards for him? Oh It It's a very honest point. It's actually not controversial at all, but it's been used to bastardize Charlie and his legacy for the better part of a year. And and and honestly, it was used to bash him while he was alive by people with an agenda. [11:23](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=683) Yeah. And if I remember correctly, there was some misquing that went on uh with him um [11:30](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=690) all the time. Quoting out of context. Uh you can disagree with that commentary if you want. you could say he he he he could have put it in a different way that would have made it more a more accessible thought for people on the left. Um but that's you know he he didn't he didn't say it in the way that it was reported that he said it. Uh more than that though if you have any exposure to to Charlie Kirk if you watched any of his broadcasts I mean I was curious about him. I I I had read lots of negative things about him and was very surprised um when I watched him to find that that he seemed to be trying to find some kind of middle ground with people when he talked uh to them, which is it's almost so rare now that it comes across uh as like a gimmick or it came across as a gimmick, but it wasn't with him. I think he was he was a genuine person which again is another thing that should have been um celebrated uh at the [12:35](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=755) time. That's why this whole thing about re rejoicing in in Charlie Kirk's death is just mysterious. Like I I I have a hard time believing that Dave Chappelle actually watched uh Kirk's act. I I I just don't think he did. He read maybe [12:53](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=773) and he's a lowinformation voter who who should shut his mouth about a man who was a decent father to two babies who will grow up without their father now thanks to that gun violence which Jennifer Walsh wants to call the assassination the political assassination of Charlie Kirk that he should shut his mouth about it. I don't want to hear another word out of Dave Chappelle on Charlie Kirk unless it's on this show and he has the balls to say it to somebody who was actually friends with him. Do you have the balls, Dave Chappelle? Let's see. Why don't you come on? You have an open invitation. [13:28](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/what-charlie-kirks-critics-like-jennifer-welch-dont-understand/transcript?t=808) You tell me the day. I will clear the schedule. You can come on here and say it directly to me. He won't do that. 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