On Sept. 10, 2025, Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a Utah college speaking event.
In the aftermath, social media users shared a quote in which the conservative pundit allegedly said former U.S. President Joe Biden should get the death penalty. Snopes readers also asked us if Kirk ever called for Biden's execution.
The following clip circulated online in which Kirk allegedly said: "Joe Biden is a bumbling, dementia-filled Alzheimer's, corrupt, tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America."
We found that the quote about Biden being given the death penalty was correctly attributed to Kirk.
Kirk made the comment during a July 24, 2023, episode of his podcast, "The Charlie Kirk Show." He was reacting to a clip of former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' speech about education. Harris said in the clip, "I am a product of teachers and an educational system that believed in providing the children with the full expanse of information [...] It is because of that approach that I stand before you as vice president of the United States of America."
Kirk's comments can be heard at the 6:30 mark (via Rumble) after the clip of Harris (emphasis, ours):
I know what you're thinking, we've got to get Joe Biden out of the way so we can run up against Kammy. Oh my goodness, is she beatable. It's like Black Hillary on steroids. Is she Black? I guess she says she's Caribbean or whatever. Doesn't matter. She gives these speeches, and it just has this aura of totalitarianism. My team says she is Indian and Caribbean.
I'll tell you what, she would be a lot easier to beat than Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a bumbling, dementia-filled Alzheimer's, corrupt, tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.
Kirk continued to criticize Harris, saying, "There is something that is kinda tribal, where people are like, 'I don't know if I want this crazy person running this country.'" He also discussed allegations against Biden and his son, Hunter, who at the time was being scrutinized by Republicans over his past business dealings in Ukraine and China. Hunter had also been charged with two misdemeanors for failing to pay taxes.
Kirk frequently accused the Bidens of committing treason, which is punishable by imprisonment or death, according to U.S. law.
For further reading, Snopes has also investigated claims that Kirk said Jewish money was ruining U.S. culture, that empathy was a "made-up, new age term," and that if he had a 10-year-old daughter who became pregnant after being raped, he would want her to deliver the baby.