Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, fatally shot Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University, came to Maine last month to urge residents to ‘take back’ their state.
Kirk was the featured guest for a political group’s inaugural event Aug. 2 in Old Orchard Beach.
Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, keynoted a Maine Civic Action event at Dunegrass Golf Club
The nonprofit organization is dedicated to identifying and training citizens to become active leaders in their communities.
Kirk during his visit expressed concern over the direction the Pine Tree State is headed in even though it was the only part of New England to give an electoral vote to Trump.
Kirk a month ago delivered a warning: “If Maine doesn’t act quickly, one of America’s most beautiful states will be lost to a migrant tide.”
Here were some of his remarks from that visit just a few weeks ago:
“The biggest thing on my mind is how the state is changing demographically due to mass migration. It’s a major problem.”
“(Saying so) doesn’t mean we’re a hater or a racist.
“It means you love your state and you don’t want to see it taken over by people with no connection to this beautiful place.”
Kirk said he had driven through South Portland and Lewiston, among other places, during his visit.
“Your state is unrecognizable from even 10 or 20 years ago,” he said “And it’s a problem. You’re seeing an increase in crime; we’re also becoming a nation of strangers.”
“You guys are then a petri dish for the worst ideas that are sent around the country – men in female sports, mass migration – and I think there is a silent majority of Mainers who want to see this state reclaimed back, for those of you who love this state, built a family in the state and who believe in normal Maine values, not the values of Mogadishu.”
“And by the way we shouldn’t be afraid to say that. You are being replaced because people have been too polite for far too long.”
“I remain optimistic that with the proper organization, the proper candidates, the proper message, that this state can come back into alignment.”
“But it’s going to require courage. Whether it be the trans issue, the migration issue, they want you to stay silent because as soon as you start talking about how insane this stuff is then all of a sudden the corruption starts to get exposed.”
“They use words like racist or transphobe or whatever as a way to shut you up because then you can’t challenge their power and eventually replace them. We’re not going to let that happen, right everybody?”
Kirk’s Maine visit last month was his second to the state in just a few weeks.
He had previously traveled to the western part of Maine to be on Tucker Carlson’s podcast.
Disclaimer: Maine Civic Action is affiliated with the Maine Policy Institute, of which The Maine Wire is a project.
