Ahead of a March 14 speech by conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the University of California–Davis (UC Davis), an op-ed writer at The Sacramento Bee accused Kirk of advocating for the “lynching” of trans people, which Kirk’s organization says contributed to a riot outside the event.
In the March 14 op-ed, writer Hannah Holzer objected to Kirk’s campus visit, calling him “a vocal transphobe and Donald Trump fanatic.”
Holzer’s ire was raised by Kirk’s opposition to biological men competing in women’s sports. She cited statements he made on “The Charlie Kirk Show” in a video posted to Twitter. In the video, Kirk said “the NCAA is a perverted organization” and that “they platformed a biological male to win an NCAA championship.”…