Phil Mickelson reacts to Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom

Golf legend Phil Mickelson He shared his reaction to the news that the late Charlie Kirk would posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday – October 14.

Mickelson sent X posted on Saturday sharing the news with his thoughts.

“His presence and message will live on forever, but I still wish he was here. This award is well deserved,” Mickelson wrote.

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Mickelson has been a staunch celebrant of Kirk’s life since the conservative activist was assassinated in Utah last month. Mickelson also targeted those who made inflammatory comments in the wake of Kirk’s death.

“The assassination of Charlie Kirk brings out some of the best in humanity and also exposes some of the worst,” he wrote on X in response to a statement issued by the president of the Oxford Union last month. “The unification, love, support and protest on his behalf around the world is heartwarming.

“The number of people supporting Tyler Robinson’s horrific behavior has opened my eyes to a side of extremism with a moral superiority complex that has also shaken my faith in people in general. I hope they are held accountable for their disgusting rhetoric.”

Mickelson also shared a post featuring one of Kirk’s discussions. A conversation with another student revealed Kirk’s closeness to college-age men and his “dislike” of billionaires like the president. Donald Trump And Elon Musk.

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“It was his ability to use words and his wit to win debates that frightened them,” Mickelson wrote.

Mickelson also targeted Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, after the controversial congresswoman insulted her. Kirk And his legacy in an interview with CNN.

During the interview on CNN. He addressed Omar Her recent social media posts in which she calls Kirk “Dr. Frankenstein” double down on those comments and says his legacy should be left in the “dustbin of history.”

“What I find disturbing is that there are a lot of people willing to justify the most reprehensible things he said, that they agree with that, that they are willing to erect memorials to him, that they want to create a day to honor him, that they want to pass resolutions in the House of Representatives to honor his life and his legacy,” Ilhan Omar said.

He added: “I will not sit here and judge my unwillingness to honor any legacy this man left behind, which should be in the dustbin of history, and hopefully we can move forward and forget the hate he spewed every day.”

Mickelson responded to Omar’s comments in a post on X, saying he hoped she would be “returned to Somalia soon.”

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“Ilhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth,” Mickelson wrote. “She came here fraudulently and we hope she will be returned to Somalia soon.”

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