TPUSA's Charlie Kirk shot dead:

10 controversial statements by the murdered Trump ally (All images via AFP, AP, Reuters)

On gun control:

"It's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."

On the Civil Rights Act:

"We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s."

On Martin Luther King Jr.:

As per Kirk, the civil rights icon was "awful" and "not a good person."

COVID-19 vaccines:

The mandatory vaccination drive was like "medical apartheid" for Kirk

Capitol storming:

He organized "buses of patriots to D.C. to fight for this president" on January 5, 2021.

Capitol storming:

He said the violent acts at the Capitol were not an insurrection and did not represent mainstream Trump supporters.

On George Floyd:

Kirk called the victim of police brutality a "scumbag."

On Indian immigrants:

Kirk reportedly claimed that "no form of legal immigration has so displaced American workers as those from India."

On Democrats:

He said that Democrats "stand for everything God hates."

On campus COVID-19 closures:

"Please keep the campuses closed – it's a great thing. Whatever!" He said so because he believed that it would "remove ballot harvesting opportunities."