Yes, Charlie Kirk called George Floyd a scumbag.
He also explicitly made clear that he was not saying that he derived to die:
“Does [George Floyd being a scumbag] mean he deserved to die? That’s two totally different things; of course not.”
Kirk said that the situation was far more nuanced than the Left made it out to be, and that a lot of damage came about because of that.
There is a good case to be made that George Floyd was a scumbag. Victor Davis Hanson lays out the same claim:
George Floyd was an eight-time career criminal. Eight times he had been convicted of crimes. He was a prison convict. He staged a home invasion robbery and put a knife at the abdomen of the occupant, a young woman.
George Floyd would’ve been fine if he had not been trying to pass counterfeit currency. That’s the only reason he had the encounter with the police. The store owner was scared that this stranger came in, was passing fake bills. They called the police.
He had a second chance. All he had to do was obey the police and get in the car and go to the police station. There would’ve been no problem.[1]
And gives the same proviso: “George Floyd should not have died in police custody.”[2]
Here is an accounting of Geroge Floyd’s criminal record from Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/06/12/george-floyd-criminal-record/
Also from The Daily Courier (a very pro-George Floyd source): https://www.thecourierdaily.com/george-floyd-criminal-past-record-arrest/20177/
Charlie Kirk called George Floyd a scumbag who should not have died. That’s a perfectly reasonable position for someone to take.
You can watch Charlie Kirk’s full speech in which he said this here: https://www.youtube.com/live/yTF19XtS1TQ?si=IIYwv-818Jn-mv2r
[1] Victor Davis Hanson, https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/16/debunking-the-lefts-series-of-lies-following-charlie-kirks-assassination/
[2] Victor Davis Hanson, https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/16/debunking-the-lefts-series-of-lies-following-charlie-kirks-assassination/
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